The Computer, The Internet, and the Cell Phone, Can these three be ONE?

When I step back and take a look at the last twenty years of the evolution of the Internet, it is absolutely amazing.  This modern day phenomenon of American creativity  is one of its very best creations.  To me it reflects the unification of the world, a sense of unity never before seen in history since the tower of Babel, (if you don't know the story its in the Bible).

These Mega companies such as Google and Microsoft and a slew of others, really too many to name.  The billionaires it has produced like the Google boys and Bill Gates and the list goes on and on.  The whole thing is beyond conception.  Well at this stage of evolution I must confess I am a bit frustrated as a user of the computer, the cell phone, and the Internet, and also I guess, the Wireless Applied Protocol.  My hope is that Google is moving to better unite these three, which as of yet are either bogged down with a lot of useless additional processes, or multiple programs such as messenger's needed on my computer just to keep in touch with my people.

For example if you are like me, I actually have the MSN Messenger, the Yahoo Messenger, yes Aim and Google Talk too.  This is ridiculous, but I like MSN for its versatility, Yahoo because I can play music and shrink it to my desktop, and it works together with MSN now.  Aim has XM radio and it works with Google Talk on my Firefox browser.  No I don't believe I should pay for radio when I pay for my ISP, that would just be one more program and process my computer must tolerate. 

Of course maybe this is to say before connecting these three together maybe we should work on the Internet and the computer before we even consider going near the cell phone.  If these four companies could possible meet on the common ground of producing one messenger that incorporated the characteristics of all four I would be eternally thankful.  Wow could you imagine if they could do the same with one Browser, better yet why do we even need a browser or messenger if we had only one.  Well I tried, but if we are going to have all three of these mediums working synergistically, I believe it will take a lot more compatibility than presently exists, the future demands it, and it is the only way to move with social change and popularity.  Does Google have what it takes?  Are the Cell Companies willing?  Can the fat cats share the success?  Can We all get along?

R. William Collier

Is Google's future in question?

Google is the breath of new life on the net, and continues to be so even into this new year.  But what is Google going to do next?  I don't mean all of the wonderful software and all of the online applications.  I can't believe that this company is settled with all of these distractions.  None of these even come close to their success as the search giant.

Maybe from the inside of Google there is a hunger for a new product, maybe something on the same level or in the same field as their search products.  Just what could that be?  I think this is the question that is racking the brains of all of the suits in the company these days.  Maybe because Google is now established itself and that's all they are capable of doing.  All that is left is to be another Microsoft and begin churning out a bunch of products.

Unfortunately, if this is the case, Google will be like the turtle catching up to the hare.  Microsoft did the same thing years ago using their product sales to finance where they are now, and as of now has refined their products to the point that many industries are quite dependant on their products, which basically are the only logical choice they have. 

The question remains, can Google weather the chase, or do they need to?  I can't help but see if they continue to travel on this course that sooner or later it will begin to eat away at their financial position they hold today.  Again the question is what does the future hold?  Not only for Google, but for the entire industry.  I believe the one who can see even beyond the centralization of the cell phone and its many applications or maybe in which direction society will shift, is the one who will have the next big idea for Google.  But wait, is Microsoft there already?

R. William Collier