Corporate Google - the GooglePlex, the Business, and Beyond

Read about what could have been with Google Labs and what will be no more.

I love Google April Fool's Day jokes. There's always something fun on the main page, and often there's more fun at individual services. My favorite joke has always been the 2004 release of Gmail, since it wasn't a joke, but the features and service they offered at the time made it seem like they had to be kidding.

Google is known for their unique company culture, and along with this, they've introduced or popularized some interesting phrases. Not all of these terms were coined by Google, but all of them have been used by Google. See how many of these you've heard before.

Not every Google product is made of gold. Google encourages experimentation, and that leads to both success and failure. Here's a gallery of some of those not so golden Google products.

Google announced a deal to purchase DoubleClick for 3.1 billion dollars on April 13th, 2007. The deal would be extremely beneficial for both Google and DoubleClick, but it has some competitors worried about antitrust issues.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Brave New Films, and Moveon.organnounced that they were suing Viacom for requesting the removal of a video they did not feel was infringing on Viacom's copyright.

Google purchased Adscape Media in March 2007 for an undisclosed amount. Adscape provides in-game advertising for video games.

Viacom announced they were suing Google over alleged copyright infringement on the Google owned YouTube video hosting site.

This is not the official Google Earth blog. This is a fan run blog by and for enthusiasts for that nifty virtual globe.

Persistent Info is the blog of a Google employee. He frequently posts nifty Google hacks.

Google info, straight from the horse's mouth.

Search Engine Watch has great info about Google.

What does "gone Google" mean?

I've heard a rumor that Google has cars that drive themselves. Is this true?

This is a hilarious Google April Fool's Day joke for Android users.

It's common practice for products to have code names that differ from the product release name, but Google has some unusual names for theirs.

This article debunks the rumor that Google will steal content with Google+

Google doesn't always get it right. Read about the projects Google had to kill.

Learn more about the trends in search for 2011.

Nominate your favorite non-phones!

Nominate your favorite Android tablet here.

Nominate the RCA winner for 2012!

Nominate your favorite!

More on Google's new privacy policy as of March 2012