Operado nos Estados Unidos pela T-Mobile e fabricado pela HTC, o G1 é um celular com tela de 3 polegadas sensível ao toque, teclado "embutido" na parte inferior e a particularidade de funcionar com o software da empresa líder na internet. Clientes da operadora T-Mobile já podem fazer pedidos pelo site dedicado ao lançamento.

Os analistas que tiveram acesso ao telefone concordam que ele não supera o iPhone em design, mas opinam que apresenta algumas vantagens para o usuário. No G1, todos os aplicativos serão de graça e o usuário poderá utilizar vários ao mesmo tempo. As empresas apostam na participação da comunidade de desenvolvedores para fazer do G1 um aparelho "à prova do futuro".

Por enquanto, o G1 será oferecido exclusivamente com a T-Mobile, mas o Google convidou todas as operadoras a comercializar telefones que funcionem com o Android, cujo código é aberto, gratuito e permite às companhias telefônicas economizar em licenças de software. 

Para o Google, que ganha grande parte de suas receitas graças à publicidade na internet, o G1 é mais um passo rumo ao sonho de uma sociedade permanentemente conectada à rede e aos serviços do buscador. 

Surpresa

Sergey Brin e Larry Page, co-fundadores do Google, fizeram uma aparição surpresa -- de patins -- durante o evento de apresentação do G1, realizado em Nova York. “É muito importante para mim, um geek [fã de tecnologia], ter um telefone que pode ser modificado e sofrer inovações, assim como acontece nos computadores”, afirmou Brin, segundo a agência de notícias Associated Press.

Loja de música

(Foto: Reuters)

 Fonte [www.g1.com.br]

Check out details of Google's greening efforts here.

ohne unsere mithilfe wäre das netz nicht wie wir es heute kennen und zu schätzen wissen.

die unentgeltliche arbeit, die wir beispielsweise jeden tag für google verrichten, hilft struktur, in einem überfluss an daten, zu schaffen.

google nutzt diese vernetzung der websites miteinander, um eine hierarchie zu erstellen: je mehr links auf eine seite verweisen, umso höher ist das gewicht dieser seite. je höher das gewicht der verweisenden seiten ist, desto größer ist der effekt. dieser algorithmus wurde von larry page und sergey brin entwickelt und nennt sich daher (nach larry page) page rank .

die sogenannte collective intelligence ist dafür verantwortlich, dass nachschlagewerke wie wikipedia.org sich ständig weiterentwickeln und informationen von jeder person verändert oder ergänzt werden können ("with enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow", eric raymond). die theorie der collective intelligence besagt, dass eine grosse anzahl an meinungen -in einem durchschnitt betrachtet- das exakte resultat bereithält. sodass auch z.b amazon.com die buchbeurteilungen von usern dazu nutzen, um ihre suchergebnisse zu optimieren.

da wir auch in der lage sind, uns im internet zu einem gewissen masse selbst zu verwirklichen, entsteht die sogenannte "social currency" welche sich proportinal entgegengesetzt einer monetären währung verhält. um dieses phänomen zu klären ein video von douglas rushkoff  whose story is it?

Highlighting the Gphone's concept of "Mobility", the Googlers: Larry Page and Sergey Brin tried to impress everyone at the launch with the rollerskates. Take a look:

When Google came out against Proposition 8, the anti-gay bigot amendment which would rescind the right to marry from gay and lesbian Californians, I put up a silly post with the title "Fundamentalist Christians are never allowed to learn anything again!"  In that post, I said the following:

From now on, Fundamentalist dumbfucks will have to boycott Google, due to the buttsecks, and use the yet-to-be-formed search engine “Conservatardia.”  It’s sure to provide ignorant unscientific ‘tard information for ignorant unscientific ‘tards.  YAY-boo.

Take that, Fundamentalist hick hate machines!  Boycott it, boycott it, please!

I WAS KIDDING.

But wouldn't you know it, one of the kings of the Christianist wingnuts, Randy Thomasson of the "Campaign for Children and Families" is urging his sheep-le to boycott Google, Pacific Gas & Electric (the power company, yes), Levi's, and Steven Spielberg.  So funny:

Randy Thomasson of the Campaign for Children and Families says young billionaires Sergey Brin and Larry Page (Google co-founder) have "replaced all notions of God's truth by worshiping money as god."

"You might have noticed that their website...actually avoids...Thanksgiving, diminishes holidays like the Fourth of July, gives sarcastic tribute to Easter and Christmas, and actually elevates more pagan-type holidays to their liking," he points out. "So, it's no surprise whatsoever."

Thomasson is calling on supporters of traditional marriage to take action with their pocketbooks. "There needs to be a response from people who will say, 'I'm not going to put a dime of my money or time into businesses that are attacking the sacred institution of marriage,'" he argues.

And the pro-family activist has some suggestions on how to do that. "Don't buy Levis. Don't use AT&T. Don't use Google," states Thomasson. "We've got to take a stand, and our money is generally how we vote with our conscience -- at least we need to start thinking that way."

Of course, Google acknowledges all holidays.  Randy Thomasson is pretty much hallucinating.

In another article, Thomasson is quoted hating on that mean old Jew Steven Spielberg:

"I don't even want to see Steven Spielberg movies anymore because that man donated $100,000 for defeat of marriage between a man and a woman."

Thomasson also privately promises himself not to ogle Brad Pitt's hot nipples anymore, due to Pitt's $100,000 donation.

What's so funny is that these dumbasses actually seem to believe that their own marriages are being affected by marriage equality.  Not funny haha, but funny sad-stupid.

Okay, since both of those articles come from OneNewsNow, they have (YAY) comments sections.  Let's see what America's Greatest Geniuses have to say about this:

"I have been a Google user for almost as long as they have existed. Used Google mail and their calendar for several years now as well. I will be using a different search engine, and am in the process of researching a different email and web based calendar. Kudos to all taking a stand!"

"Bye Bye Google, AT&T and Levi perverts - I will spend my money with decent and moral companies. McD lost mine and most I know money the day we learned of their perversion also."

I am wearing Lee Jeans at Wendy's right now!  Take that!

"There is an alternative search engine which benefits Christians it is called, Goodsearch.com, I believe it is sponsored by yahoo. I got this from a prophetic e-mail I receive daily. It's been awhile since I used it last because google is plastered everywhere. But I will force myself now. Aol pushes google. I've been staying away from McDonalds for a long time now. It's is a pity shame when major coroporation get involved in people's lifestyles. So now we can surmise where the homosexual movement gets all their money?"

A pity shame indeed!  God, this next one is amazing:

That's right, boycott the corporations that promote anti-Biblical teachings, promoting immorality, while silencing the truth of the Bible, like Google. I stopped using Google years ago, when they refused to run ads from anybody opposed to homosexual activism. I don't even use the word, "Google," to keep them from getting the influence on people I work with. Yahoo! it. I don't wear Levi's over their pro-homosexual activism, it's Wranglers for me. I don't wear Nike shoes, for the same reasons, it's New Balance. As much as possible, when you hear of a corporation joining the immoral opposition in the culture wars, join with the good guys, not the bad guys. Did I mention no more McDonald's for lunch, etc... Fight the good fight and do not grow weary of doing good."

Do you hear that?!  I don't even SAY Google!  I get all my jeans at Wal-Mart, and I wear New Balances, because they are SO cute.  Most gay guys wear them when running!  OH NO!  THROWING SHOES IN TRASH NOW!

These people are amazing.

So...I think it's time for a municipal water supply company to come out against Proposition 8.  The little fundamentalist retard problem might just take care of itself.

(h/t Joe.My.God.)

Si quieres saber quien es Steve Ballmer, Mitchell Baker, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Eric Schmidt, Jeff Clavier, Paul Graham, Arianna Huffington, Joi Ito, Steve Jobs, Jonathan Kaplan, Loic Le Meur, Jack Ma, Matt Mullenweg, Rupert Murdoch, Craig Newmark, Gabe Rivera, Kevin Rose, Sheryl Sandberg, Jon Stewart, Peter Thiel, Maria Thomas, Anssi Vanjoki, Jimmy Wales, Evan Williams o Jerry Yang, y que han hecho para merecer estar en este ranking, echa un vistazo a la presentación de diapositivas para descubrir por qué todos ellos tienen el mayor impacto en la web durante estos días. 

'If you have to think about being hip you are never going to be hip.'
Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, 2004

The company 23andMe was in the news thrice this month:

1. cutting the price of its service by more than a half
2. organizing a celebrity spit party
3. the husband of the 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, better known as Google co-Founder Sergey Brin, revealed he is at risk for Parkinson's Disease, as determined by....23andMe.

Coincidence or part of a strategic plan?

23andMe is a 'direct to consumer genetic testing' company that as 23andMe puts it: "democratizes personal genetics". The lowering of the service price from $999 to $399 brings personalized genomics within the range of many.

What do you get for those $399? A spit kit, you do your thing, send the tube to a certified lab, which analyzes your saliva for more than a half-million points (called SNPs) scattered across the 23 pairs of chromosomes you have (hence 23andMe), as well as your mitochondrial DNA. 23andMe shows the digital data and gives you information on certain traits and diseases. 23andMe also gives information on your ancestry and compares your DNA to your relative's and friend's-genes, if you want to share that knowledge with them. With your genes in their database you help 23andMe to perform more research for new discoveries, a program called 23andWe. In fact once you sign up you cannot refuse the use your (anonymous) DNA for this purpose.

The main question is: what purpose does this serve (besides as a potential for yielding income)?

According to 23andMe the main purpose is 'for research', 'for education' and 'for fun': “It’s fun to learn about your own genome”.

In this light, we should probably see the recent event 23andMe organized: a spit party where a few hundred people were lured away from the catwalks during the Fashion Week in New York City. On the sound track of "a whole lot of love" celebrities were spitting their DNA-containing saliva in a tube (see here and here). According Guy Kawasaki, who report on it on his blog (see here),

"even Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell were there providing their spit, but their handlers wouldn’t let me take a picture. I found this ironical: Giving DNA was okay but not a picture."

The aim for which Sergey Brin let 23andMe test his DNA was less funny. As Sergey (whos mother has Parkinson) explains in his brand new blog:

(.....) Nonetheless it is clear that I have a markedly higher chance of developing Parkinson's in my lifetime than the average person. In fact, it is somewhere between 20% to 80% depending on the study and how you measure. At the same time, research into LRRK2 looks intriguing (both for LRRK2 carriers and potentially for others).

Thus this shows a 3rd aim: diagnostic?!
Formally 23andMe denies there is a diagnostic purpose (in part, surely, because the company doesn't want to antagonize the FDA, which strictly regulates diagnostic testing for disease). However, 23andme does give information on your risk profile for certain diseases, including Parkinson.

In addition, 23andMe encourages the formation of networks of people sharing the same traits.

"If you want to have a community around psoriasis," Ms Wojcicki said, "we'd like to be able to allow you to form a psoriasis-specific community." (see New York Times article)

Psoriasis-specific community when you only have the genes that may enhance the risk of getting psoriasis??

That sounds like condemning you to a psoriasis patient already?!

Then lets discuss the following burning question: how well does 23andMe predict that you will get the disease?

Even the LRRK2-gene data of Mr. Brin aren't that conclusive. A marked higher chance of 20% to 80% is often misconceived as meaning that Sergey's chance of getting Parkison is 20-80%, or "he will almost get the disease for sure". As explained by the Gene Sherpa in his excellent post on this subject (see here) it only means that the LRRK2-mutation increases the normal chance of Americans/Europeans getting Parkinson from 2-5% to 4-10% at the most (the chance is less than doubled). Furthermore LRRK2 isn't the most crucial gene for getting Parkinson.

23andMe has chosen to relate personal health info only to common diseases and common genes. Thus whether you have an enhanced or lowered risk for breast cancer (normal 1 out of 8 women) is determined by 2 (not very predictive) SNPs associated with Breast Cancer, but not by determining BRCA1/2 mutations that are highly predictive for breast cancer, but rare in the entire (western) population .

Although 24andMe explicitly mentions that the tests are for non-diagnostic purposes, it is hard to imagine that people will see it otherwise. But:

• Most genes are only weakly predisposing
• Often multiple genes are working in concert in a difficult to predict way (seldom one gene-one disease)
• The environment and chance also play an important role.

Thus the value of these fun predictions is low, but how does it affect people that think they are prone to having a disease? For some it might be reason to adjust their lifestyle (but then, what is the chance you really change "your destiny"), others may get fixed on their presumptive future disease, confused, or depressed. It is not without reason that genetic screening is usually restricted to people with high risks, when a disease can be predicted accurately (without too many false positives and negatives), something can be done about it (prevention or treatment), and only as part of a genetic consultation by professionals.

Se você tem uma idéia matadora que vai ajudar muitas pessoas, corra e conte logo para a Google, pois as inscrições vão só até 20 de outubro. Além do detalhamento escrito de sua proposta você ainda pode anexar um vídeo de até 30 segundos para ilustar sua idéia.

Todas as idéias enviadas serão analisadas por um algorítimo alienígena criado pelo Google funcionários do Google e as cem melhores serão anunciadas no dia 27 de janeiro de 2009, quando serão postas em votação popular para que sejam escolhidas as 20 semifinalistas. A partir daí, um grupo de amigos do Larry Page comitê consultivo selecionará até cinco idéias que receberão a grana para execução.

Na página do projeto você encontra todas as informações sobre critéiros de avaliação, diretrizes e categorias em que deve inscrever suas idéias.

As an Internet company, Google is an active participant in policy debates surrounding information access, technology and energy. Because our company has a great diversity of people and opinions -- Democrats and Republicans, conservatives and liberals, all religions and no religion, straight and gay -- we do not generally take a position on issues outside of our field, especially not social issues. So when Proposition 8 appeared on the California ballot, it was an unlikely question for Google to take an official company position on.

However, while there are many objections to this proposition -- further government encroachment on personal lives, ambiguously written text -- it is the chilling and discriminatory effect of the proposition on many of our employees that brings Google to publicly oppose Proposition 8. While we respect the strongly-held beliefs that people have on both sides of this argument, we see this fundamentally as an issue of equality. We hope that California voters will vote no on Proposition 8 -- we should not eliminate anyone's fundamental rights, whatever their sexuality, to marry the person they love.

From now on, Fundamentalist dumbfucks will have to boycott Google, due to the buttsecks, and use the yet-to-be-formed search engine "Conservatardia."  It's sure to provide ignorant unscientific 'tard information for ignorant unscientific 'tards.  YAY-boo.

Take that, Fundamentalist hick hate machines!  Boycott it, boycott it, please!

(Don't worry, you won't suffer any loss of knowledge, because you are already too stupid to use search engines, ha ha ha.)

(h/t Scott Lemieux)

Creo que describir uno a uno los servicios que Google nos ofrece desde su creación, sobretodo cómo han ido creciendo a lo largo de los años nos tomaría un extenso post, quien se imaginaría que en todo este tiempo Google llegaría a reinar el mercado de los servicios online.
Aunque oficialmente, el día 7 de este mismo mes, se constituía la compañía Google Inc. por parte de Larry Page y Sergey Brin, dos estudiantes de postgrado que habían comenzado a mejorar su buscador BackRub tras rebautizarlo como Google, para luego expandirse y crear nuevos servicios como GMail, Google Docs, Google Adsense, Google Maps, etc.

Y quien no ha usado el buscador más popular del Globo, hmmm bueno creo que más que un buscador es una herramienta que nos hace que la Internet esté a Nuestros píes, desde Venezuela que sigan creciendo para el bien y la Libertad de Todos de escoger lo que queremos usar, ver, modificar y/o vender........Ya ha pasado una década desde ese momento en que Larry y Sergey fundaron Google Inc.,   este buscador pasó por muchas cosas importantes, como el nacimiento de AdWords en el 2000, de AdSense tres años después, la primera beta de GMail en el 2004, la fundación Google.org y el lanzamiento de Google Earth en 2005, la compra de YouTube en el 2006, hasta el Google Chrome nacido recientemente, entre muchos otros acontecimientos no tan importantes que sucedieron a lo largo de estos diez años.

Google.com, creado por Larry Page y Sergey Brin en su habitación universitaria, es el buscador más utilizado en la Internet alrededor del mundo, procesando dos tercios de todas las búsquedas de la web, captando el 40 por ciento de la publicidad online y teniendo acceso a información confidencial de alrededor de 650 millones de personas. Además, es dueña de sitios masivamente utilizados como YouTube, Google Maps o Gmail.

Sin embargo, expertos ven precaución el creciente poder de Google, especialmente lo que respecta al manejo de tanta información privilegiada. Jeff Chester, director de la ONG “Centro para la Democracia Digital”, expresó que si bien Google ha contribuido a la democratización del acceso a la información, es una situación compleja puesto que “se trata de un sistema diseñado sólo por una entidad”, llamando la atención sobre la concentración de poder en la compañía

No obstante las criticas, la empresa opina que su cobertura “es mínima” y que a pesar del éxito y la expansión se han mantenido “fieles a una cultura que permite que las mejores ideas salgan a la superficie”, justificando así sus fructíferos primeros diez años de existencia.

La compañía fue fundada en septiembre de 1998 por Page y Brin, entonces estudiantes de la Universidad de Stanford, y actualmente es un gigante informático avaluado en 150 millones de dólares y cuenta con 20 mil trabajadores, sólo superado por compañías como Microsoft o Apple. Os dejamos con un link donde se detalla la Cronología de Google.

O Google, um dos maiores diretórios de endereços eletrônicos do mundo está completando 10 anos de existência. Isso mesmo 10 anos, como você pode conferir na própria homepage da empresa.

Fundada por Larry Page e Sergey Brin, os dois se conheceram em um curso de graduação da Universidade de Stanford, nos Estados Unidos.  Larry e Sergey tinham pontos de vista diferentes no que se refere aos desafios da computação, mesmo assim os dois estudantes acabam chegando à um ponto em comum: A obtenção de dados relevantes em grandes quantidades de informações. E partir desse desafio e das idéias dos dois nasce o Google. A empresa é hoje líder disparado no seu segmento, é dela um dos melhores algoritmos de busca eletrônica.

Sobre a história do Google.
Saiba mais um pouco sobre o Google.
Veja as diferentes fases do Google deste sua fundação.

E tem mais aproveitando seu décimo aniversário lançou no seu site o Projeto 10¹⁰⁰ (pronuncia-se Projeto 10 elevado a 100). Esse projeto é convocação de idéias para mudar o mundo ajudando o maior número de pessoas possível. Qualquer individuo pode participar enviando idéias para o Google, o prazo vai até o dia 20 de outubro e haverá prêmiações. Quer participar? Para ver o regulamento e mais informações acesse o site do projeto Google.

Veja alguns logotipos do Google. Criados para comemorar cada data/época festiva, sempre seguindo as cores divertidas que caracteriza o seu logo padrão.

Meus parabéns à equipe do Google.

Google'cılar şimdiden gelecek on yılın teknolojik gelişmeleri ve bunların dünyaya olası etkisi üzerine kafa yormaya başladılar bile.

10. yıl için kapsamlı bir zaman çizelgesi hazırlayan Google, ilk günden bugüne kadar hayata geçirdikleri projeleri ve heyecan dolu serüvenini yansıtmış.

Google'ın önemli günler için tasarladığı 308 özel logo (Doodle) da 10. yıl özel bölümünde sergileniyor.

'Google'ı Nasıl Kullanıyorum' başlıklı özel bölümde

Kullanıcıların Goole ürünlerini kullanmada sayısız, ilginç yollar bulduğundan bahsedilerek bunlardan örnekler verilmiş.Kullanıcıların kendi buldukları kullanım kolaylıklarını paylaşmaya davet edildiği bölüm mutlaka gezilmeli.

Dünyayı değiştirecek fikirler için çağrı yapılan bölüm hayli ilginç. Sizin de Dünyayı değiştirecek bir fikriniz varsa 20 Ekime kadar Google'a gönderebilir bunun karşılığında da 10 milyon dolar kazanacak.

Google'ın açıklamasında, bu ödülün, "akıllı teknoloji aracılığıyla olağanüstü sonuçlar sağlayacak, küçük ölçekte başlayarak uzun dönemde büyük sonuçları olacak" 5 fikrin sahipleri arasında paylaştırılacağı belirtildi.

Açıklamada, fikirlerin Google'a sunulabileceği sürenin 20 Ekimde dolacağı kaydedildi.

Tüm fikirler arasından 100 tanesinin seçilerek 27 Ocak 2009'da açıklanacağı, daha sonra Google kullanıcılarının finale kalan 20 fikri belirleyeceği, Google'un oluşturacağı kurulun da kazanan 5 fikri seçeceği belirtildi.

15 Eylül 1997 tarihinde Larry Page ve Sergey Brin adlı Stanford Üniversitesi öğrencilerinin, ''google.com'' adının haklarını almalarıyla basit bir arama motoru olarak kurulan Google, kısa sürede internet üzerinden bilgiye ulaşmada en çok kullanılan arama motoru haline geldi.

Così al massimo prendevo tra le mani qualche articolo particolarmente interessante trovato qua e la nella rivista di turno, fino a quando... arrivato con largo anticipo (per non perdere il solito volo low cost) all'aereoporto di Milano (destinazione Catania) decido di entrare in edicola e mi ritrovo davanti agli occhi "Google Story" edizione 2007 di D. Vise e M. Malseed. Al pensiero istintivo "Bello...ma non lo leggerò mai" segue una sfrenata curiosità di conoscere tutta la storia (nota) dei Google Guys, dei quali sapevo molto poco, praticamente solo gli aneddoti più famosi.

Il libro l'ho divorato (ok tenete conto che solitamente non leggevo...anzi non leggo) e il risultato è stato che mi sono convinto ancora di più del fatto che non basta essere validi ed avere delle idee geniali ma si deve essere anche molto fortunati...dato che, senza mettere assolutamente in dubbio la genialità di Sergey Brin e Larry Page, che sono due persone sicuramente fuori dal comune, penso che, anche se mi invetassi la fusione a freddo, non troverò mai nessuno che, conoscendomi da 5 minuti, mi firmi un assegno da 100.000$ e soprattutto non convincerei amici e parenti a finanziare le mie idee ACCUCCHIANDO 1.000.000 $...o sbaglio?

Comunque, aldilà della storia, il libro mi è piaciuto parecchio, penso che sia scritto bene (anche se qua e la si trova qualche traduzione "strana", ma penso che sia normale) e spero sinceramente che sia la prima di tante letture.

Vuoi vedere che mi sono appassionato alla lettura leggendo un pugno di baggianate...dico questo perchè qualche giorno fa tutte le principali testate, specializzate e non, riportavano la notizia di un terzo fondatore di Google, Hubert Chang, dottorato alla New York University. È lo stesso Chang a rivendicare la paternità del celebre motore di ricerca sostenendo, a ben 10 anni dal debutto del colosso di Mountain View, di aver lavorato con Brin e Page all'algoritmo PageRank e al Business Plan (che prevedeva lo sviluppo di adSense come sistema pubblicitario). Hubert Chang dice di aver conosciuto i Brin e Page nel 1997 quando gli furono presentati dal professore Motwani, che seguiva a Stanford i due genietti durante il loro dottorato. Al professore aveva chiesto se conosceva qualcuno che fosse interessato a collaborare ad un sistema innovativo di ricerca delle informazioni in Internet. Dopo aver lavorato a lungo con Brin e Page però, Humbert sostiene di non aver firmato il documento che certificava la nascita del PageRank per non compromettere la propria carriera universitaria. Pensava di poter entrare nel gruppo una volta terminati gli studi, ma in realtà, quando provò a mettersi in contatto con i Google Guys trovò sempre la porta chiusa. Peccato che Hubert cancellò le mail della corrispondenza con Brain e Page dal momento che  necessitava di  spazio nella casella di posta e non ha quindi alcuna prova per sostenere la propria tesi.

Qui sotto trovate il video in cui Hubert racconta la propria storia...

Le smentite, sia da parte del prof. Motwani che da Google, non si sono fatte attendere, ma in ogni caso penso sia normale porsi degli interrogativi.

Prima di tutto perchè aspettare 10 anni, il dottorato dura meno e tra l'altro Chang l'aveva già iniziato in occasione dell'incontro con il prof. Motwani; forse ha provato a resistere alla frustrazione dovuta alla decisione di abbandonare il progetto Google per proseguire gli studi...? Non penso viste le cifre che ci sono in ballo.

Ma allo stesso tempo penso che si dovrebbe essere più che megalomani per inventarsi una storia simile visto che, indipendentemente dal fatto che sia vero o meno, saranno in molti a reputarlo un pazzo, soprattutto perchè le affermazioni fatte non trovano riscontro in alcuna prova.

Non penso che per il momento si possa dire di più, ma in ogni caso è stato Chang a non voler firmare le carte che avrebbero attestato la sua partecipazione allo sviluppo di Google e ancora è stato lui a non voler abbandonare il dottorato, lo fecero invece Brin e Page (devo dire fortunatamente, sia per loro che per noi...), per intraprendere questa avventura.

Solo Brin, Page e Chang (forse anche Motwani) conoscono la verità.... Se fosse vero quanto ha detto Chang penso che, aldilà di cosa gli spetti dal punto di vista legale, potrebbe accontentarsi di qualche milioncino di dollari (briciole per Google) dato che avrebbe contribuito ad un'importante rivoluzione senza però accollarsi alcun rischio. Qualora invece fosse tutto inventato, o comunque risultasse tale... beh penso proprio che perderebbe credibilità compromettendo in maniere irreversibile la propria carriera universitaria...

Comunque vi presento Gianmarco Esposito...il quarto fondatore di Google...

Apart from the announcement on the official Google blog, there also is a neat webpage outlining Google's timeline, right from how Larry met Sergey to Google's 1st employee to its 1st April Fool joke to the launch of several key products such as Picasa and GMail and Chrome to its 10th birthday announcement. Check out the randomly-displayed informative tidbits, interesting pictures and videos and lots of statistics over at Google's Tenth Birthday page or if you want to explore the timeline right from the beginning, head to the start page.

Happy Birthday Google!

Further to reports that Google founder Sergey Brin has written a blog revealing intimate details about his personal health worries, executive communications strategist Mindy Gibbins-Klein, a.k.a The Book Midwife, is challenging other CEO’s to follow suit if they want to get up close and personal with their clients and other followers, but only if they are prepared to write it themselves.

“Vulnerability sells and more CEO's should drop the slick facade and try it”, explains Gibbins-Klein, who suggests that there is nothing wrong with an executive like Brin sharing something personal on a blog, as it will most certainly be seen as attractive and endearing, and will probably turn into more trust, and more revenues.

Gibbins-Klein argues that the problem with most big companies is that the customer gets little to no exposure to the top exec and his or her views and that it is very difficult for an assistant, marketing staff or ghost blogger to write the real personal blogs, which are an outpouring of emotion and sharing of the CEO’s personal experience and not just an marketing exercise.

 “Blogging is one way in which executives can bridge the gap between the ‘corporate ivory tower’ and real customers. An example of an authentic executive blogger is Bill Marriott, chief executive of the hotel chain. His message comes completely from the heart, and is exactly in keeping with the feel and tone that Marriott customers have come to expect”, says Gibbins-Klein, who is also a published author and international speaker.

 “And in the political arena, we have seen Barack Obama take control of the blogosphere, pulling in more loyal supporters than his rivals and raising an unprecedented amount of campaign money in record time, again by writing and speaking from the heart and sharing concerns and vulnerability as well as the good news”, adds Gibbins-Klein.

Mindy Gibbins-Klein is better known as The Book Midwife and has helped over 300 people to write and publish their books. For more information please visit www.bookmidwife.com

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