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Honestly I’m wondering what innovations they’ve had in the last 5 years. I’ve been around long enough to see their decay in that area. YouTube you mentioned was

• aliante 6y ago
  Project Loon is quite interesting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_LLC Fiber would have been great had they succeeded. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fiber https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Fiber
• mav3rick 6y ago
  Photos Tensorflow Waymo Can go on and on...
• pwinnski 6y ago
  It's worse than that. Maps was a 2004 acquisition[0]. Where 2 developed the base map tech originally, and Google acquired them and a couple of other companies, combining them to launch Maps in 2005. Android, also, was an acquisition[1]. Google bought them in 2005 and launched in 2008. Even their core ad business is mostly-acquired from DoubleClick. Even the "personalized search" they're known for involved an acquisition! Really, the list is amazing.[2] [0] https://medium.com/@lewgus/the-untold-story-about-the-founding-of-google-maps-e4a5430aec92 https://medium.com/@lewgus/the-untold-story-about-the-foundi... [1] https://venturebeat.com/2010/10/27/google-exec-android-was-best-deal-ever/ https://venturebeat.com/2010/10/27/google-exec-android-was-b... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitions_by_Alphabet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mergers_and_acquisitio...
  • mav3rick 6y ago
    List is amazing ! They've just lucked out on their success.
• kats 6y ago
  Self-driving cars...