It's nice to see Google repurposing Microsoft's project name of "Canary". I'm reminded of this classic Reg article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/23/wer

It's nice to see Google repurposing Microsoft's project name of "Canary". I'm reminded of this classic Reg article: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/23/were_being_spanked_by_nokia/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/10/23/were_being_spanked_b... The codename for the Microsoft phone was "Stinger" until everyone called it "Stinker". Choice quote: (Microsoft hates the "Stinker" moniker so much, that it's rebranded Stinker as "Canary" - perhaps unaware of the bird's history as a sacrificial and disposable early warning system for miners. When the Canary dies - you clear out fast).