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Google is FUBAR

Extremetech  Wed, 01/25/2012 - 09:35

Late yesterday, Google announced perhaps the biggest change it has ever made to its massive network of web services: Starting in March, your search and surf habits across all of Google’s products will be combined to form the mother of all behavioral profiles.

On March 1, Search will know the contents of your email and the videos you watch on YouTube. If you use Google Docs for work, Search will know which company you work for and which industry you work in.

Via Google Reader, Search and YouTube will know what content you like to consume.


 

DOJ Document Shows How Long Telcos Hold Onto Your Data

Techdirt  Fri, 09/30/2011 - 06:20

With the Justice Department believing that it can get all sorts of data from telcos without any oversight or without a warrant, it seems rather important to know what kind of info your mobile operator is keeping -- and for how long.


 

Google Urges Enterprises To Go 100% Web

InformationWeek Internet News  Fri, 05/06/2011 - 11:35

Gmail and Google Docs can provide better collaboration and security than most companies can on their own, said Google Enterprise's mid-market sales chief.


 

Amazon Insists No Licenses Needed For Cloud Player, Google Think...

Techdirt  Wed, 04/13/2011 - 10:51

When Amazon launched its cloud music streaming service a few weeks ago, the big question concerned whether or not it needed licenses to do so.

It certainly did not have them. And there's a strong argument that it doesn't need them. After all, it was just letting people take music files they already had, and allowing them to store and stream them from the internet.


 

Manage Google Services from the Command Line on Linux

Linux Today  Sun, 10/17/2010 - 01:04

Linux.com: "I love Web services. I'm just not a fan of always having to use a browser as the interface for said services.

Google's services have crept into my daily routine to the point that I'm using Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs all the time."


 

Ilia Alshanetsky's Blog: Google Docs Backup Script

PHPDeveloper.org  Tue, 06/22/2010 - 10:50

Ilia Alshanetsky has created a simple script (that uses curl) to make a backup of your Google Docs to keep you and your data a bit safer (since Google provides no backup capabilities).