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On a daily basis we are blown away(彻底战胜) by Google search. The coolest subtle thing about it is how it can interpret our numerous typos（打字错误）. We type in 'bsuinesdfsinsidsr apple earninsg' and it knows we really mean, 'business insider Apple earnings.' Beyond that little trick, Google search is just plain great. We rarely have trouble finding what we're looking for. 【小编点评：说google是最好用的搜索引擎，应该没有人会持反对意见吧？】 If we could marry Google Maps, we would. They are pretty much perfect. 【小编点评：If we could marry Google Maps, we would. 这句话可以记下来，写各种四六级、雅思托福作文时仿写……，生动形象地表达对某事物的喜爱之情呀】 Self-driving cars may not be core to Google's mission, but so what? It's fantastic that Google is trying to build a new, awesome technology that will save lives and truly change the world. Important note: We are not shareholders. If we were, we might feel differently. Another goof ball project from Google that we can help but admire is Google Glass. We assume it will be a flop, and a bit of a waste of time and resources ... but dammit it's cool! Google dreams big and takes chances. Don't you love me, baby? Android is far from perfect, but the idea behind it — build an elite mobile operating system and then give it away — is very cool. Google's critics will say when you're not paying for the product, you are the product (or something like that). Whatever. Those people are generally pretty well off. The fact that Google has figured out a way to essentially give away some of the best services in the world is one of the greatest, most underappreciated things of all time. Some famous ex-Googlers that spring to mind: Evan Williams, Biz Stone, Kevin Systrom, Dennis Crowley, Sheryl Sandberg, Tim Armstrong, Dick Costolo, Tim Armstrong ... Think about how many great entrepreneurs have come through Google. It's impressive. And then there's all people that worked at Google and left to become investors, like Chris Sacca, Paul Buchheit, Aydin Senkut, Brian Singerman at Founders, Jeff Pokorny at SV Angel, all helping to grow more and more startups. Every big company gives its employees free food and all sorts of perks(额外待遇). But no company does it like Google. See this slideshow for more > Google is trying to figure out how to make solar and wind power viable. Again, it's not necessarily core to Google's business, but it's pretty nice for everyone else on the planet.
When you think about it, it's a miracle the Internet is as free and open as it is. We can thank Google and its lobbying efforts for a lot of that. 来源： |
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