Google's officially pitching a (new, expensive) tent in Mountain View

Google's not going to let Apple get all the new, shiny campus glory in Silicon Valley. On Tuesday, the City of Mountain View gave the tech giant the go-ahead to begin construction on its newest building, its tent-like Charleston East building.

Plans have been in the works for a while now but Google has finally gotten approval to build the new structure, projected to cover 595,000 square feet with a height of 110 feet, after undergoing various tweaks over the years. Ground will be broken in April with completion expected in 2019.  Read more...