it's like TED but by google
http://www.wesolveforx.com/
things like this and google x are what differentiate google from other major tech companies...yes, google is just a search engine with only a few good apps like email, chat, and maps and their income is mostly from ads...however, they are willing to spend money on things that are not necessarily related to search and ads...maybe they really want to do good and try to solve the world's problems...that seems too naive to me, but there may be some truth to it...i think google knows that by branching out and doing r&d on other things like robotics can lead to new tech that can be profitable even if wall street frowns upon heavy spending
on a side note, i remember reading an article about google's last earnings report, and how wall street was unhappy about them spending a lot of money to hire people even though the company made a ton of money...then i read another article that stated that the stock market went down because of a weak job market report, illustrating the stupidity of our financial system...on one hand they're not happy because too much money was spent on hiring people, but on the other hand, they're unhappy because not enough people were hired...morons
the point is that a lot of tech companies are really innovative in the beginning, which help them become successful, and then they go public...then the company is pressured to have their stock perform...their focus shifts from r&d, engineering, and coming up with new stuff to sales, marketing, and finance to increase profit, and they end up losing their innovation - the thing that made them successful
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