4. Google was founded in YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's garage
谷歌成立于YouTube首席執(zhí)行官蘇珊•沃西基家的車庫(kù)
Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded Google in Susan Wojcicki's garage in 1998. Wojcicki eventually became a Google executive before becoming the CEO of YouTube in 2014. It's always nice to get in on the ground floor!
1998年,謝爾蓋•布林和拉里•佩奇在蘇珊•沃西基家的車庫(kù)中創(chuàng)立了谷歌.沃西基最終成為谷歌的一名高管,之后于2014年成為YouTube的首席執(zhí)行官.在公司起步時(shí)加入總是好處多多.
5. A python once got loose in Google's New York offices
一條巨蟒曾在谷歌紐約辦公樓里失蹤
A Google employee's ball python escaped in the NYC office on April 1, 2007. Since it was April Fools' Day, many people thought it was a prank. Unfortunately, it wasn't. The python was eventually caught and returned to its owner.
2007年4月1日,在谷歌紐約辦公樓,一名員工的球蟒跑了出來.當(dāng)天恰逢愚人節(jié),很多人以為是一場(chǎng)惡作劇.不幸的是,這是真事.最終,這條蟒蛇被逮住還給了主人.
6. As of 2009, Google has used goats to mow its lawn
自2009年起,谷歌用山羊來修草坪
In 2009, Google announced that it had started renting goats to graze on its lawn instead of using lawn mowers. This way is more environmentally friendly and definitely cuter.
2009年,谷歌宣布不再用割草機(jī),開始租用山羊來來草坪吃草.這種方法修草坪更環(huán)保,而且絕對(duì)很萌.
7. Steve Jobs once called up a Google exec to complain about the color of the second "o" in Google
史蒂夫•喬布斯曾給谷歌一名高管打電話,不滿谷歌圖標(biāo)中第2個(gè)O的顏色
Jobs called up Google's Vic Gundotra in 2008 to tell him that the second "o" in the Google logo wasn't the right shade of yellow. "I've been looking at the Google logo on the iPhone and I'm not happy with the icon. The second O in Google doesn't have the right yellow gradient. It's just wrong and I'm going to have Greg fix it tomorrow. Is that okay with you?" Jobs told Gundotra, according to a post Gundotra published on Google+. Gundotra said that was absolutely OK with him.
2008年,喬布斯給谷歌的維克•岡多特拉打電話,說谷歌標(biāo)識(shí)中第二個(gè)O黃色漸變效果不理想.岡多特拉在Google+上發(fā)表的一篇帖子中寫道,喬布斯對(duì)他說："我在iPhone上一直盯著谷歌的標(biāo)識(shí)看,我對(duì)這個(gè)圖標(biāo)不太滿意.Google中的第二個(gè)O黃色漸變效果不理想.這個(gè)顏色不對(duì)勁,我明天得讓格雷格修改一下.這樣可以嗎？" 岡多特拉回答說當(dāng)然可以.
