| "body"> | | | | components of a web page can be manipulated |
| Google has long been known to beloved users and to | | | | without actually clicking anything. While that may be |
| this writer as pretty much the only search engine | | | | old technology (Adobe pioneered Flash years ago), |
| with personality, to internet and tech speculators as | | | | it's technology that Google has never particularly |
| a business and industry innovator, and to early stock | | | | embraced. |
| investors as an absolutely boon for their retirement | | | | We'll simply just have to wait and see what Google |
| accounts. Probing all 3 could give us some insight into | | | | says at the Museum of Modern Art later today. In |
| the big G's think tank and whatever the big | | | | the meantime, it's worth noting what a powerful and |
| announcement the company is expected to release | | | | disruptive company Google has been since its 1998 |
| today at the Museum of Modern Art in San | | | | launch and subsequent initial public offering a year |
| Francisco, and could result in a nice bump in the stock | | | | later. The company's stock price has multiplied |
| price. | | | | five-fold in just over 10 years, a nearly unheard of |
| You've undoubtedly seen and enjoyed the "Google | | | | feat of impressive growth. |
| Doodles" on holidays, which refer to the cute and | | | | Early this year, Google also changed the corporate |
| commemorative animations that appear on Google's | | | | landscape not just for American companies but for |
| homepage just above the search box periodically. | | | | an entire overseas country, and everyone who |
| Whether it be Santa on a sled overtop a home with | | | | watched the debacle. The company made a bold and |
| the Christmas lights spelling out the company's name, | | | | public exit from China, with CEO Eric Schmidt saying |
| or more recently, their April Fool's joke logos (this | | | | in a Newsweek article, "this isn't a business decision. |
| year Google "announced" on July 1st they would be | | | | This was a responsibility decision", after a hacker |
| switching names with Topeka, Kansas, citing, | | | | attack on human rights activist's private Gmail |
| "Topeka voted to bring super-fast broadband to the | | | | accounts was eventually traced to a Chinese |
| residents of the Capital city through a program | | | | University. The move says a lot about how company |
| Google has launched; Google was flattered and | | | | balances and behaves between the interest of its |
| wanted to return a nice gesture. Topeka, in return, | | | | own principles and of their stockholders. Moving out |
| would rename themselves Google, Kansas"), Google | | | | of China is a terrible move from a business |
| loves to display those doodles. | | | | standpoint - they stand to lose 17% of their market |
| The Google Doodles are at it again, but with no | | | | share to Chinese rival search engine Baidu, who owns |
| specific holiday or event to attribute the new doodles | | | | nearly 70% of the market share, in what is |
| to, Internet-wide speculation has been sparked and | | | | considered by some as the largest market in the |
| the rumors are flying. You may have noticed | | | | world. |
| yesterday on the Google homepage the flash | | | | But from a corporate responsibility and ethics |
| animation above the search box of little colored balls | | | | standpoint, it's an absolute triumph. On one of the |
| that would fly in every direction when a mouse | | | | last pages in its IPO, Google wrote a clause |
| barreled through them, only to settle into the familiar | | | | disclaiming that the company may not always act in |
| Google logo we're used to on boring and uneventful | | | | the interests of the stockholders; that there may |
| days. | | | | come a time when it will make decisions based on its |
| The Google logo is all grey upon first impression. Start | | | | character morals and standards for doing business. |
| typing, however, and the letters begin to colorize. So, | | | | To decision to pull out of China and stand up for |
| why all the effort? | | | | what the company believes in is a breath of fresh air |
| Today, Google is taking over the Museum of Modern | | | | in our scandal-plagues era or corporate irresponsibility. |
| Art in San Francisco for a search event led by some | | | | Shares of Google are currently trading up just a |
| of the company's top executives and engineers. The | | | | fraction of a percent, but if the weight of the |
| event was announced last Friday, and via a Twitter | | | | announcement today is powerful enough to move |
| message, Google hinted the company has an | | | | the market, intuition suggest it will move higher. I |
| announcement to make, but it's really anyone's guess. | | | | wouldn't say the price of Google's share is inflated, |
| It's obvious to me that Google has some feature or | | | | and it's too early to assume the news of today's |
| product or update they will be rolling out, and the | | | | announcement is built into the price. In the end, |
| doodles and Twitter messages is their way of saying | | | | regardless of the announcement and whether or not |
| "it's something big". The animations have one thing in | | | | the stock moves today, there's a lot to be proud of |
| common - an example of how the interface and | | | | as a Google shareholder. |