Google Maps' Satellite view is a lie and it was almost called 'Bird Mode'

Get the Full StoryThere's more evidence that just ignoring your eccentric boss' bad ideas is the best way to deal with them.

The co-creator of Google Maps and current Salesforce president Bret Taylor decided that Feb. 23, 2019 was a perfectly good time to blow all our damn minds.

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On Saturday morning, Taylor dropped what he innocently described as a "silly Google Maps origin story" in a Twitter thread. It included the tale of how one popular feature was almost called... Bird Mode?!

Here s a silly Google Maps origin story about how Satellite was almost named Bird Mode pic.twitter.com wj7CRJUEyx

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