Can google compete on new things?

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News.com is running an articled title"googles antisocial downside" suggesting tat the search giant appears missing in action from much of the innovation taking place arround the marriage of services & social networks.I agree with assertion & believe tat google is showing signs of a company that struggling to innovate at the rate that propelled them to superstardom just a few years ago.I was cynical foray into social networking with the orkut service.It was hyped as a side project created by a google employee & spread virally with the weight of google behind it.How ever there were several blunders made by google.