I just wanted to throw this up quick: I saw that Microsoft has a new(ish) campaign out for their Outlook/Hotmail service that I thought was quite interesting. I have studied Google's business practices in-depth through my media studies courses at UWM. After learning so much about them, I am no longer a fan of the company. They have, in my view, betrayed their "Don't be evil." slogan through searching people's personal correspondence. Granted, they offer these services for free and they should get something out of it (obviously), but there should be a few things that are still private -- such as emails between spouses, maybe even professor/student because MATC used Gmail when I was there, and still does. Even though I am an advertiser of sorts and I should be all for getting more info about consumers, this crosses the line. Check out this website:
http://www.scroogled.com
There you will be able to read up on Google's business practices and watch a few videos. They are quite informative and pretty well directly truthful to what I've learned about Google. They monitor you too much -- reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" or maybe "1984" to a certain extent. Personally, I do not have a Gmail, I don't have a YouTube, I use Bing to search, and I will never own an Android. Check out the site and make up your own mind.
(Keep in mind it is a campaign by Microsoft to promote their email client, Outlook. However, it has truthful facts on Google's policies.)
http://www.scroogled.com
There you will be able to read up on Google's business practices and watch a few videos. They are quite informative and pretty well directly truthful to what I've learned about Google. They monitor you too much -- reminds me of "Colossus: The Forbin Project" or maybe "1984" to a certain extent. Personally, I do not have a Gmail, I don't have a YouTube, I use Bing to search, and I will never own an Android. Check out the site and make up your own mind.
(Keep in mind it is a campaign by Microsoft to promote their email client, Outlook. However, it has truthful facts on Google's policies.)