An inside look at the Googleplex

Larry Page is disappointed in all of us.

So says noted tech writer Steven Levy, who spent much of the past three years playing anthropologist at one of the Internet's most interesting villages and set of inhabitants — the Googleplex and the tribe of Googlers who inhabit it.

Page, Google's co-founder and current CEO, is perhaps the most striking character that emerges in Levy's new book, "In the Plex." The book is a deep dive into Google's culture, history and technology and includes the Internet giant's troubled foray into China, its intensifying rivalry with Facebook, and the inner workings of its search, advertising and data center technology.