Summary

  • The Made by Google event this week bore little resemblance to previous product launches, feeling instead like a live taping of TV show The Tonight Show, according to The Verge’s deputy editor, Thomasford continued:
  • It had a “parade of influencers”, including Jimmy Fallon, who “interviewed” Google’s devices and services executive Rick Osterloh, and a “warm-up comic” trying to whip up the crowd.
  • The event had a “parade of influencers”, including Jimmy Fallon, who “interviewed” Google’s devices and services executive Rick Osterloh, and a “warm-up comic” trying to whip up the crowd.
  • Thomasford suggested that this was Google’s new method for promoting its products directly to the public via celebrities and social media influencers, rather than through journalists and conventional media, a reflection of changing times.

By Victoria Song

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