Les nouveaux locaux de Google France. Inaugurés ce matin en présence de Nicolas Sarkozy et des membres du Conseil national du numérique, Eric Schmidt (CEO Executive Chairman de Google) et Jean-Marc Tassetto (DG de Google France) voici les nouveaux locaux de Google France.
Situé dans le 9e arrondissement de Paris, dans un hotel particulier 8 rue de Londres exactement, ces locaux de près de 10.000 m2 auraient couté la bagatelle de 100M d’euros. Destinés à accueillir les 350 salariés français, ces locaux abriteront également un Institut Culturel et un centre de Recherche et Développement. Si comme Saïd dans « La Haine » vous vous demandez comment ils ont fait pour faire rentrer une voiture, voici l’explication en vidéo : Via FredNguyen. Inauguration2011. Visite inaugurale du nouveau siège de Google France. Lady Gaga, Eric Schmidt And Others Invest Over $1M In Backplane. What do Lady Gaga and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt have in common?
Well according to a very interesting piece in the New York Times by former TechCruncher Evelyn Rusli, they’ve both invested in Backplane, a new startup founded by Lady Gaga’s business manager Troy Carter. Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures and Gaga have partnered up to finance Cartier’s still in stealth startup, with Gaga being a 20% shareholder. Tomorrow Ventures is leading the angel round, which is currently at over $1 million. It is not clear yet as to whether the round has closed. The startup, which we hear is in talks with entities like the NFL and other musicians, will blend technology and entertainment and plans to provide a venue for online communities by combining brands’ various social media presences into one platform. Gaga is an advisor as well as an investor, and apparently has incorporated elements from her music videos and tours to add “authenticity” to the site’s design.
GMaps/Earth on crack. The Google Story - YT. Google - Hiring, HR. Doodles. Webagoogle. Musicians@Google Presents: Google Goes Gaga. Android on crack..lol. Countdown Experiment. Google Demo Slam. Comic Book - Google Correlate. Googleability Mirror. The Search Operators. YouTube Facts: 10 Things You May Not Have Known. YouTube is huge. Humongous, even. More video content is uploaded to YouTube in a 60 day period than the three major U.S. television networks created in 60 years.
The average YouTube user spends between 15 and 25 minutes a day on the site, but how much do we know about the world's largest video sharing website? Do you know what the most watched YouTube clip is? Can you name all three founders? There is a ton of interesting data, info and stats to be learned about YouTube — we've delved deep to find 10 fascinating facts. 1.
YouTube was created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim in 2005. 2. The founding trio didn't come up with the YouTube concept straight away. 3. The domain name YouTube.com was registered on Valentine's Day in 2005. 4. The first video to ever be uploaded to YouTube isn't a classic by any means. 5. The first instance of a "Rickroll" appeared on YouTube way back in 2007. Although Rickrolling has perhaps now had its day, we imagine that figure has easily doubled. 10 Fun Facts You Didn't Know About Google. "Google is not a conventional company.
We do not intend to become one. " So began the "letter from the founders" penned by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in the company's securities registration form in 2004. Despite ever-increasing commercial success since that date, Brin and Page have kept to their word. Google is an unconventional company with a huge stake in our online lives. It is a source of fascination for many, including us, but what really happens in the Googleplex? Here we bring you 10 fun facts about Google to quench our own thirst for Google knowledge as well as hopefully offer you a distracting diversion from your daily life. 1.
Google's famous homepage "Doodles" (the changing Google logo graphics) are well known and enjoyed by millions around the world as a way to mark an event or anniversary. In 1998 Brin and Page took the weekend off to go the Burning Man festival in Nevada. 2. Les versions papier de Google, Twitter, Email et du GPS ! Les versions papier de Google, Twitter, Email et du GPS ! Et si Google, Twitter, Email et le GPS existaient en version papier ? Voici à quoi pourrait ressembler les célèbres services web et de navigation en version analogique. ;) Google France déménage et grossit. Google Headquarters Welcomes Giant Honeycomb. Le nouveau siège européen de Google en image.