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Story: Google's upcoming identity crisis

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Posted by: Lupa (Monday 23 May 2005, 7:38 PM)

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Proverb says "All road lead to Rome". One possible motive which drives Google now is to aggregate personal data to the maximum. I don't know what the purpose is, but Gmail, Desktop Search and Personalised Home Page are all along this line. What's next? Social networking or school reunion, I suppose.

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