Friday, March 21, 2008

The power of simplicity


A Google employee rides a bicycle by a sign at the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California. Google has improved its green credentials by offering all of its employees a free bike to ride to work. Photograph: Gareth Davies/Getty Images.

Google, the company that was co-founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University valued at US$23 billion based on its initial public offering which took place on place on August 19, 2004 is turning to the power of simplicity to enhance its competetive advantage.

Marissa Mayer, a US computer scientist and Google manager understands the power of that simplicity and is on the forefront introducing features to make their products simple and easy to use.

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