Planet Google
Randall E. Stross · first published 2008 · ISBN 9781416546962
Stross gained rare access to Google's headquarters to document the company's audacious goal of organizing all the world's information. He examines the scale of Google's ambitions, its approach to privacy and copyright controversies, and the decisions that turned search into a gateway to knowledge.
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For a close-up look at how Google operates and thinks, this book provides the behind-the-scenes details that other histories miss. Stross doesn't shy away from Google's missteps, giving a balanced view of the company's power and problems.