Tag: Google
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A Classic Product Management Dilemma: Should Google Launch a Standalone Gemini App?
Last night, I was searching for Gemini App—Google’s LLM Assistant—on my iPhone 15 App Store. The search results stumped me a bit! I was shown two similarly named apps— 1. “Gem AI: Ask AI Chat Anything”, and 2. “GemAI: AI Chat & AI Assistant.” In fact, searching explicitly for “gemini by Google” change little to…
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A Google Quirk: Turning Bathrooms into (micro) Classrooms
One of the quirks that took me by surprise when I first joined Google was the concept of: Learning on the Loo! Every two weeks, in every Google restroom across the globe, two short articles are published to share productivity hacks. These hacks range from tips on holding effective meetings to employee discounts available to…
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What Google and Apple Maps can learn from a Burger Chain
As a Product Manager, I always pay attention when customers find alternate (or creative) uses of a product. Recently, I came across a fantastic example that perfectly illustrates this point. A couple of days ago, Category 1 Hurricane Beryl hit the southern coast of Texas, leaving a lot of people stranded without power. Imagine being…
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Google or Guess? Smelling Trademark Infringement
True Story Last evening, I entered a South Bay mall to pick up some items. From a distance, I saw the “G” logo. Being a Google employee, I immediately associated it with the Google logo. My first reaction: “Hmm, didn’t know we have a Google store in this mall, I should check it out!” As…