As an aside, Wikipedia has the following to say about the use of Google as a verb: It can also be used as a general term for searching the internet using any search engine, not just Google.

The referenced “Western World” dial pad was created in the US and found its way to countries that the US shared technology with immediately after World War II. For the most part, the tech spread to the North and the South and made the leap to Western Europe and Australia. China and much of the “East” were not initially included in this group, thus their early dial pads were developed differently. To continue with the Chinese example, it wasn’t until somewhat recently (with the advent of mobile phones) that China adopted what is now a more “International” dial pad. Also, the term that you hadn’t heard in decades was being applied to a time period decades ago.