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JohnyLy
Very nice article. I wasn't aware of most of those projects. I am especially interested to see the results of "World Wonders Project", "Solve for X", "Ingress" and "Google Sky". I am sure Google is also secretly working on other projects that they don't want to communicate on yet (Same as Apple). Note: all those projects really remind me of Hailo's project XYZ in the Silicon Valley Series.
yitchelle
I discovered some lesser known Google projects via it Android play store by doing a search "Google". I found Google Sky and MyTracks.
snarfy
> One of the reasons why Google has consistently released new innovative project is because of their 20% time policy, which gives many of their employees one day a week to experiment with new concepts and ideas.

Is this still true? I thought they got rid of the 20% time policy years ago.

exodust
Well, most of the projects are from years ago so maybe that's true.
dgquintas
Regardless of whether that statement is true or not, 20% time is alive and well, based on my own experience, that of everyone else I know who's also done it and (if to a lesser extent), all levels of management having asserted so repeatedly since rumours started. I've even found it to be encouraged by certain managers to alleviate the "itch" to work on something different without having to leave one's current team.