Mighty impressed by Google's ability to pull up just
the information you need, just when you want it.
I have been playing around with the new Google app on
my phone for some time now and I am quite used to getting info on the cards
which pop up from the bottom of the screen around the time I need them. Like
when I am on my way to office or back home a card pops up telling me the
approximate time I'll reach my destination. In the morning it pulls up the
weather info. But this time I was in for a surprise. I fired the app to check
my wife's flight status and before I could even tap the search bar to type in the
flight number, this card pulls up informing that the flight is on time!
How on earth is that possible?
Is Google reading my mind?
It took me a while to figure out how Google pulled up
that flight status. A couple of days ago my wife had mailed me her itinerary.
That's where it got the info. Google probably eve-dropped into my mail, read
it, analyzed it and accurately predicted that I might check out the flight
status a few hours before departure and that's how I got the info. It is really
cool to have the information you need readily available just when you want
it.
In the process of figuring out how Google pulls up
information I realized Google might know more about myself then I do. On
several occasions many of us have shared personal information like bank and
card details, itineraries, health reports etc. over mail. Most of our contacts lists
are with Google. Most of our online activities are linked with Google account. Google
keeps hovering over these sources of information, draws and stores them like a
humming bird hovering over a flower drawing nectar. No wonder they code
named their new search algorithm “Hummingbird”.
