Paperback. Blue and white cover with yellow title.

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Planet Google (2008) by New York Times columnist Randall Stross investigates the internet giant’s audacious mission to become the gatekeeper of all the world’s information. Gaining unprecedented access to the Googleplex, Stross explores the profound implications of Google’s rapid expansion into personal data, book digitization, and satellite mapping. 

Core Themes & Topics Examined

• Information Gatekeeper: Investigates the scale of Google’s goal to organize and access all the world’s information, from financial data to films. 
• Privacy Concerns: Explores the controversial statistics of personal lives being tracked and stored—including search history, reading habits, and buying behavior. 
• Disruptive Innovations: Discusses Google’s expansion beyond web search into areas like downloadable desktop software and Google Earth. 

NOTE: This is an original  book from the library gathered by the famous Cambridge Don, computer scientist, food and wine connoisseur, Jack Arnold LANG. Note: Jack founded the Michelin Guide ‘Midsummer House’- Cambridge’s paramount restaurant. This dining experience is hidden amongst the grassy pastures and grazing cattle of Midsummer Common and perched on the banks of the River Cam. The Midsummer House experience is imaginatively curated to delight and amaze, so the surprise set menu changes regularly and is ‘Midsummer’s’ playground to showcase.

In 2008, Jack was one of the co-founders of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, alongside other members of the Department, and acted as the Foundation’s Chair. The project’s original goals were modest: to build and distribute low-cost computers for prospective applicants to our Computer Science degree. Initially the project was a “success disaster”, as Jack would say, as demand far outstripped the low-scale manufacturing plans. Ultimately the Raspberry Pi became the UK’s most successful computer with more than 60 million sold to date. Jack was drawn to the educational possibilities of the Raspberry Pi, its potential uses in emerging economies and the way it could support self-directed learning.