Google:

Yahoo:

Micro soft:
Coined by Bill Gates to represent his company that was devoted to MICRO computer


Adobe:
Came from the name of the river Adobe Greek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.
Corel:

The name was arrieved from the founder's name Dr.Michael Cowpland. The logo stands for COwpland REresearch Laboratory.

Apple computers:
Steve Jobs was three months late in filling a name for the business, because he didn't get any better name for his new company. So one day he told the staff," If I do not get a better name by 5 O'clock today, our company's name will be anything I like." Since at 5 O clock no body came up with a better name, and he was eating an apple at that time (favourite fruit of Steve Jobs), so he kept the name of the company as " Apple Computers".
Cisco:

Hewlett Packard:

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to select whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. And thelosser was Bill, but not Dave
eBay:

The founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar , had a web consulting company called Echo Bay Technology Group. Echobay.com was already taken when he tried to register it, so he selected the ne name eBay.Com instead.
Interesting! Especially on Google. I did not know these things. Happened a few days the news from Spain have said about those who took YouTube.
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Interesting and informative post ,I smiled to myself when I read the roots behind these famous names :D
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