Florida Island Renamed 'Google Island'
Posted: 2:44 pm EST March 9, 2010
SARASOTA, Fla. -- An island off the Florida Gulf Coast is going through a bit of an identity crisis.A competition has the city of Sarasota temporally changing the name of a nearby island.City Island has now been changed to Google Island.That's because Google is launching an experimental ultra high-speed network in the U.S. and Sarasota is trying to get the Internet giant’s attention.To read the full story and see video of the island on wftv.com click here.
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