Google Net
Welcome to the future?
Google, NASA, and MIT are going to change the world…again.
I quote:
It was titillating enough to think of the seemingly inevitable GoogleNet, an ad-supported wireless network that would transform the Internet into a broadcast-style medium like radio or television. The scope of that, in the immediate future anyway, was hedged by US borders (or North American borders perhaps).
Then, Google hires the exalted Father of the Internet, CEO Eric Schmidt gets over his CNet freeze out, decides to move in with NASA, and is a sponsor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's massively philanthropic ambition to put $100 drop-it-in-the-mud-if-you-want, hand crank powered laptops into the hands of the poorest children of the globe in countries like Brazil, Cambodia, Thailand, China, Egypt, and South Africa.
With rumors of the GoogleNet and Google Wi-fi in the works and their latest partnership with NASA, I highly expect Google to announce some sort of global wi-fi or satellite based Internet connection for the world's poor to be announced once this One Laptop per Child program becomes a reality, which it hopefully will. Funded, by Google AdWords," writes Baker.
We knew we were witnessing history. We may not have known to what extent history was being made.
Interesting news, and more reason to keep an eye on Google. It would be great to see a low cost wi-fi network in action, but hopefully it won't be controlled solely by Google.
I recently published an article on my SEO blog about Google's plans to displace Microsoft that were found in their latest patent. Google is getting scary, especially with wi-fi networks that will run straigh through their servers. If you're interested in keeping your eye on Google, I have some interesting posts and discussions on my SEO blog that you could find interesting.
Google is an interesting one to keep your eye on. You never know what they will come up next…
I'll definitely keep track of your SEO blog.
On the topic of this GoogleNet, it's not safe to think that Google is just noble and means well. Using third world children to beta test their global wi-fi network is a perfect way to put a controlled network in place without any criticism. The amount of data that Google already has is very desirable to anyone who wants information about what internet users and publishers say and do online. Giving them control over the transfer of that information makes the whole situation even more dangerous. It's not the same as Microsoft controlling the OS market. It's more like, Google having control over all information and communication.