4. Google was founded in YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki's garage
谷歌成立于YouTube首席执行官苏珊•沃西基家的车库
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,谢尔盖•布林和拉里•佩奇在苏珊•沃西基家的车库中创立了谷歌.沃西基最终成为谷歌的一名高管,之后于2014年成为YouTube的首席执行官.在公司起步时加入总是好处多多.
5. A python once got loose in Google's New York offices
一条巨蟒曾在谷歌纽约办公楼里失踪
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,在谷歌纽约办公楼,一名员工的球蟒跑了出来.当天恰逢愚人节,很多人以为是一场恶作剧.不幸的是,这是真事.最终,这条蟒蛇被逮住还给了主人.
6. As of 2009, Google has used goats to mow its lawn
自2009年起,谷歌用山羊来修草坪
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机,开始租用山羊来来草坪吃草.这种方法修草坪更环保,而且绝对很萌.
7. Steve Jobs once called up a Google exec to complain about the color of the second "o" in Google
史蒂夫•乔布斯曾给谷歌一名高管打电话,不满谷歌图标中第2个O的颜色
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,乔布斯给谷歌的维克•冈多特拉打电话,说谷歌标识中第二个O黄色渐变效果不理想.冈多特拉在Google+上发表的一篇帖子中写道,乔布斯对他说："我在iPhone上一直盯着谷歌的标识看,我对这个图标不太满意.Google中的第二个O黄色渐变效果不理想.这个颜色不对劲,我明天得让格雷格修改一下.这样可以吗？" 冈多特拉回答说当然可以.
