No, This Is Not Google's New Logo

Although Yahoo rolled out a new logo last week, Google has not yet teased a refresh of its own, as a report initially suggested.

Tech site Arstechnica reported on Monday that a refreshed Google logo design was hiding within the Chrome Beta for Android browser. But sources familiar with Google's branding guidelines told Mashable the logo is not new. In fact, it has been used internally and externally for years for printing event banners and whitepapers.

For example, the logo was used in 2010 for a paper on Google's economic impact (.PDF). Read more...