Google must have had a meeting at the end of 2011 that possibly went something like this.

Larry Page: We are going to do so much stuff at the start of 2012 that it will get the Internet industry types’ knickers in such a twist that they won’t know what hit them.

Staff: Will our bonus be tied to it?

Page: Yes.

Staff: We’re all in.

The latest update is regarding Google’s privacy policies. In short, they are attempting to consolidate products and the privacy policies that each carry. Oh and according to the Washington Post there is no opt out. But first let’s have a video interlude courtesy of the Google blog.

Back to that little opt-out thingy from the Post.

Have you ever wondered how you can get a bit closer to the CMO of your company? Are you looking for a way to network your way up the corporate marketing ladder? Well, according to a study released by Forrester Research and Heidrick & Struggles you may want to pass along some of your tech knowledge to gain their favor.

The study called “The Evolved CMO 2012″ shows that the highest levels of the marketing environment knows it could use a little help with technical knowledge.

This can’t be an easy thing for those at the top of the marketing ladder to admit. With marketing as a whole becoming more and more digitally focused there is the reality that those who have reached the top of the marketing profession have done so with much of their experience and success coming from the traditional marketing world.