Finally, Google!

All the rumors about Google are true. Or at least most of them. I've finally decided to collect some excerpts from news articles and blog posts that announce a new Google service or a new feature and start with "Google has finally". In retrospect, everything seems obvious probably because Google set the bar so high that nothing seems impossible.

#1 "Google has finally launched the long-awaited Lively virtual reality service."

#2 "Google has finally added a link to its privacy policy on its home page."

#3 "Google has finally remembered it has an IM client, releasing a Labs test of a new version of Google Talk."

#4 "Google has finally released its long awaited answer to Amazon's web services."

#5 "Google has finally released a version of its Google Desktop search for Mac OS X users."

#6 "Google has finally enabled offline access to Google Docs using their Google Gears plug-in."

#7 "To google has finally been added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary."

#8 "Google has finally added the long-awaited search box to their popular web-based RSS reader."

#9 "Google has finally come out with Street View."

#10 "Google has finally opened up Orkut subscription for all users."

#11 "Google has finally proved its seriousness about healthcare by opening Google Health release to general public."

#12 "Google has finally launched Google Finance, its Yahoo Finance slayer."

#13 "Google has finally announced its open-source mobile phone software, Android."

#14 "In addition to giving us ever-growing amounts of e-mail space, Google has finally added IMAP access to Gmail."

#15 "Google has finally posted a public message about their new favicon on their official Blog."

#16 "Google has finally released a product/service that is NOT stamped with a 'beta' moniker - Google Checkout."

#17 "Google has finally begun introducing some support for Boolean operators with the addition of an OR operator." (that's from January 2001)

#18 "It may have taken 16 months, but Google has finally done something with its JotSpot acquisition."

#19 "Google has finally announced their long anticipated paypal killer. The name: Google Checkout."

#20 "After gangbuster earnings quarter after quarter, search king Google has finally disappointed Wall Street."

#21 "Google has finally released a beta version of its long-awaited and much anticipated blog search, two years after it acquired the popular Blogger technology."

#22 "Google has finally lifted the invitation-only restriction on opening Gmail accounts."

#23 "Google has finally revealed its hand in the scholarly research market, unveiling a beta search site called Google Scholar."

#24 "Google has finally made another acquisition, and this time, the lucky target was a company known as Jaiku."

#25 "It took nearly a decade, but Internet giant Google is finally honoring Veterans Day with a special holiday design for its famous logo."

#26 "Synchronization is probably the most requested feature for Google Calendar and Google has finally done something about it." (other contexts from this blog)

I wouldn't be surprised to hear that Google has finally launched a browser, an operating system, a time travel machine or that it has finally released a search engine for obvious news.

终于推出了，Google!

关于Google的传言都成真了，或者可以说大部分都实现了。我终于决定收集一些新闻和博客关于Google新的服务或者功能报道的摘要，这些报道都是以Google终于推出了开头。回头看来Google的奋斗目标是如此的高好像没有什么做不到的。

#1 Google终于推出了期待已久的Lively虚拟现实服务了。

#2Google终于在主页上加了个隐私政策的链接了。

#3Google终于记起他还有个即时通讯工具了，发布了Gtalk的实验室版本。

#4Google终于推出了期望已久的亚马逊网上服务的对手了。

#5Google终于推出供Mac OS X用户使用的桌面搜索了。

#6Google终于利用自家的Gears推出Google Docs的离线版本了。

#7To google词条终于被收入韦氏大辞典了。

#8Google终于在自家的颇受欢迎的RSS阅读器上添加了搜索框。

#9Google终于推出了街景地图。

#10Google终于对所有用户开放了Orkut订阅。

#11Google终于对公众开放了Google健康频道，证实了他们对健康的关心。

#12Google终于推出雅虎财经杀手Google财经了。

#13Google终于发布他们的开源手机软件Android操作软件了。

#14除了给我们不断扩展的电子邮件空间外Google终于在Gmail加进了对IMAP访问支持。

#15Google终于在他们的博客上提到了他们新的图标了。

#16Google终于推出一款不是测试版本的服务，Google Checkout。

#17Google加进对OR运算符，终于开始支持布尔运算符了（2001年1月份）

#18虽然花了16个月的时间，Google最终还是把JotSpot收购搞定了。

#19Google终于发布了他们期望依旧的Paypal终结者，名字是：Google Checkout。

#20在连续几个季度的疯长后搜索引擎之王Google终于让华尔街失望了一次。

#21Google终于推出了备受期待迟迟没有发布的博客搜索，他们收购流行的Blogger技术已经两年过去了。

#22Google终于开放了他们只能通过邀请申请的Gmail帐号。

#23Google终于进军学术搜索市场了，发布的服务为Google学术。

#24Google终于做出了另一个收购，这次幸运儿是一家称为Jaiku的公司。

#25虽然花了差不多十年的时间，但是网络巨人Google终于开始为庆祝情人节推出特别的节日图标了。

#26同步可能是Google日历上最希望添加的功能，Google终于不袖手旁观了。（这个博客上的上下文）

如果知道Google最终推出了浏览器，操作系统，时间机器或者是推出了新闻快报的搜索我都不会感到奇怪。