This is purely semantics: "Google’s research boss, Alfred Spector, has a small core team and no department or building to call his own." So no department but

This is purely semantics: "Google’s research boss, Alfred Spector, has a small core team and no department or building to call his own." So no department but he has a "small core team" and presumably Alred and his "small core team" have offices? This is such a non-story...just PR fluff to make Google appear unique and more "integrated". Are we actually supposed to believe the "labs" at other tech giants are some sort of ivory tower that they never leave?