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  • Googlisms

    Googlisms

    Google does two things very well: search (which they’re now ruining) and maps. They talk a lot about how “innovative” they are, yet they’ve failed to come up with anything new since Maps. Me-too projects like Sheets and Docs don’t count. There’s nothing really new or revolutionary about half-baked and bug-ridden garbage like Hangouts, Chrome,…

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  • People still don’t want self-driving cars

    People still don’t want self-driving cars

    This probably won’t stop companies like Google, Uber, and Tesla from throwing shareholders money away by developing technologies no one wants (like Google Glass and touch-screen computers), but self-driving cars are a myth altogether. I’ve long argued that self-driving cars would appeal to people who cannot drive due to a physical disability. Fantastic, let’s build…

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