>That explanation helps but doesn't explain why new chat apps get greenlit more often than new local shopping sites, social networks or balloonshots.
Who said those other (local shopping sites, social networks or balloonshots) aren't green lit just as often, and discarded just as fast when they get bored, from Google? E.g. social networks: Remember Orkut? Wave? Plus?
Who said those other (local shopping sites, social networks or balloonshots) aren't green lit just as often, and discarded just as fast when they get bored, from Google? E.g. social networks: Remember Orkut? Wave? Plus?