Title In the plex : how Google thinks, works, and shapes our lives / Steven Levy

Edition First Simon and Schuster hbk. edition Published New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011

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Description v, 424 pages ; 25 cm Contents The world according to Google: biography of a search engine -- Googlenomics: cracking the code on internet profits -- Don't be evil: how Google built its culture -- Google's cloud: how Google built data centers and killed the hard drive -- Outside the box: the Google phone company. and the Google t.v. company -- Guge: Google moral dilemma in China -- Google.gov: is what's good for Google, good for government or the public? -- Epilogue: chasing tail lights: trying to crack the social code Summary Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes readers inside Google headquarters - the Googleplex - to show how Google works Analysis Google (Firm) History, 1990-1999 History, 2000-2009 Management techniques Overseas item United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Google (Firm) SUBJECT Google. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003021731 Subject Internet industry -- United States. Management -- United States -- Communication systems -- Technological innovations. SUBJECT United States -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140291 United States -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140130 -- 21st century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012478 LC no. 2010049964 ISBN 1416596585 (hbk.) 9781416596585 (hbk.)

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