| If I said to you five years ago that Google would be | | | | Google's thin clients. Google has also been recently |
| entering the cell phone market, you would have said | | | | trying to transform your email and social networking |
| I was crazy. Look at the market now and you will | | | | with a new product that is not yet ready for |
| see Google Android phones being sold by multiple | | | | widespread release called Google Wave. With Google |
| carriers. This is only one example of Google's attempt | | | | Wave, your email and social medias will be put on |
| at controlling your computing experience. In the near | | | | their servers through an internet connection. |
| future, Google will be attempting to control your | | | | It does not end there though. With recent |
| searches, run your cell phones and computers, as well | | | | experience in operating systems, Google has been |
| as be your long distance phone carrier. All of this will | | | | moving into the cell phone operating system market |
| be under the guise of cloud computing. | | | | for smart phones. This is a growing market along |
| Where did Google get this idea of controlling the | | | | with a two year turn over market for hardware. As |
| whole mold of cloud computing? Most of their roots | | | | far as an advertising market, this has been untapped |
| are placed in Unix. Back in the 70's, computers with | | | | and Google is looking to capitalize on this new outlet. |
| any real processing power were just too expensive | | | | This may explain their recent purchase of AdMob, a |
| for individuals to have. To get around this problem, | | | | company that specializes in creating advertisements |
| corporations created dummy terminals that were just | | | | and marketing to cell phones. |
| basically display screens. Everything you typed or | | | | Google's interest does not only lie with cell phone |
| wanted processed was sent to a server. The server | | | | advertisements. For weeks, they have been using |
| completed the process and then sent the result back | | | | Google Voice through beta testing. This technology |
| to you via the display screen. This was later | | | | was acquired through the purchase of Grand Central |
| revamped into X11 which used a full fledged graphical | | | | and with it, you can record voicemails and phone |
| user interface. | | | | conversations on their servers. You tie that in with |
| Sun Microsystems later served as an inspiration with | | | | the recent purchase of the VOIP company, Gizmo5, |
| their java and jini technologies, eliminating the need | | | | and you now have an all encompassing and |
| for a specific operating system. This gave way to | | | | multi-purpose phone company. |
| the notion that anyone using any operating system | | | | The last area they are heading towards is our living |
| on any gadget could have a thin client that will be | | | | room. To do this, they will be taking on the cable |
| able to use the main server. This has been later used | | | | company. With YouTube under their belt, they are |
| globally with web 2.0. | | | | only a couple years away from making IPTV a reality. |
| From conception to implementation, Google is taking | | | | In addition, with having more experience with |
| their idea by using step by step encapsulation of the | | | | operating systems, how long would it take them to |
| whole computing experience. Their first move was to | | | | have a set top box in your home? |
| create the great search engine that we all use today. | | | | So the question to ask yourself is this: Will all of |
| Then Google created an email and document/office | | | | these technologies just simplify my life or is there a |
| online collaboration suite. They are taking prior Unix | | | | cost of privacy to this serenity? Do I think Google is |
| Linux ideas and technologies and creating their own | | | | evil? No, but always beware that with this ease of |
| operating systems. For desktop PC's and laptops, | | | | use a big brother IS watching you. So what can we |
| there is Chrome OS. This use of their custom | | | | expect from Google five years from now? World |
| browser within their custom operating system to | | | | domination. |
| enter and edit data online via Google applications | | | | For more information please go to for your daily tech |
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