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July 10, 2012

Google's Napoleonic Moment

Gene Marks, Forbes


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Like Napoleon’s obsession with the resources of Russia, Google continues to fall in love with the potential riches of the consumer market. They’ve been investing millions in their YouTube channels. They recently expanded Google+ to take on FaceBook and announced a new version of their Google Hangouts services where users can broadcast their videos to unlimited viewers. The other week they unveiled a re-design of their ads to allow for even more eyeballs. At their last conference, they showed off a special pair of Internet friendly glasses.

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