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By: kyrill

kyrill — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:12:46 +0000

I disagree with your analysis that governments’ tax revenue generation is falling. I would place the blame squarely on the selfsame companies like Google which pays a tiny fraction of its tax burden. Of course this will lead to governments being unable to support continued investment in infrastructure.

Unfortunately, private companies are rarely thebest cchoice to run public utilities, purely because they have a priority that profit, not the well-being of their customers. The UK underground operator has been ‘investing’ in the infrastructure for years and there has been little improvement, a lot of industrial action and price raises 3-5% above the rate of inflation

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La biblioteca y los escribas | El Café de Pascal — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:33:34 +0000

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By: David Olson

David Olson — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:17:48 +0000

“The value of such models is much greater than the sum of their parts…. That’s why many large companies over the world are concerned about Google’s ability to soon insert itself into their business.”

Google has shown this tendency to insert itself into diverse business fields. Your article explains their central logic in such business decisions. But you have astutely pointed to future directions they could take. If only we could trust them to do no evil.

By: chano

chano — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:30:45 +0000

The trouble with the inability of all kinds of traffic management systems to cope with the ever-increasing volumes is that there are simply too many people in the world.
In view of the fact that most of the developed economies are on their knees there is little scope for the undoubted value of refined and targeted information about consumers, their locations and their spending habits. It is a large dog running around in ever-decreasing circles chasing an ever-diminshing tail.
This is a good article but whether we are talking about infrastructure spending or consumer spending patterns, the whole of the western world is in a cautious, risk-averse mindset – with governments only approving projects on a crisis- management basis and consumers only reaching for their credit cards for Christmas-management, birthdays and the like. For everything else, discretionary spending is, and will remain, at a minimum. Just count the number of business failures and shop closures.

By: Asad Quraishi

Asad Quraishi — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:11:15 +0000

@Rick Raphael, I think you overestimate how incensed people will get. We’ve already seen a number of privacy storms blow over with minimal affect on Google. Some governments will reign Google in but if what M Filloux hypothesizes is correct then the value of their data collection, to governments, outweighs it’s risk to their constituency.

Also, as long as Google keeps it’s head down and data collection missteps to a minimum, too few people will care to have an impact on Google.

By: JF Susbielle

JF Susbielle — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:34:49 +0000

Excellent piece. Google’s strategy is sometimes difficult to read, maybe even to themselves! But they are quietly, brick after brick, building a big picture and you have helped us figure it out.

By: Rick Raphael

Rick Raphael — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:35:40 +0000

Google has already antagonized governments the world around with its data collection. Individuals I know are becoming increasingly incensed by the amount of data Google collects about them. There is a potentially large backlash coming its way.
Google is essentially becoming a central intelligence agency for the world and I submit that people will eventually demand some protection from its invasive data mining. Facebook and Twitter will eventually be painted with the same brush. Who needs this?

By: Fafnir

Fafnir — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 01:06:34 +0000

I like a lot your analysis in the first part.
The question about Google should be extended to the broad politics because it tries to do better than their competitors on a “free” choice which is the best, even of the least bad democracy.

By: Google’s looming hegemony « Things I grab, motley collection

Google’s looming hegemony « Things I grab, motley collection — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:11:32 +0000

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