If you know me well, you know that I am addicted to Google. I love Google, and yes I would marry Google if I could. My husband knows this, and as a technology geek himself, he is skeptical, but allows it.
Google has a Cloud. It stores data in the Cloud. Just like a cloud in the sky, you can see the data you store in the Cloud from anywhere in the universe with an internet connection.
I live for the Cloud. Hubby is skeptical of who runs the Cloud, and what it is doing with all of everyone’s data – but if the Cloud owner steals my recipes, song lyrics, and pictures of my dog sleeping on his back, then I’m ok with that.
If you are too – continue reading. If you think there’s a nasty, evil Cloud master selling your data – then you can stop here.
I have a Google phone, that has automatic access to my Calendar, Email, Contacts, Task list, etc. It now has my books too. (Well, not all the hundreds of trashy romance novels that I collected during the 90s, they still have to reside in the cardboard box in the garage) But any new E-Books that I buy, are allllll stored in the Cloud.
I now read on my phone, my PC, my hubby’s phone if my battery is dead, etc.
I do have some Kindle books. And I have some with Amazon. But I really like knowing that anywhere I go with an internet connection – my book will be there – bookmarked at just the right place.
Prices are the same price as the bookstore, or cheaper, it takes only 5 seconds to buy one thanks to Google checkout (there goes Hubby worrying about my CC info being in the Cloud – if someone steals my identity and gets all $74.21 cents of my wealth, then I will just have to call it a learning experience) and you always have your library at your fingertips.
It allows you to create bookshelves, rate books after you read them so you can sort them later – it’s really a pretty robust organization system.
Books of interest – 81. Hmm. I guess the Cloud now knows I like historical romances. Hehe.
Anyways, just passing that along, in case it interests anyone!
5 comments:
Wow, not a cloud person myself. Have to agree with hubby, being in marketing I just know they are mining that data to sell to someone. I don't have a problem with collecting the data that I put out there. Like you said if they want pictures of my cat - great.....but the fact that they are taking that data and modeling with it and selling information to advertisers.....makes me cranky (okay, more cranky :D)
That said....knowing me....I will be using Cloud soon....husband already is :D
Cheers!
Pretty sweet. I bought an iPad this past fall and I have purchased books through itunes, Kindle, and Nook. I'd pass on Nook next time. Google, though I haven't looked into. Ahhh. Another way to spend some money. :)
Also writing to let you know that I have named you as one of my ten blogs to receive a Stylish Blogger award in my Jan 28th post. The award asks that you write a post about your award linking back to the giver and then pass it along to ten other bloggers with seven interesting facts about yourself and then let those bloggers know that you have tagged them.
I know. A lot of work. Sorry. Do with it what you want or do nothing at all but I wanted you to know you are that inspiring to me.
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I definitly don't use Google beyond Google Earth and as a search engine. I should branch out.
I wondered how all of that worked. Sounds pretty awesome to me!
Hi Sweet Dawn..thanks so much for all the interesting info about Google...and thank you also for leaving such a heartfelt comment at my place earlier. It truly meant a lot.
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