Clearly this video has some bias against Google, which people noticed and addressed on the comments below the video, however it still is factually true (from what I know). Do you think that Google should be stopped? or are they simply the company that has figured it all out and is just dominating in nearly every market and industry?
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Is Google taking over??
I came across this really interesting video about Google, specifically recognizing it's current state and expansion into almost every market out there (the video is only 2 min and 42 seconds, definitely worth your time). The video points out that Google process over a billion searches a day, operates nearly 450,000 servers, and is worth nearly 200 billion dollars. But not only is Google our number one choice for search engine, they also are tapping into numerous other markets and as the video claims, "is taking over." CEO of Intel, Andy Grove, calls Google a "company on steroids with a finger in every industry." The video claims the Google wants to control your phone, email, computer, digital life, cables that deliver internet, and electricity to power them. It wants to know where everything is and everything that we are searching.
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This is a really cool video. I think that google is a great tool that we have today. as of right now, i think they are fine, but in the future, someone may need to stop them from taking over the world!
ReplyDeleteI've seen this video, as well as the full 60 Minutes episode focusing on Google. While the data collection Google amasses could be skewed as something to be concerned about, Google is a business not a dictatorship. From my understanding of Google's business model as well as my common sense, the only reason Google is keeping this information is to use it to build a more effective infrastructure to keep their products desirable. Again, they are a business, and a successful one, so they won't do anything that would make them fall out of favor with their source of prosperity. I do have to say though I am not a person who has built an alter-ego online that I wish to keep separate from my real self, so my fears of what Google would see from my web activity are nonexistent. And for people that have found themselves in this situation, I feel they should be taking a better look at their lifestyle choices rather than the business choices of Google, whose services they are willing choosing to use I might add.
ReplyDeletegreat find, loved how it was at first upbeat, and then got scary, i love following how google is taking over the world. i should point out they own a military fighter jet, i think there preparing for the competition, SkyNet.
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