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Planet Google : one company's audacious plan to organize everything we know / Randall Stross.

Author/creator Stross, Randall E.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st Free Press hbk. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Free Press, 2008.
Descriptionvii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content Publisher description
Supplemental Content Table of contents only
Supplemental Content Contributor biographical information
Subject(s)
Contents Open and closed -- Unlimited capacity -- The algorithm -- Moon shot -- Gootube -- Small world, after all -- A personal matter -- Algorithm, meet humanity.
Abstract Based on unprecedented access he received to the highly secretive "Googleplex," acclaimed New York Times columnist Randall Stross takes readers deep inside Google, the most important, most innovative, and most ambitious company of the Internet Age. His revelations demystify the strategy behind the company's recent flurry of bold moves, all driven by the pursuit of a business plan unlike any other: to become the indispensable gatekeeper of all the world's information, the one-stop destination for all our information needs. Will Google succeed? And what are the implications of a single company commanding so much information and knowing so much about us?--From publisher description.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-257) and index.
LCCN 2008018788
ISBN141654691X
ISBN9781416546917

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD 9696.8.U64 G667 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold