Google at ten

I'm  sure it's been said already, but it's worth noting that after ten years Google is a mature company. Apart from its hugely successful main product at its core, it has offerings in all areas of its peripheral vision, including the browser (Chrome), cloud software (Reader, Document, Mail), desktop software (Picasa, Gears), and soon mobile devices (Android powered phones). As well as content (Maps, Earth, Knol, Youtube). An enviable position, but one which has been achieved by providing huge value to users.

So now something of the future with no mention of RDF:

Traditionally, systems that solve complicated problems and queries have been called "intelligent", but compared to earlier approaches in the field of 'artificial intelligence', the path that we foresee has important new elements. First of all, this system will operate on an enormous scale with an unprecedented computational power of millions of computers. It will be used by billions of people and learn from an aggregate of potentially trillions of meaningful interactions per day. It will be engineered iteratively, based on a feedback loop of quick changes, evaluation, and adjustments. And it will be built based on the needs of solving and improving concrete and useful tasks such as finding information, answering questions, performing spoken dialogue, translating text and speech, understanding images and videos, and other tasks as yet undefined. When combined with the creativity, knowledge, and drive inherent in people, this "intelligent cloud" will generate many surprising and significant benefits to mankind.

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