I see 1984 in our future. Eric Schmitt is Big Brother!!!
Think you have a secret life? Think again.
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#12Wow, that was far-fetched. I'm starting to wonder, is there a limit on the number of ad-based services we can have in the economy? (i.e. are there are fixed number of ad dollars to be spent)
There might be a limit, but until Google controls 100% of it they can continue to come up with products and steal advertising dollars from competitors.
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#13"Take all the web usage and YouTube video data Google has been acquiring about us all, glue it to our data down at the credit bureau, tie it to our mobile phone number and our mobile activity"... Yahoo has as much, if not more data about us than Google - and for longer. Yahoo knows everyone I emailed for the past 10+ years (Yahoo! Mail), what links I find interesting (del.icio.us), what links I find interesting but d…
Because Google has proven that they know how to index, and cluster, information better than anyone else. Having all the information in the world at your fingertips is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for omniscience; you must also know which box the ark of the covenant is in.