Four Things That Scare Google, by Chris Dannen, bNet (Feb 7)
They are:
+ The investor - believing in the company
+ US Department of Justice - opposition to Google Books' digitlzing and making the orphan books available (books are out of print and the rights holders can't be found).
+ China - not a market anyone can afford to lose
+ Facebook - and its expanded relationship with Microsoft
+ But not Apple and its iPad.
Bonus: The ad that Google used in the Super Bowl. Reminds me of something Ask.com used to do. It nicely shows the ability of Google to respond to questions concerning place, finding a cafe, translation, flights, jobs - but these are all day to day things - not tough research questions.
Posted by Gwen at February 9, 2010 05:44 PM