Have to say that the 'interactive' side leaves me cold. I'm also not liking the new clutter on the screen. They shouldn't forget that a few years ago, one of the main reasons from people moving away from other search engines was Google's clean, uncluttered look. I think they should be very careful with adding anything more to its results pages.
I remember in 1998/99ish, before texting had really taken off - you had to pay extra on, I think, one-2-one (remember them?)! haha!
I also remember someone saying on Twitter recently:
3 years ago I sent you a birthday card, 2 years ago I sent you a text, a year ago I left you a message on Facebook. This year, I've sent you a message on Twitter.
Times are indeed a'changing. Wonder what we'll be doing this time next year?