Ehhh, let's leave the google is dying bit out - neither of us, nor the OP, is saying that. As for the unifying, that is indeed google's goal at this time. Do t

Ehhh, let's leave the google is dying bit out - neither of us, nor the OP, is saying that. As for the unifying, that is indeed google's goal at this time. Do they have to unify them all? No. Are they trying to unify many with social features of dubious utility? Yes. My issue is simply that they should go back to the drawing board instead of adding features to existing products. They can break free of the current paradigm and really make some wild new stuff. Plenty will fail, but some key ones will succeed. This is google after all, one of the largest concentrations of brilliant people in the world - I do believe they can do it.