[wonderyak]

Obviously as someone that has never used Google Now, you wouldn't know this... but it acts on search data, not gmail data.

Its a normal app with normal settings (enter stocks you want to follow, enter sports teams, etc..) that takes some cues from what you search for once you've set up Google now.

Why the hell would Google want to display all the OLD data it has on you in an application called 'Now'?

[maxerickson]

I'm sure it uses email data. A friend emailed me flight information and it showed up on my tablet. They didn't use any of my computers to search on that flight (never mind that I have search history disabled).