Anyone knows the story from Big Blue who had the change to buy Dos from Bill Gates. And now Microsoft is so big they scare other companies who try to sue them.
Now Google gets to big to handle, and some say they want to be the information hub of the future (that's why they acquired the Blogger software last week - see the Dutch story on this at I-Marketing.nl), that's why they launched Google News last year and that's why they launch themselves in every country and in every language you can imagine.
So basically, it's a good search engine, but it's a medium. By acquiring and harvesting all sorts of information and by having the power to not include information, they can alter our perspective on the world. Just like any medium we're used to.
I guess when we know of the risks, the possible privacy infringements and informing people about the risks, we can limit some of the items mentioned at Google Watch.
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Now Google gets to big to handle, and some say they want to be the information hub of the future (that's why they acquired the Blogger software last week - see the Dutch story on this at I-Marketing.nl), that's why they launched Google News last year and that's why they launch themselves in every country and in every language you can imagine.
So basically, it's a good search engine, but it's a medium. By acquiring and harvesting all sorts of information and by having the power to not include information, they can alter our perspective on the world. Just like any medium we're used to.
I guess when we know of the risks, the possible privacy infringements and informing people about the risks, we can limit some of the items mentioned at Google Watch.