This could all be true, and it's ugly if it is, but GOOG is so big that I wouldn't be surprised if their left hand doesn't know what their right hand is doing.

This could all be true, and it's ugly if it is, but GOOG is so big that I wouldn't be surprised if their left hand doesn't know what their right hand is doing. In SF, they have donated millions to homeless relief efforts [1], and in San Jose they've donated hundreds of Nexus 5s with service to homeless folks [2]. 1: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/google-homelessness-idUSL1N0TV2OL20141211 http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/google-homelessnes... 2: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile4all-scheme-nexus-5-homeless-news/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/mobile4all-scheme-nexus-...