While trying to investigate a bit into the rumor of Google buying Skype, I ran across this rather lengthy post. In there, I stumbled upon a thought which is simple and rather obvious, but which I haven’t had yet: Google isn’t a search engine company; it brokers connections between people and corporations for profit.[…] Search … Continue reading Google’s business domain
In the last two years, the well-known fact of Google offering free WiFi Internet access in Mountain View, California has almost been forgotten (except, of course, by people living in Mountain View and Googlers themselves). At the time of news many were wondering about why Google is doing such a thing. Not it all suddenly … Continue reading Google from the 700 MHz point of view
It is sometimes amazing how people behave. Especially when they buy something and they get a choice of what they can get for their money. Given the freedom to “get anything they want”, they often won’t stick with what they need, they won’t usually know what they want, and so they’ll go for as much … Continue reading Keep it simple, stupid
Slashdot quotes: Two thirds of the students at NYU would give up their right to vote in the next election for a full scholarship. Some would be satisfied with an ipod. A few would be willing to give up the right for the rest of their lives for one million dollars. With elections coming up … Continue reading Price of a right to vote
I am fast to skip lengthy blog posts, but this one – “Free expression and controversial content on the web” – in the Official Google Blog somehow hooked me from the first sentence: Our world would be a very boring place if we all agreed all the time. What followed was a lengthy insight into … Continue reading Insight into Google’s free expression decision making