Doug Edwards – Former Google Executive Speaks About Google+ [Video]

Doug Edwards – Former Google Executive Speaks About Google+ [Video]

Doug Edwards, a former Google Inc. marketing executive and author of “I’m Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59,” talks about the company’s Google+ social-networking site and the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Larry Page. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.”

He says that the new Google Social Network is more of a “utility” than bells and whistles. He also speaks about the new boss, being the old boss, Larry Page and his return to the helm of Google.

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