Google Is Playing Defense Instead of Setting the Agenda

Thousands of people gathered near Google's headquarters on Wednesday to hear the company's vision for the future. In past years, Google has used its developers' conference to unveil all sorts of shiny new toys and services. Not all of them have been smash hits, however. Google Glass had its big coming-out party at I/O in 2012, after all. Google TV was the star of 2010. And remember the Nexus Q, the orb-shaped music player that never even reached the market?