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Currently, Google is encountering resistance from publishers who are claiming copyright infringements and will most likely need to strike a compromise to move forward with its digital library project.
Further, Google has lofty plans for changing the way people use the Internet and perhaps how many people use it. According to the article, Google has unveiled a system for talking over the Internet.
Perhaps phone systems will become obsolete devices in businesses and users turn more and more to their computers as one-stop resources to perform all their business functions.
The article also reports that Google is creating a wireless Internet access service in San Francisco, fueling predictions about the creation of a nationwide network that will enable people to get on the Web for free. One of the primary uses of location-based services would once again...
There is also huge potential for location-based services. Already an important sales channel for businesses, more users and more use of the Web to target users means that businesses will only become even more dependent on the Web to sale their goods and services.
Although there's much speculation in the article, it concludes with the statement, "The biggest question is whether they can accomplish everything they want before someone else comes along with even better ideas." Certainly, we'll continue to see the Web become even more ubiquitous with significant implications and opportunities for businesses.
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Google morphs into multifaceted juggernaut (2005, October 2). Forbes. Retrieved November 6. 2005 from Web site: http://www.forbes.com/associatedpress/feeds/ap/2005/10/02/ap2255183.html
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