michael arrington

Whatever they announce, they're in a better position than practically anyone to weather the storm and possibly benefit from it in the longer term with people turning towards trusted brands and away from ones which seem a little riskier. They're cash-rich and even though their stock is dropping, the feelgood factor surrounding them is still high. - Philip Tomlinson

I have very little confidence in advertising as a core value prop during the current economic situation... and, even before this, I had very little trust in the Google brand. They're cash rich, but others are much richer- they're stock has dropped further than others... However, quite incredibly, they are still somehow cloaked in a "feelgood factor", somehow. weird. - Chris Hollander

Interestingly, almost back to back in the RSS reader, there was this story, and one from Silicon Alley Insider saying "Google To Blow Q3 Earnings, Estimates To Be Cut". Not "may" or "might" or "is predicted"... but definitely. - Louis Gray

"Google’s financial health is a key driving factor in the Silicon Valley ecosystem - if they’re strong and keep buying companies, venture capitalists will keep funding new and existing startups. If Google and others slow acquisition activity, venture dollars will dry up too. So keep hoping people all over the world continue to click on those search ads - your startup may depend on it."- Doesn't Microsoft buy start-ups, too? - Roberto Bonini

is there anything like for Canadians? - Stewart Rogers

Funny, investments feature is currently broken, and they still haven't fixed access to my bank. Sucks, because I like Mint. - xero

Unfortunately it doesn't work with my credit union and you can't use quicken file uploads like you can with wasabee. - Shawn McCollum

I don't like any kind of deal between Yahoo & Google, ad market needs some competition, if not THE competition. - Jayavasanthan J