Assignment 3: Googles next big thing

Google has been a very successful search engine turned to almost everyones homepage for their internet.

It all started with two students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998. Once the company went public, Eric Schmidt joined and these three have agreed to work together until 2024.

Googles mission statement is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. And with every new inovation google has it keeps its mission statment in mind. Web browsing comprises for 70% of its core business. Some productivity software google has already created is Gmail, Google Docs, and Google +. Some applications are Google Chrome, Picasa a photo editor, and google talk instant messenger. Now the most recent would be the Android operating system and a Google phone that uses it. Google is meeting every standard out there and then some.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

With the explosion of the phone and operating system there is talk about that is google's next BIG thing to come to the fore fronts. Like anyother inovative company out there, they are always thinking for the future and have multiple projects on their hands.

Some of them are not necessarily big money makers but they are very useful to users every where. These include Google Libraries and Google Art. Some websites to learn more about theses are:
Google Libraries:http://books.google.com/
Google Art:http://www.googleartproject.com/

One of the biggest buzzes of googles projects is a car.
Not just any car though, It is a car that is hands free. So it will drive for you. Although they have many precautions about how it not suppose to take the place of the driver but supplement the driver in driving and making acurate decisions.
They have been test driving these cars that have multiple sensors to monitor the road, the lights, the other cars, the other pedestrians, the road ways, and any other obstacles that might pop in front of the car.

Although this car could be great i feel as though just like everything else that gives any one an inch they will take a foot and this case I believe people will take a mile. In the wrong hands these "computer cars" can be extremely dangerous and I believe could have many malfuntions with many law suites. But I'd say read about it form your own opinion.

Kimberly*Elaine