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Is Google Drive worse for privacy than iCloud, Skydrive, and Dropbox? | The Verge
5 weeks ago by petej
"The real questions is what type of company would you trust with keeping your data in the cloud?
Microsoft is a software company, which sells it’s products and services to customers for money. You are the customer.
Apple is a hardware company, which sells it’s products and services to customers for money. You are the customer. You are the customer.
Dropbox is a web-service company , which sells it’s services to customers for money. You are the customer.
Google is an advertising company, which sells it’s services to customers for money. You are not the customer — advertisers are customers. You are Google’s product."
GoogleDrive
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Microsoft is a software company, which sells it’s products and services to customers for money. You are the customer.
Apple is a hardware company, which sells it’s products and services to customers for money. You are the customer. You are the customer.
Dropbox is a web-service company , which sells it’s services to customers for money. You are the customer.
Google is an advertising company, which sells it’s services to customers for money. You are not the customer — advertisers are customers. You are Google’s product."
5 weeks ago by petej
With Buzz, Google takes another giant step towards turning into Microsoft | Technology | The Observer
february 2010 by petej
"It's breathtakingly crass and intrusive and takes astonishing liberties with your privacy, of which more in a moment. But what's even more significant is how it was introduced, and what that tells us about Google"
Google
GoogleBuzz
Microsoft
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Guardian
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Facebook
socialMedia
Twitter
business
february 2010 by petej
EOF - The Google Exposure | Linux Journal
february 2010 by petej
"Think of advertising as oil and Google as one big emirate. What happens when the oil runs out?"
Google
search
advertising
businessModels
february 2010 by petej
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