MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Just hours after CEO Larry Page announced a new name for Google, the giant Internet search company unveiled its new logo.
Google will hence be called Alphabet, according to the announcement.
The new logo was presented to the media during a champagne reception at the company’s Mountain View main campus Monday afternoon.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Google CEO Larry Page announced a name change for the Internet search giant.
Google now falls under a new holding company, called Alphabet, which will be run by the two co-founders, Page and Sergey Brin.
The announcement stunned movers and shakers in Silicon Valley as well as the universe of the Internet as we have always known it.
“Google” has become a household word, synonymous with “Search.”
So now, if someone asks for information and you want them to search the Internet, all you have to say is “Alphabet it!”
It doesn’t quite have the same ring to it as “Google it!”
LOS ANGELES, California (The Adobo Chronicles® ) – Last year, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) officially declared ‘selfies’ as a mental disorder, calling it Selfitis, defined as the passive-aggressive urge to take a photo of one’s self and posting it on social media.
Today, the APA downgraded Selfitis to a potential life saver, thanks to a news camerawoman who took the time to snap a selfie and, in the process, save a life.
Dolores Gillham, a photographer for CBS2 and KCAL9, was taking a selfie when she heard a man cry our for help. As she took a second selfie, she heard another cry for help. She then contacted her TV station which in turn called for rescue help.
The rest is history. The driver of a car that plunged off the the Angeles Crest Highway was rescued by helicopter and taken to a nearby hospital where he is now recovering.
So the next time you’re driving through a national forest or enjoying the view at a ski resort, go ahead and take a selfie or two. You might end up saving a life.
And no one will think of you as having a mental disorder. Not even the APA!
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