G+/Google information everyone should know

[merhawk]

Andy Carvin of NPR spoke with Google Chairman Eric Schmidt for a few minutes. Per the conversation, Schmidt acknowledges/states that "G+ was build primarily as an identity service, so fundamentally, it depends on people using their real names if they're going to build future products that leverage that information."

Identity Service != Social Network, Eric Schmidt. And you're billing G+ as a social network. Just sayin'.

Todd Vierling looked into the Profile Real Name issues. He discovered that these issues are about more than just G+. It looks like the endgame will end up involving most, if not all, of Google Products.

[reposted from my journal]

Comments

[merhawk]

I always suggest paid email. If you pay, you're the customer instead of the product. I've never used Hushmail. I've used Sonic for years. You don't need to use them as an ISP or be in any specific geographic area. You pay approximately $20/month for up to 5 email boxes. They have awesome spam filtering, and excellent customer service.

[the_future_modernes]

Unfortunately I can't afford that at all. So withdrawing from google is the best I can do at the moment.