Google Goes Globe-Trotting

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  Posted By: 40plusTechWorker @ 11/27/2007 10:54:34 PM

  "On their first day in Bangalore, India, ... 500 rupees (about $13) to spend on "items that don't suck," with a prize awarded to the one who attains them at the highest discount. For Jini Kim, it's the first time she's bargained with street vendors. "I usually buy at Neiman Marcus," she says, after getting the price of a necklace down from 375 rupees to 250. Dan Siroker wins by snaring a deep burgundy sherwani???a traditional Indian outfit???for a third of the asking price.
  
  Yes, teach them young on how to take advantage of the poor in other countries.

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  Posted By: Peeenut @ 11/15/2007 2:03:17 PM

  As a 29 year old, female, undecided (but decidedly democrat) voter, I???m beginning to think Google might teach us a thing or two about how to choose our next president.
  
  Simply put, is Barack Obama the Google APM our country needs right now?
  

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  Posted By: Hyperreal @ 11/09/2007 5:51:05 PM

  I don't get the "no down time" idea. How the heck can people think if they can't sleep and spend time to themselves. This is a cult, not a company. Abusive.