Google's 10 best (and worst) innovations of the year

Google rolled out a number of cool products this year, but not all of them can be home runs. Here's a look at the best and worst of Google this year.

By Kristin Burnham , CIO | Internet, gmail, Google

Hot: Google Replay

Twitter has become the go-to source for breaking news and social commentary. Realizing the historic value of these commentaries and first-hand accounts (such as from the Haiti and Chile earthquakes), Google began archiving every tweet in what it calls Replay—a search function that presents in bar-chart-form the popularity of tweets throughout a period in time and lists associated tweets for you to browse chronologically.

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