Things Google is doing

This is great commentary on Google. What are we up to? Is this stuff even good for our business?

From The Economist:
"Things Google is doing"
http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2010/10/business_strategies

Here is The Economist's blog post in its entirety. Funny and to the point!

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IT'S only Tuesday, but so far this week we've learned that Google, ostensibly an internet search company, or a media company, or an advertising company, is:

• Using web data to track inflation
• Pioneering driverless-car technology, and testing it around the San Francisco Bay area
• Building a massive offshore power grid to facilitate transmission of wind energy

At this point, it's probably more useful to keep tabs on the things Google isn't doing. Watering my plants, for instance. As of right now, Google is not involved in any initiative associated with the watering of my house plants. But as I said, it's only Tuesday.
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