The Google executive who helped start the Egyptian uprising takes stock.

While Google executives seemed to take the analysts more seriously this year, they remained dismissive of competition from Microsoft and others.

A Google executive said the company was hoping to use the Jabber standard to interconnect the messaging industry.

The keynotes, which start off both days of the event, include a number of presentations by various Google executives.

The Google executives threw out an offer of $1.6 billion and autonomy to continue running the business.

A Google executive promised that they would do their best to avoid security concerns.

Brin and other Google executives realized that the firewall allowed them only two choices, neither of which they relished.

Against this backdrop, the Google executives probably expected to appear comparatively responsible and ethical.

In return for cladding the building, the Google executives want to use up to two-thirds of the space to store Google's eight aircraft.

"The Adwords environment is brutal," one Google executive said.