The Banality of ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Photo “THE New Digital Age” is a startlingly clear and provocative blueprint for technocratic imperialism, from two of its leading witch doctors, Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, who construct a new idiom for United States global power in the 21st century.
This idiom reflects the ever closer union between the State Department and Silicon Valley, as personified by Mr. Schmidt, the executive chairman of , and Mr. Cohen, a former adviser to Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton who is now director of Google Ideas. The authors met in occupied Baghdad in 2009, when the book was conceived. The book proselytizes the role of technology in reshaping the world’s people and nations into likenesses of the world’s dominant superpower, whether they want to be reshaped or not. “The New Digital Age” is, beyond anything else, an attempt by Google to position itself as America’s geopolitical visionary — the one company that can answer the question “Where should America go?”
Google takes harsh stance against ad-blocking apps, removes them from Play Store. It’s hump day, but there’s no time for middle-of-the-week celebration if you’re the developer of ad-blocking software on Android.
According to several sources, Google has started sending notifications to developers with ad-blocking software in the Google Play Store regarding these apps’ removal. Players like AdBlock, AdAway, AdFree and more are being whisked away. So why, exactly, is Google bringing the ban hammer down on these unfortunate souls? Well, they seem to violate section 4.4 of the Play Store developer agreement. Said section states: You agree that you will not engage in any activity with the Market, including the development or distribution of Products, that interferes with, disrupts, damages, or accesses in an unauthorized manner the devices, servers, networks, or other properties or services of any third party including, but not limited to, Android users, Google or any mobile network operator.
I know what you’re thinking: how can Google do this if Android is so open? Is it possible to quit Google? 9 July 2012Last updated at 20:42 ET By Kate Dailey BBC News Magazine VIDEO: How to kiss Google goodbye Google's reach spreads far across the web.
But is it possible to go online without being noticed by the search giant? Three computer professionals try to part ways with Google. Tom Henderson spends what he describes as "way too much" time online. The managing director for Extreme Labs, a technology company in Bloomington, Indiana, Henderson says he's often up late in the evening doing work for clients - and having fun exploring the far reaches of the internet. But when Google announced earlier this year that it would be streamlining the privacy agreements for all of its products - including YouTube, Blogger and Gmail - Henderson decided to find a way to stay online without patronising Google.
The policy was criticised by EU officials for being too invasive. "At that point I had to make a decision," says Henderson. So Henderson decided to quit Google for good. 'Mission impossible' “Google Now” Knows More About You Than Your Family Does - Are You OK With That? The new Google Now feature unveiled this week at the Google I/O developers conference is designed to automatically present the information you need - even before you ask for it.
The impressive results cover everything from helping you get to work to which sports teams you like - but they are possible only because Google knows so much about you. The vast extent of that knowledge is raising big red flags about privacy issues. Google Now is tucked away inside the lastest version of Android, Google’s mobile operating system: Android 4.1, called “Jelly Bean,” was released this week. Google Now Doesn’t Wait to Be Asked Google Now automatically creates and presents a series of “cards” that try to organize your life by presenting information Google thinks you’ll need at that particular moment - based on the information it’s collected via how you use various Google services - in a context that it hopes you’ll find useful.
“Wait a second,” you might say. It sure does. How Did We Get Here? GOOGLE IS EVIL - SPREAD THE WORD.