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Google Boss: Chinese Language Will Dominate Web

Also in 5 years: social media will rule

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Oct 28, 2009 1:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Internet will look completely different in five years, predicts Google CEO Eric Schmidt; after all, he notes, five years is a factor of 10 according to Moore’s law of ever-increasing speed. The Google CEO expounded on the future of the web at length... Read full story »

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