Who could write about web culture without considering the future? No Flash video has gotten as much notoriety as this one.
The video claims that Google buys, after Picasa and Keyhole, TiVo. Microsoft takes Friendster. Google's stock allows them tremendous financial power and control.
The video names "Googlezon" and the "Google Grid" as its ideas for what Google's future services will be.
This is real: everyone can comment on what they see. Google's recently released Firefox plugin facilitates this.
It's easy to see an age where computers can filter everything and "write a new story for every user." In fact, this is nearly happening already, with personalized RSS feed readers (newsreaders).
The question of copyright law violations is a big one. Google takes all the information on the Internet, and in effect, uses it as its own. Google profits only because there are other websites it returns in its searches. The pages aren't Google's making; only the organization of them is.
Google Grid becomes a "summary of the world." Watch for it; it already exists, but under a different name. And it's getting larger and more comprehensive everyday.
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