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Strong management support would seem to be key for a new product's success. After all, if the company behind it doesn't demonstrate an interest or confidence in the product, why should anyone else?

Which would make one wonder: if Google executives can't be bothered to use their own social network, what makes them think the rest of us will? That's cheap ralph lauren the question that immediately leaps to mind when one considers the findings of Michael DeGusta, who recently counted how many times Google's senior leadership has posted to Google+ since its launch three months ago.

What DeGusta found was that CEO Larry Page was one of the standouts with seven posts. That may not sound like much, but that's seven more than eight of his senior executives. Google cofounder Sergey Brin has posted 15 times, while the leader at more than 150 posts is Vic Gundotra, but he's widely perceived as Goolge's social czar–it's kind of his job.

Meanwhile, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond don't seem to have Google+ accounts at all.

Of course, many of tory burch shoes these executives may have opted to post privately, but it's seems that it would be in their best interest to show some public interest in their company's product, like say Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who recently said he is on the social-networking giant "all day long." Well, maybe not that much.
Google representatives did not respond to a request for comment.

Samsung posted a teaser video for the new Android phone it plans to debut next week, likely the Nexus Prime, and its design makes the the curved face of the Nexus S look positively flat.

The video for the Samsung Unpacked event on October 11 in San Diego said, "Another perfect combination is just around the corner."

It closed with a side cheap north face view of the curved phone and the words, "Something big is coming," perhaps an indication of the phone's screen size.

The video popped up right after Apple debuted its iPhone 4S yesterday. That upgraded model with a faster processor and better camera may have disappointed some hoping for something more dramatic, but it'll still sell like hotcakes and be top competition for Samsung's top-end Android line.

The Nexus Prime could be the launch vehicle for Google's newest version of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, which Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said will arrive in October or November. Google typically picks top partners who get a period of exclusivity with new OS versions. HTC was favored early on with Android's debut models and the Nexus One; Samsung was in the catbird seat with its Nexus S, and Motorola was the first out with Honeycomb, the tablet version of Android.

Ice Cream Sandwich takes Honeycomb features and interfaces and adapts them for smartphones, too.

A Purported Nexus canada goose jackets sale Prime photo shows buttons with the Honeycomb styling, such as the somewhat squashed looking house icon for the home button. It also shows evidence of a high-resolution 1280x720-pixel screen.