Because, as every "education" program has shown, if you get products and brands into students hands, they will likely continue to use them for the rest of their lives, and attempt to bring them into their places of business.

FINALLY, someone who truly understands it!

The problem is, Google does not "sell ads to their users." They sell their users to companies.

To which I will just respond with a famous quote: "With great power, comes great responsibility."

Yeah, I know. I've known that all my life. :)

Then you know just how difficult "mak[ing] shit up" really is. Those of us who write (or attempt to, like me) call it "writer's block." :)

Rex, I used to attend a Science Fiction Writers convention about 15 years ago in my hometown that was sponsored by a nationally-known University. They brought in well-known authors of speculative fiction to be on the many panels that were run throughout the 3-day event. I can remember sitting in on more than one…

Best of all, Apple will never let Google anywhere near the AppleTV.

No, the biggest drawback is that it's made by, and ties you deeper to Google, who has no respect for user privacy and sees it's users as a commodity it can sell to advertisers.

So long as they are not say "LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID NOW! SEE WHAT YOUR STUPIDITY HAS CAUSED THIS TIME?" Or, in my case, since my father wanted my mom to have an abortion when she got pregnant with me, I was always the source of contention.

The funny thing is, hardware-wise, the systems are nearly identical! One has a slightly better processor and slightly less-better graphics chip, and the other has a slightly less-better processor and a better graphics chip. But that's about the only differences really.

I'm usually at my computer when I'm watching TV, reading emails, blogs, surfing the Web, curating my media collections, etc... I love to multi-task. :)

Thank you, thank you, thank you for this article!

I had OfficeMax price match Office Depot tonight on a Logitech K400 keyboard. I just showed the Associate the Web page for the product on Office Depot's site, and they knocked $10 off to match it.

Which is exactly how he ruined the movies...

True, but you gotta admit there was a HUUUUGE disconnect between what Burton did with the Batman franchise and what Schumaker did when he took it over. It was like a 180-degree twist into Candy-Land...

Not to mention Ah-nuld as Iceman, and Robin and Batgirl in anatomically-correct rubber suits, and two Spider-Man reboots, and yet another Superman re-boot, et-cetera, et-cetera, et-cetera (said in his best Yul Brenner voice)... And let's not forget Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan re-made as Star Trek Into Darkness,…

Very, very, well said. Too bad more people don't see it that way.

Hey, here's an even easier solution: delete all your Google-related accounts and services, and just remove yourself from them altogether. There are plenty of other alternatives out there that don't attempt to aggregate your life into one just so they can more efficiently make money off of you.

Yeah, really, what's the big deal? Google already has all your private, personal information from any and all other Google services you're already using... In fact, you're probably already signed up and just don't know it yet.