It's irrelevant how many ad networks are out there. The point is that Google controls a huge portion of a market when ad based content will be the model for content distribution in the future. Google is not only dominating the ad market for the desktop and they are on the way to dominating mobile ads with this purchase.
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It's irrelevant how many ad networks are out there. The point is that Google controls a huge portion of a market when ad based content will be the model for content distribution in the future. Google is not only dominating the ad market for the desktop and they are on the way to dominating mobile ads with this purchase.
Google is going to have to buy a few more yottabyte disks to hold all the data they will have on each of us.
Yottabyte
"YB" redirects here. For other uses, see Yb.
Prefixes for bit and byte multiples
Decimal
Value SI
1000 k kilo
10002 M mega
10003 G giga
10004 T tera
10005 P peta
10006 E exa
10007 Z zetta
10008 Y yotta
Binary
Value IEC JEDEC
1024 Ki kibi K kilo
10242 Mi mebi M mega
10243 Gi gibi G giga
10244 Ti tebi
10245 Pi pebi
10246 Ei exbi
10247 Zi zebi
10248 Yi yobi
A yottabyte (derived from the SI prefix yotta-) is a unit of information or computer storage equal to one septillion (one long scale quadrillion or 1024) bytes (one quadrillion gigabytes). It is commonly abbreviated YB. As of 2009, no computer has yet achieved one yottabyte of storage. In fact, the combined space of all the computer hard drives in the world does not amount to even one zettabyte. According to one study, all the world's computers stored approximately 160 exabytes in 2006.[1] As of 2009 the entire internet was estimated to contain close to 500 exabytes.[2]
When used with byte multiples, the SI prefix indicates a power of 1,000:
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes 10008, or 1024
The term "yobibyte" (YiB), using a binary prefix, is used for the corresponding multiple of 1024.
Google will one day rule us all. (Is Skynet real?)
The only time I click on advertisements is by accident. I hope they don't do anything stupid like try to get ads in paid apps.
The only time I click on advertisements is by accident. I hope they don't do anything stupid like try to get ads in paid apps.
Apple iPhone leading the way yet again...
I firmly believe, and have believed so for a while now, that no matter who comes out with the "iPhone killer" they are still going to be following in the footsteps of Apple. Google bought this company because they had been so successful with ads on iPhone. I doubt they would have bought them if iPhone had not come out and really changed the whole landscape. I like Android, but it is not iPhone OS, Period.
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I firmly believe, and have believed so for a while now, that no matter who comes out with the "iPhone killer" they are still going to be following in the footsteps of Apple. Google bought this company because they had been so successful with ads on iPhone. I doubt they would have bought them if iPhone had not come out and really changed the whole landscape. I like Android, but it is not iPhone OS, Period.
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How corrupt are they? Just saw "Capitalism" and my eyes have been opened wider.. I was hoping Google was different with their no pay to play biz model.
What are we to expect Google PRO for $10/mo coming soon? I HOPE NOT!! That would be the end of Google. Here's to evolution and convergence for the greater good!
What are we to expect Google PRO for $10/mo coming soon? I HOPE NOT!! That would be the end of Google. Here's to evolution and convergence for the greater good!
I like my iPhone, and there is no current phone I would switch to. But in the long term I'll definitely be looking to future generation smart phones from other companies. Apple is just too inclusive and restrictive to maintain long term POPULAR dominance. Now if they change the way they approach the phone then I might stick around. But the greatest predicter of future performance is past performance. And look how they handled the PC market. They aimed for the smallest demographic.
And google is now showing their intelligence for the broader future market of ads to all devices. It's only a matter of time before other smart phones catch up to, and in some areas surpass, the iPhone. What then for apple? Google won't care, their ad money will come in from all devices. And apple will run the risk of aiming at a small demographic again.
And google is now showing their intelligence for the broader future market of ads to all devices. It's only a matter of time before other smart phones catch up to, and in some areas surpass, the iPhone. What then for apple? Google won't care, their ad money will come in from all devices. And apple will run the risk of aiming at a small demographic again.
