Google May Open A String Of Retail Stores, But What Does It Hope
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The Great Fragmentation Of Talent  Microsoft and Apple already
have their own physical retail stores, but thus far Google has
managed to resist that particular temptation  If a recent report
from 9to5Google is to be believed though, that may not be the
case much longer. According to a single “extremely reliable
source,” Google will erect its own standalone stores by the
holidays in an effort to more effectively push its hardware to
consumers.  These stores will reportedly carry Google’s Nexus
devices as well as Chromebooks, but the curious report goes on
to note that Google conceived the project as a way to get its
ambitious Glass project in front of more people. But is this all
really necessary?  Let’s just say that these rumors are true —
the value of something like Glass can be hard to discern without
seeing what it brings to the table first-hand, but the more
practical thing to