A compelling argumentment from Om Malik that Google has entered the same stage of decline that, for example, Microsoft saw under Steve Ballmer.

@adders 1. My dad worked for Bell Labs in Murray Hill!! (though he didn't "invent the future" while there as far as I know. ) 2. I realized not long ago that I don't need Google for anything. A few years ago the average user would have had trouble functioning online without it. Now better email, browsers, and search engines are easy to find.