Googled: The End of the World as We Know It!
Not since the printing press has any device changed the world as much as Google has; it’s omnipresent, it’s revolutionized our society and it’s still growing. But despite its prevalence, little is known about the inner workings of the media behemoth and what territory it plans to conquer after subsuming the city of L.A.’s email system. Author Ken Auletta talks with Patt about his all-access look inside Google and the future of cloud computing.
Not since the printing press has any device changed the world as much as Google has; it’s omnipresent, it’s revolutionized our society and it’s still growing. But despite its prevalence, little is known about the inner workings of the media behemoth and what territory it plans to conquer after subsuming the city of L.A.’s email system. Author Ken Auletta talks with Patt about his all-access look inside Google and the future of cloud computing.
Guests:
Ken Auletta, author “GOOGLED: The End of the World as We Know It”; he also writes the “Annals of Communications” column for The New Yorker magazine
- Patt Morrison for November 12, 2009
- Vice President Al Gore with "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis"
- Are L.A.’s medical pot club up in smoke?
- Will California’s rising (water) tide lift all states?
- Tired of being stuck? That’s the Spirit!
- Googled: The End of the World as We Know It!
Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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