When Google does something, it does it big. Remember Google maps? People thought, “But there are other websites that show me maps.” Sure there are, but do those websites show a satellite view that you can zoom in to the point where you can see the actual building of the address you’re looking up? No. Then they came up with Gmail. People wondered, “But what’s wrong with my Hotmail or Yahoo account?” I’ll tell you. Your conversation is all over the place, but Gmail’s got you threaded. So when Google announced it will be creating a virtual copy of Iraq’s National Museum, and someone said, “But Italy’s National Research Center has already done that, Eric Schmidt should have responded, “But they haven’t done it like this.”
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