Slashdot Mirror


Google Preparing "Google Mine" For Organizing and Sharing Your Stuff On Google+

MojoKid writes "George Carlin said it best, we all 'need a place to put our stuff.' It seems the folks at Google understand this age old wisdom as well and as such will be launching a new service. Google Mine will reportedly soon be integrated with Google+ so that users can share their belongings with friends in circles they so designate. The new service will also allow G+ users to rate and review items as well, so that anyone in your Google+ stream that you allow, can see the items and your opinion of them. Reportedly there is also an Android app on the way for Mine, which seems like a natural of course, for sharing your stuff on the go. What's perhaps most interesting about the prospects of Google+ Mine could be the secondary benefit that Google receives from data 'mining' your shares on the items you own, use or want."

4 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. When they say share... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Informative

    ...presumably they mean with the NSA?

  2. Re:Meh by Nerdfest · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll assume that since you're not an AC this is a serious complaint and not FUD. You can stop the "auto-backup" of all photos under Settings/Accounts/Google/Google+/Camera & Photos/Auto-Backup ... just set it to "Off". Here's hoping this doesn't get modded down as well. I've just about had it with the various FUD and astro-turfing campaigns going on right now.

  3. Re:Meh by swillden · · Score: 4, Informative

    Settings/Accounts/Google/Google+/Camera & Photos/Auto-Backup ... just set it to "Off".

    Which is the default, actually. If it's been uploading everything, it's because you explicitly told it to.

    --
    Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
  4. Re:Carlin never said stuff by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 4, Informative

    [Carlin never said stuff, h]e said "shit". He talked about people running out of room for their shit and having to get a bigger house so they could put more shit into it.

    No, he said "stuff". C'mon, dude, the title of the fucking album is A Place for My Stuff . Have some respect and don't misquote Carlin:

    Actually, this is just a place for my stuff, ya know? That's all; a little place for my stuff. That's all I want, that's all you need in life, is a little place for your stuff, ya know? I can see it on your table, everybody's got a little place for their stuff. This is my stuff, that's your stuff, that'll be his stuff over there.
    That's all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. That's all your house is- a place to keep your stuff. If you didn't have so much stuff, you wouldn't need a house. You could just walk around all the time.

    --
    Tom Swiss | the infamous tms | my blog
    You cannot wash away blood with blood