I expect Google will continue to strongly push Google+ on as many users as it can. Whether it will actually persuade users to join or actively use the service is another matter.
Social networking will be very important to Google in 2014, so says Eric Schmidt in his 2014 predictions (2 min video)
I'd like to believe that we'll be more privacy-conscious in 2014, but I don't actually think that will be the case. I'd like to see more scrutiny of the data companies collect about users, particularly because they are now collecting more data than ever before. Some companies like Google have staggering amounts of user data. They're probably salivating at the prospect of capturing even more precise user behaviour through an OS (Chrome) that potentailly captures everything you do online.
Far from the tech community (who you might hope would be most informed about this) actually raising concerns about the privacy implications of this, I think Google (and other companies) will continue to get away with barely any scrutiny at all.
I expect Google will continue to strongly push Google+ on as many users as it can. Whether it will actually persuade users to join or actively use the service is another matter.
Social networking will be very important to Google in 2014, so says Eric Schmidt in his 2014 predictions (2 min video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzKM8oyCsUg
I'd like to believe that we'll be more privacy-conscious in 2014, but I don't actually think that will be the case. I'd like to see more scrutiny of the data companies collect about users, particularly because they are now collecting more data than ever before. Some companies like Google have staggering amounts of user data. They're probably salivating at the prospect of capturing even more precise user behaviour through an OS (Chrome) that potentailly captures everything you do online.
Far from the tech community (who you might hope would be most informed about this) actually raising concerns about the privacy implications of this, I think Google (and other companies) will continue to get away with barely any scrutiny at all.