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Teenagers talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives

Teenagers from around the world talk to technology pioneers who have shaped their lives.

Teenagers from the around the world talk to the technology pioneers who have shaped their lives. Each episode is introduced by seventeen year old Anna Zanelli, a budding designer from London. Young people get the chance to ask leading innovators the questions they want answered. We find out about the inspiration behind some of the most important digital inventions, what their creators needed to do to make them a reality, and hear words of wisdom from brilliant minds.

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The early days of one of the world's biggest companies

Ben Gomes, head of Google Search, tells 17-year-old Osine from Nigeria about the early days of one of the world's biggest companies.

In 1998, a small company was launched offering a simple way to search the World Wide Web. That company was Google. Now every day billions of questions are put into the search engine. Ben Gomes, head of Google Search, talks about these early days - and what followed - to 17-year-old Osine from Nigeria.

Producer: Tamsin Barber.
 
World Wise Web is a co-production between BBC World Service and BBC Rewind.
Music composed by Nick Thorburn

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