So, the question is asked; what did Google get for its birthday? What present is big enough for the Mountain View based company that has its competition in a tizzy over execs that have flocked to its doors? How does a founding father of the internet sound? That's right!

On September 8th, Google announced that it was adding the Internet guru Vinton Cerf to its staff as "Chief Internet Evangelist". Cerf has been hailed as, "one of the great technology leaders of our time," by Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Vinton, who often goes by Vint, was made popular several decades ago when he helped co-design the TCP/IP protocols that eventually aided in the development of the architecture of the internet.

Cerf joins Google with the tasks of helping Google build its overall infrastructure and architecture for the next generation. But those tasks are probably just the tip of the iceberg for the famed technologist.

Speaking on his new position at Google, Cerf said, "Google has already made tremendous strides in making access to information on the web a reality for users across the globe, but we're still in the Internet's early innings."

This announcement is no doubt an excitement for Google. It means bigger things on the horizon. One has to wonder what Google has up its sleeves; only time will tell. And Cerf will be there when it happens.
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