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Google is the executor of current internet innovation. although i use all their products because they are free and work. So i guess I'm the hypocrite
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. I know the Hacker News hivemind is hate Google / love Apple, but this is ridiculous. You want to know what Google has released to great success in the past five years? Here you go: Google Chat Google Docs Google Calendar Google Checkout YouTube Android Google Chrome Google Voice Google TV Granted a few of these are acquisitions, but I'm leaving out a ton of tiny projects and the…
Could it be Google was as surprised as everyone else about Groupon's revenues? During the rumors about Google's offer of $2 billion and then later $5 or $6 billion everyone was reporting Groupon at $500 million per year. After the deal was rejected people are reporting $2 _billion_ per year instead. As far as innovation from their acquisitions, Google still has Dodgeball. Even without Dennis Crowley they must own som…
I'd rather generally own a business making $5b/yr in profit on $10b/yr in revenue, vs. $0b/yr in profit on $30b/yr in revenue.
yes they have definitely become irrelevant and lack even a minor understanding about the value of technology what with the second most popular smartphone os, a video site with a paltry billion page views per day and the second most popular website. man I wanna be considered irrelevant too
What is Google doing at the moment? Chrome and Android are under development, but I can't really see anything else on the horizon. Search results now have a somewhat annoying hover preview, but I am wondering what else is going on over there.
I got Logitech Revue (GoogleTV) a week ago through the Google developer program and I've been playing with it, trying to imagine how this is all going to fit together. It's a bit bleeding-edge now but it could easily take off if they can just push out enough updates and introduce the App Store to it.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. I know the Hacker News hivemind is hate Google / love Apple, but this is ridiculous. You want to know what Google has released to great success in the past five years? Here you go: Google Chat Google Docs Google Calendar Google Checkout YouTube Android Google Chrome Google Voice Google TV Granted a few of these are acquisitions, but I'm leaving out a ton of tiny projects and the…
Only three things on the list I'd call great success, and two of them are acquisitions: Youtube and Android, third was build on the great work of others—Chrome.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. I know the Hacker News hivemind is hate Google / love Apple, but this is ridiculous. You want to know what Google has released to great success in the past five years? Here you go: Google Chat Google Docs Google Calendar Google Checkout YouTube Android Google Chrome Google Voice Google TV Granted a few of these are acquisitions, but I'm leaving out a ton of tiny projects and the…
when google makes an acquisition, they'll also gain people who built that technology/product too. these people usually went through completely different hiring process and it's entirely possible that early employees who made let's say youtube, would probably never make it through those tricky interview questions at google...
heck, most startup founders here wouldn't make it into google through their standard interview process. then google ends up buying their companies for millions. go figure.
Pewpewarrows listed technologies. These are the ones I gladly depend and use at least once per week on:
Search
Gmail (6+ accounts)
Docs
Cal
Contacts
Tasks
Picasa
Custom Search
Reader
Android
Chrome
Ad Manager (DFP)
Adwords
Analytics
Website Optimizer
Python (a bit of a stretch, but I use it because Google does...)
My life is just a lot better because of these bits of technology. Seriously. Lots better. So bummer about Groupon, but Google's rockin and super relevant.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not. I know the Hacker News hivemind is hate Google / love Apple, but this is ridiculous. You want to know what Google has released to great success in the past five years? Here you go: Google Chat Google Docs Google Calendar Google Checkout YouTube Android Google Chrome Google Voice Google TV Granted a few of these are acquisitions, but I'm leaving out a ton of tiny projects and the…
Docs: fear of Microsoft
Calendar: uhhh, really?
Checkout: sucks
Youtube: Acq.
Android: Acq. but still sucks
Chrome: Awesome product.
Voice: haven't heard of it, and that's saying something.
TV: Also haven't heard of it (enough).
But, you left out one major thing, and what I think will be their saving grace (besides the obvious other 2):
Google App Engine: Getting Much Better!
I recently switched to Windows Live. Google sites is a joke. I can make a call with my computer using Google Voice but only through gMail. I can't use the Chrome Google Voice extension to do this. Things like this have made me give up on the Google.
Disclaimer: I have a friend on the Sites team...if you could make your comment constructive I'd be willing to pass it along.