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Was there a recent major managerial shift at google or something? This kindof stings.

• TillE 14y ago
  Ever since they quickly killed Wave rather than keep it around as a research project, I've been more and more disappointed about the direction of Google. And except for Google Drive, most of the stuff they're now charging for is clearly aimed at large businesses, with little consideration for smaller organizations or individuals.
  • Terretta 14y ago
    There're two ways to get money. A few people to give you a lot (hard), or a lot of people to give you a little (harder). Google's just going for both.
• abraham 14y ago
  It was not so recent but this is part of Larry Page becoming CEO. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-20/google-profit-tops-estimates-on-ad-demand-page-is-named-ceo.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-20/google-profit-tops-...
  • ihsw 14y ago
    Indeed, there was a lot of noise about his desire for broad-sweeping streamlining -- namely dropping projects (or combining projects) and increasing acquisitions. Notably they stopped projects that had limited adoption. Incidentally this was also when 20% time fell through and Google Plus really started to be pushed as the centre-piece connecting all other projects.