RENEE MONTAGNE, host:
Our last word in business is one costly guitar riff.
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More than 700 million people became spontaneous musicians when they visited Google's home page last week. Google had transformed its logo into a guitar. You could actually strum.
STEVE INSKEEP: It was posted for two days to honor guitar legend Les Paul. The company spent about $15,000 on the design, but the website Extreme Text says the plethora of plucking, the time spent plucking, cost the world $268 million in lost productivity.
MONTAGNE: And that time waster is here to stay. Google has given the guitar a permanent online home, and there's a link on Morning Edition's Facebook page.
(Soundbite of laughter).
MONTAGNE: Knock yourselves out.
INSKEEP: You know, see if we can get it up over $300 million of lost productivity. That's the business news on MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
MONTAGNE: And I'm Renee Montagne. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.