Is Google Appifying Email a Good Thing?
It’s Google’s Internet, we just use it. Well, maybe not, but some days it seems that way. Google’s gone from searching the Internet to being a big chunk of it. The latest moves from Mountain View include adding OAuth and contextual gadgets to email. Good on the surface for Google users, but what do they mean for everybody else?
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010
Google recently announced that it’s beefed up Gmail with OAuth for SMTP and IMAP, and providing adding “contextual gadgets” to Gmail to integrate with Google Apps. Sounds good for Gmail and Google Apps users, but what about everybody else?
It’s Google’s Internet, we just use it. At least that’s how it feels some days the the predominance of Google. Google’s been trying to integrate itself into almost every area of technology lately, from providing DNS service and suggesting new protocols to replace HTTP, to its front-line user applications. Oh, and I hear they’re dabbling with this search thing as well, and something about advertising.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with what Google’s trying to achieve, and I generally think that Google means well, but the ripple effects mean the company has a lot of impact on the Web by dint of its sheer reach. The most recent announcements…
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