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Google's Next Steps

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-cool-site dept.

danimlp writes "An article at SearchEngineWatch states that Google and Yahoo have become as almost parts of the operating system, a 'layer' above Linux, Windows or Mac OS. Another article at Kottke.org says that Google is building a a huge computer with a custom operating system that everyone on earth can have an account on. Some people predicts that, after Gmail, Google could start a new instant message service or even its own electronic currency."

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  1. Wow, Google IM! by JoeBaldwin · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Please please please make this Google! Especially if:
    • You release the protocol as open, or at least make a Linux client (with all the features of the Windows one)
    • You manage to get my friends off MSN, the shittiest messenger service ever owned by a shitty company with a shitty record on doing things non-shittily.
    • It interfaces with Gmail (all the benefits of MSN/Hotmail, none of the drawbacks! w00t!)
    • Three/four words: Home Star Runner Alerts. Imagine: "You have a new Strongbad Email! Click here to view!"
    /me prays for this to actually happen
    --
    I'm amazing. You aren't. SUCK IT
  2. The Sky's the Limit by william_lorenz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Google now has all sorts of information on hand. They have the Google search engine to index web pages, various offshoots to index news, images, and similar, Orkut to index people, and Gmail to index peoples' communications. With all this information at their fingertips, the sky is the limit (and it is good to know they seem responsible in the way they use their information, separating advertisements from search results, for example). I know that Google has some exceptionally brilliant researchers on staff, and I expect to see even more excellent services from their camp in the future. Does anyone else think that Google is on the cutting edge of Computer Science research?

  3. Re:portal fever by criquet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I agree that Google shouldn't try to do everything but I think IM is a great idea (call it Joggle?). Google can supply their search results via IM. I love ActiveBuddy.com services. I love using my IM client, gaim, for posting to my blog. I'd like it to be the interface to many other services too. I think google would be the ideal company to host it.

  4. Yes (was Re:Does anyone here HAVE a Gmail account) by zavyman · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's pretty awesome. Keyboard shortcuts, clean, simple user interface, labels, a distinction between the inbox and the archive... the list goes on. I also tested encrypted emails with GPG, and this does not violate the policies.

    It's all that you'd imagine and more. I am thoroughly impressed, though I don't yet want to make it a primary account over the 100mb IMAP service I have.