__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 16:22 \__
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:26:06 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 12:47 \__
>>
>>> On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:30:18 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
>>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>>__/ [ Paul B ] on Thursday 16 March 2006 10:16 \__
>>>>
>>>>> From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4811642.stm
>>>>>
>>>>> Google has developed a new service enabling retailers to promote their
>>>>> products to a wider audience.
>>>>>
>>>>> The search firm said it would adapt its existing Google Base database
>>>>> into a platform on which retailers could list store details and other
>>>>> information.
>>>>>
>>>>> The online index will be aimed at firms without an existing online
>>>>> presence or ones trying to reach a wider audience.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I wonder how this connects to Google Directory and Froogle. This is
>>>>somehow similar to the Yahoo Directory, I guess, but somehow merges with
>>>>or supersedes Google Directory (DMOZ). The fight over yellow pages and
>>>>classified ads could have a fortune in store. With Google Wallet, even
>>>>PayPal/eBay should be shaking.
>>>
>>> Same sort of thing I was thinking.
>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>>>What will be next? Latterly, they have been helping promote the $100
>>>>laptop, which runs Linux and could reach half a billion people within a
>>>>couple of years. For that I thank them, but could they ever become the
>>>>next scary monopoly? What will be next?
>>>
>>> Well, they have google moon and google mars (which I hear they are
>>> going to use to store more DC's <g>) so, they are slowly taking over
>>> the universe.
>>
>>
>>They still have some catchup to do with NASA:
>>
>>http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
>>
>>I believe they have more datasets and their software is Open Source too.
>
> They are saving them for Google Jupiter ;)
I am still waiting for Google Minogue, but I loathe the thought of mapping
her onto a sphere.
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