Tammy Camp

Visiting the Googleplex – Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by Tammy Camp.

I was in San Francisco last week. Making my rounds, I found myself at Google Global Headquarters in Mountain View, CA — known to “Googlers” as the Googleplex.

I must admit that being a tech geek, I was absolutely stoked to have an opportunity to tour the campus. I got to peek around at the different offices, eat lunch at the cafateria, and stroll though the Growing Connection Garden.

As I strolled through the gardens, I reminisced about opening my first Google Adwords account way back in 2002, long before Google went public. They’ve come a long way since then. *sniff-sniff*. It brought tears to eyes to see an infant grow into an adult. Wait, not even an adult…..hell, a giant!

Google Doodle

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Google SMS – 411 For Your Mobile Phone

Posted on 14. May, 2009 by Tammy Camp.

Google SMS – Short Message Services

Text 46645 (GOOGLE) on your mobile phone.

Get access to information on the go!

Launched in October 2004, Google SMS started immediately making waves with the mobile phone users first in the United States and then all over the world.

It is really amazing to be able to get the address or telephone number to a restaurant sent to your mobile phone while driving around trying to find it. Google SMS enables users to make queries on the move by entering information on their phones and getting immediate SMS feedback with the information you requested. The information is not limited in any form either; it could cover anything from the residential phone listings to the word definitions. Want to have current price of mobiles in the market? Your in luck. Ask Google through SMS.

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