May 20, 2008 | The Google Takeover

I don’t particularly welcome to advent of Google Health, mainly because Google controls so much of my life already as it is. Google has become so integral in our daily lives that if Google’s servers were to suffer from some form of failure even for an hour, its impact will be so devastating it just might bring about its demise. It’s scary, knowing that they have so much of your information (credit card, personal information contained within documents, spreadsheets, email, and now your personal health). While Google’s recent handing over of information might’ve been fair, it’s still a sign that Google can hand over to anyone they deem appropriate with pretty much anyone’s personal information.

Things to do online	The Google equivalent
Email	Gmail
Video	Google Video, YouTube
Blogging	Blogger
Maps and directions	Google: Maps, Street View, Earth
Word Processing	Google Docs (with Spreadsheets)
Books	Google: Book Search, Scholar
Shopping	Google Product Search (previously Froogle), Google Checkout
Social networking	Orkut, Google Groups, Jaiku, Dodgeball
Business	Google: Apps, Finance, Calendar, News
Web Development	Google: Analytics, Webmaster Tools, Adsense, Sites, Adwords
Photography	Picasa, Panoramio
Communication	Gchat, GrandCentral