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Video: Google's 2013 Zeitgeist Montage Features America's Cup, Daft Punk, Mandela

Google just released their "zeitgeist" video, which attempts to define the year in 90 seconds (from an American perspective). It includes the birth of Prince George, Daniel Day Lewis accepting his Oscar for

Google Execs Shamed For Getting Government Discount On Fuel For Private Jets

When Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and chairman Eric Schmidt fire up their private jets for long weekends in Tahiti, they've been doing so with improperly discounted jet fuel via a

'This Is A City For The Right Kind Of People,' Screams (FAKE) Google Employee To Protester [Update]

In a video taken at Monday morning's Google bus protest in the Mission District, SF Bay Guardian reporter Joe Fitz Rodriguez captured a heated exchange* between an alleged Google employee and a protester.

Mysterious Google Barge Now Under Investigation

The ongoing saga of Google's mysterious barge/Glass showroom/"technology learning center" continues this week with news that the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission announcing that they've launched a formal investigation

Mysterious Google Barge Is Officially A Floating Retail Store

About a month after news broke that Google's mystery barge in the San Francisco Bay was more like a fancy Google sailboat, a few more details have emerged about the floating heap loaded

Google Satellite Image Captures 14-Year-Old Boy's Homicide Scene [Update]

In an example of Google's all-seeing eye unintentionally capturing an unsettling moment in time: Richmond, California father Jose Barrera claims a satellite image that appears in Google Maps shows the body of his

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Sergey Brin's Estranged Wife Throws 'Freedom' Party On Alcatraz

Rich people. They're not like us. Take, for example, Anne Wojcicki, impending ex-wife of (dreamy) Google cofounder Sergey Brin. None too thrilled about seeing her husband leave her for a 26-year-old Google Glass

Google Coming To Mission Bay?

Here we go. The City's soul-crushingly beige and stucco Mission Bay district could see a new neighbor coming to town. Google. At least that's the buzz. According to SF Biz Times, the tech

The Mysterious Google Barge Is Now The Fancy Google Sailboat

In the latest news surrounding the mysterious Google Barge floating on the bay near Treasure Island, the Chronicle's mustachioed duo have finally cracked the story wide open. (We always knew you had it

Google Releases Official Statement About Barge In The Bay

Regarding that barge floating in the San Francisco Bay, Google released an official statement about the hunk of metal and mystery. Basically, it's going to be an interactive learning space to learn more

Working For Google Not All That Awesome, Say Googlers

It shouldn't shock anyone that the reality of working for Google is not nearly as swell as what some of us might imagine it to be it is, after all, a job at

As Google's Smartwatch Nears, Apple's Might Be Getting Close Too

Always a fan of getting to market first with a sleeker product, Apple is possibly scrambling to get their much rumored smartwatch into stores before Google does, and today the Wall Street Journal

SF Restaurants, Food & Drink

Watch Taylor Boetticher & Ryan Harris Butcher A Hog At Google HQ

Part of Google's in-conversation series, chefs Taylor Boetticher and Ryan Harris (The Fatted Calf) butchered a hog for blood-thirsty and bacon-hungry Google employees yearning to know precisely how their pork gets made. One

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Today's Techies Are Yesterday's Hippies, And Other Thoughts From The New Yorker

As of late, a flurry of national media attention has followed San Francisco's growth and attendant cultural ramifications (take George Packer's recent Silicon Valley piece or this week's meditation on SF's housing crunch

Google Will Splash Your Face On Sponsor Endorsements Unless You Opt Out

Google wants to make you the new face of [insert brand name here] via a new revision to their terms of service. Basically, the company plans on taking anything you review or rate

Google Will Face Federal Lawsuit For Reading People's Gmail

Between the NSA, Facebook, and Google, your life is an open book. But, a federal judge in San Jose ruled Thursday that Google will have to face a wiretapping lawsuit over the claim

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Meanwhile, On Market And Sanchez: Anti-Google Screed

A disgruntled anti-Googler has put up this large-scale poster, poetically decrying the search engine's inexorable reach into our lives. It reads: I'm watching you/ I'm targeting you. I'm searching for you. I'm tracking

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An Interview With Craigslist's Notorious Google Glass Hater

If you've had your finger on the pulse of local, Craigslist-based anonymous ranting, you're well aware of the mystery-shrouded and sharp-tongued individual whose tirades against Google Glass wearers have captured the imagination and

Google To Give Free WiFi For 31 S.F. Parks

Delightful. The dream of working remotely from Dolores Park might soon become a beautiful, frolicking reality. The fine folks at Google unveiled plans today to give San Francisco parks free wifi -- 31

Muni Caves to Corporate Shuttle Bus Pressure

In an effort to appear that they have any control whatsoever over the growing swarm of corporate shuttle buses clogging neighborhood streets and bogarting their bus stops, the SFMTA has proposed a new

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Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Google Google Apps Apps'

Yes, it's less a palate cleanser than a main course of anti-gentrification, but Esta Noche drag star Persia's (probably NSFW) video "Google Google Apps Apps" might be just the afternoon brain tickler you

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Make Your Google Spreadsheet Gay

Is your tech office full of gassy, flip flop-wearing brogrammers? Jazz up your office communique and data with a rainbow colored Google Spreadsheet! It's easy: Open up a spreadsheet and spell "pride" across

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Google Honors Rulings With Gay Flair [Update]

In honor of DOMA's defeat and the re-legalization of gay marriage in the state of California, Google gave their search bar a 3D rainbow makeover. (Granted, it's not on the main Google page,

Google Tests Out Internet-Beaming Balloons in Skies Over New Zealand

The latest project to come out of the top secret Google X lab the same folks who brought us Google Glass just launched in New Zealand, and unlike their previous projects, it's totally