Talking Google!
Ok great Google got YouTube as well , now what next? I wish they would buy Microsoft one day! 
But no really , what do i really think about that? I will tell you what i think , i think Google knows way too much about me and you than we think.
I see it like this …
1 : Google Search — Google knows about the interests i have , basically they can create a profile of each user based on the all the searches.
2 : GMail — Google knows what written in the emails i send and receive.
3 : Talk — Google knows what sort of friends i have and what i talk about them.
4 : Orkut — Google again knows whats the circle of friends i keep and what interests me in life.
5 : Vdo/YouTube — Basically they want to know more about me by having my personal vdos in there.
6 : SpreadSheet — Spreadsheets are used for managing finances etc , so they know a bit more about me.
7 : Alerts/Calender — Its another way of knowing a bit more about me.
8 : Google Desktop — What if it starts sending info back home at some point about what i have on my computer?
Now most of you might think that Microsoft is already doing this. But the question is , if the big G agreed to deal with Chinese govt regarding searches. Then why wouldnt Google sell it to any one else , for instance the US Govt or any one else for that matter ? Google a while back said something on the lines “we want to organize all of the users data” .. hmmmm .. So basically we know where they are headed, a complete control over the users data and maybe even go through it once a while?
I personally like Google alot , and i mean alot but i am just not sure what will they become in the future and how will they use the information the have. Google is a giant we all welcomed in our life , most of us probably just wanted to see Microsoft get its ass kicked real hard. The dream has come true , Microsoft is quite afraid of Google now but will this turn into a nightmare for a trusting user in the years to come?
October 11th, 2006 at 8:17 am
You’re puttering in your home office around 6pm when you hear your wife call out from the living room where she’s watching CNN. She says she’d rather not cook tonight — how about going out for Italian and a movie? You Google movie showtimes and restaurants, print out a list of what’s playing, and a map to Antonio’s, and walk out into the living room just as Wolf Blitzer is throwing to commercial…
Guess what the commercials are? Yep — nothing but movie and local restaurant ads, with special “code words” to give at the box office and restaurant for steep discounts, good that night only. And it seems a new Italian place just opened up in town, and their commercial is hammering away at a recent review they got that said that they’re so much better than that cheesy Antonio’s dump it’s not even funny. And it’s half-off for new customers, tonight only!
Read More Here …
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060105.html
October 11th, 2006 at 8:48 am
Here’s another one… Google Developing Evesdropping Software… It can listen to what you are watching on TV… and then serve you with relevent ads on your PC.
Read More Here…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/