TIME.com: Google's Growing Grasp

More Google evolution 

Google is seeking growth and security, betting that the coterie of new colleagues on its team will strengthen its ability to live up to its $123 billion stock-market valuation. "Partnerships had not been a core part of the way we were running the company," says Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "When you're a small company, you have to do everything yourself. As you get more established, you realize you'll never get everything done by yourself."

Nope -- sometimes you need to pay others to help you, e.g., $900M to Myspace...

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