Google striving to be more nimble, innovative Video

Video description: At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco, Google Senior Vice President Omid Kordestani tells host John Battelle that Google is sensitive to the fact that it is often compared to Microsoft for its growth and widening amibitions.

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