About Computers: Is Google Turning Evil on March 1?

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Computers From Paul Gil, your About Computers Editor Hmmm. As of March 1, when I Google for 'vacations hawaii', I am now going to see all my Google Plus friends who posted comments about their trips to Maui. Even more so: I'll see all their YouTube Hawaii vacation videos in my Google search results! Is this personalizing of Google getting a bit too personal? About.com tells us more below. Is Google's New Privacy Policy an Evil Thing? It is Google's mandate to 'do no evil'. But are they stretching that by taking liberties with our privacy? As of March 1, Google will begin publishing your YouTube and Google+ social content as part of regular Google search results. Is Google breaking the public trust by doing this kind of publishing? About.com breaks it down for you with this important analysis... See More About:  google  internet privacy  google plus What Is Microdata? Microdata is the nifty new aspect of HTML 5 that lets you create custom content elements. With microdata, your web pages can communicate directly with hardware, classify itself better for web searching, and even do personal marketing for your other web pages. About.com explains microdata here... See More About:  microdata  html5 specifications  semantic html 2012 Predictions: Socializing Your TV, Car, What Else? Politics, job issues, social television, and the public trading of Facebook: these are just some of the predictions of how 2012 will be a boom year in social media. About.com offers more social media predictions here... See More About:  social media 2012  social media trends  social media business 5 Tools for Building Online Wiki Communities Wikis are so useful. You can publish your fan knowledge about your favorite football coach or television series. You can help your fraternity transfer knowledge between campuses. You can even build your law firm's internal knowledge by downloading your senior partners' brains into wiki format. If you want to start a wiki, here are 5 tools to consider using... See More About:  online communities  content management  collaboration tool features Computers Ads Vacation Packages Laptop Computers Personal Computers Maui Vacation Hawaii Package Featured Articles How to Remove SecurityTool Scareware SOPA, Decrypted Readers' Choice Awards 2012 - Mac Nominations Readers' Choice Awards 2012 - Windows Nominations What Are the Readers' Choice Awards? Bitdefender Sphere: Excellent   More from About.com Top 10 Skin Myths How do you know the information and advice you get about your skin is true? Start with this article, which debunks some of the the most persistent myths out there. More> Living with Infertility Infertility is extremely difficult emotionally, and it's easy to start feeling overwhelmed. Here are 10 ways to cope and keep infertility from taking over your life. More>   Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Computers newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2012 About.com   Advertisement