A video produced by Hungry Beast (opens in new tab), a weekly news show on Australian television puts Internet giant Google’ (opens in new tab)s huge ambitions and gargantuan reach into dramatic perspective.
Google, says the video (opens in new tab) quoting former Intel Chairman Andy Grove (opens in new tab), is "a company on steroids, with a finger in every industry."
The video explains the company’s business model:
"Google wants to know who your are, where you are and what you want, so it can target ads at you."
As Hungry Beast points out, CEO Eric Schmidt (opens in new tab) acknowledges Google is an advertising company with 97 percent of revenues from that activity.
Take a look at Hungry Beast’s portrayal of the company whose "name became a verb" to see why so many of us are concerned. The video cannot be viewed on Hungry Beast’s Website (opens in new tab) unless you’re down under. Fortunately for those outside of Australia, the video can be seen through Vimeo, a competitor to Google’s YouTube. (opens in new tab)
I’ve embedded a link below; take a look for yourself:
THE BEAST FILE: GOOGLE from Hungry Beast on Vimeo.
