Google Buzz
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Siroker: Google Wave, Buzz, and Glass were technology in search of problems
“Google's notorious for building products that are technology in search of problems. Google Wave, Google Buzz, Google Glass, like, all of these products were basically some smart engineer or technologist starting the sentence with, Wouldn't it be cool if, dot, …”
Google Buzz and Google+ were driven by competitive fear, says Paul Adams
“I think a lot of the motivation for those projects came from a place of fear. You know, it didn't come from a place of let's make a great product for people. Let's like really understand the things people struggle with when communicating with family and friend…”
Adams: Google Buzz and Google+ were driven by fear, not user needs
“A lot of the motivation for those projects came from a place of fear. You know, it didn't come from a place of let's make a great product for people. Let's like really understand the things people struggle with when communicating with family and friends. Like …”
Siroker: Google culture prioritizes technical sophistication over solving customer problems
“At Google, you know, they value sophistication of the technology more than they value solving a customer problem. And so that was a cultural thing that started from the early days that served us well, served Google well for certain products like search and pro…”