Hello Steemians.
Today I want to share with you 10 things that maybe you did not know about the internet giant: Google.
We all know Google. It became 17 years ago one of the essential tools not only for our work but for our daily lives. All of us connected to the internet use it thanks to the infinite possibilities it gives us. Here I share with you 10 things that perhaps you did not know:
Learn to name mass numbers. If you are looking for a number of up to 12 digits followed by "= english", Google will reveal how to name it.
The original name of Google was BackRub. In 1996, Page and Brin collaborated to develop the concept of a "web crawler" called BackRub. Some speculate that this first nomenclature was inspired by the English term "backlinks" that refers to the search for hyperlinks. BackRub lived on Stanford servers for a year until it exceeded its bandwidth.
Google employees can occupy 20% of their time in their own projects. In addition, they receive free food and haircuts at the company's campuses, which also has a gymnasium and a series of recreational areas. Also, at Google, they are animal lovers, but not everyone. Workers can take their dogs with them, but it is forbidden to bring their cats.
Gmail was launched on April Fool's Day, as Google wanted to continue the Silicon Valley tradition of making jokes on April Fool's Day, so he unveiled his mail service on April 1, 2004 through a badly written press release, which many believed was false because it announced a supposed drink called Google Gulp. It was the precursor of a service that today is used by millions of people.
Google has a very complete wedding planner to make sure everything is in order for your special day. It will help you do everything from announcing your commitment to finding the room to get married, making a budget, creating an agenda and guest list, assembling a gallery of photos of that day that you can share, and even create a complete website to have all by hand in one place.
Goats also work at Google. On Google campuses, there are no electric lawn mowers, since the work falls on goats. Yes, there are 200 goats that go through the gardens of the Google headquarters and there is even a dog that runs them. In the company, the decision was made saying that it is much more tender to see a goat grazing, than having to watch and listen to an annoying grass-cutter machine, as they say in their official blog.
Explore the universe. Google Sky uses images from NASA's Hubble Telescope and satellites to allow you to explore the extremes of the universe. You can explore galaxies millions of light years from Earth, learn about astrological signs, and even hear podcasts about space.
Are you bored? Learn in another way. Write the phrase "I'm feeling curious" and you'll see.
Google Gravity: The appearance of Google when you perform a search has been the same throughout your life. Why not innovate? With Google Gravity, everything that appears on your screen comes down, and from there you can move it from one side to another, at the bottom of the screen. Surely not very useful, but certainly breaks the monotony.
At Google, food is saved strategically. Google employees have a large number and variety of foods to consume without cost, but in the company they place them strategically. If a chocolate is easy to find, it will become part of the employees' diet. To encourage healthy eating, simple products are granola bars, fruits and other healthy snacks. If they want treats, they will have to duck and search the lower shelves or try to reach the highest to get their treasure.
I hope you liked my publication and that in my next post we know things you did not know about other topics.
Greetings.