Thank you for mentioning that. As an ISP owner who competes with cable, dsl, satellite and cell, my biggest obstacle is government regulations. The incumbents get exclusive rights to the resources, so it is almost impossible to compete against them.

If politicians are being bribed how is the government going to help? Seems like a contradiction. The government is part of the problem.

Its probably just a matter of time before they get rid of Picasa, so I am forced to move my albums to G+. And I pay for extra space too!

Hey GOOGLE! Its not the Quantity, its the Quality!

I don't see how it can cost more for me to use GR then Gmail, Calendar, Picasa, G+, Earth, Maps, etc, etc. It's already set up and probably takes very little to maintain. And they get the benefit of my user data across multiple apps and platforms.

I am so tired of companies trying to drive me to be more social. I almost unsubscribed to Wired Magazine because every other article is about facebook, twitter or some other useless social app. I get it already.

Maybe I'll go back to Yahoo...

I agree.
I barely heard anything when Arthur C Clarke, yet I believe he contributed way more to humanity then MJ.