Hacker Noon December 9, 2019
The 5 tech companies we will discuss are referred to as FAAMG: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google. The earned revenues of those tech companies equated to 68% of US GDP growth in 2018. In terms of global traffic, Google, YouTube (which is owned by Google), and Facebook are the three most visited websites. With this, comes enormous power. For example, in terms of global traffic share, Facebook-owned sites controlled a huge segment of social media and messaging.
This is a great time to discuss which tech companies own what – in order of FAAMG listing. Facebook owns WhatsApp and Instagram, and Amazon owns Whole Foods and Zappos. Apple owns Shazam, Beats Electronics, and Siri Technologies. Additionally, Microsoft has made...