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How to impress a French girl
February 9th, 2010 | by Ritchie Blogfried Pettauer
I’m not a big fan of Google in general: there services are not that great, but there’s no alternative. But it regularly frightens me how this machine works. Today, European director Steve Rogers told an Austrian newspaper: “When a company gets bigger, it is seen as intransparent. But we try to be as transparent as possible.” Right after that Mr. Rogers showed what he really means when he answered the next two questions about Google’s situation in China: “I’m not allowed to comment on this.” (Kleine Zeitung, February 9th 2010, page 29). Temper, temper!
But still, the Superbowl spot is indeed brilliant:
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It’s okay, but I liked some of the parodies better.I even made one myself.
Link please! Couldn’t find the video on your blog.
Or better yet – why does the Public Transportation info from Google maps no longer display in Austria?
http://is.gd/84GCh
“I’m not allowed to comment on this”
I’m sorry, but I removed it after a while. Still, there are many others on YouTube (search for “search stories parody”).