Larry Page, Google co-founder, said in Oviedo that is "surprised" by what "a lot" searcher that has grown since its inception 10 years ago and "the large number of people it affects."
"There are many people who tell me they habitually use Google and who helps them and, though I'm getting used to such comments, I am still surprised," stated Page, who explained that not imagined what would happen when they conceived the browser along with his colleague at Stanford University Sergey Brin.
Page, who has traveled to Oviedo by surprise this afternoon to collect the Prince of Asturias Prize for Communication and Humanities, awarded to Google, has said it feels "delighted" to be able to collect the award personally, and has acknowledged he feels "some responsibility "'s" Unstoppable advance "of Google.
The future: the transmission of information to the intelligence entenderlaNacido in East Lansing, Michigan (USA) in 1973, co-founder of Google said in a press conference with Spanish newspapers and agencies that the outbreak of the browser has allowed that the people of assumed "that will have access to high quality information.
"That makes us smarter because every time we have more access to information anywhere in the world," stated Page, who has stressed that the work of Google "is based on improving quality to try to make the computers are smart ".
"Google may know more than anyone around the world but not necessarily understand it, so our main objective is to provide that intelligence to computers," he said.
Page has indicated that Google "has grown as fast as the network in general" and that the amount of 30 million pages from the beginning has grown "enormously". "The success of our business has gone hand in hand with the improvements in computers in their ability and in the amount of information that can be processed," he pointed out. He added: "All that has gone more and ido we have jointly ceo and I am optimistic because we are going to be able to continue to grow at this pace because there are increasingly more and more people using the service."
Asked about the risks posed by the monopoly of Google in the future, has analyzed the situation from the point of view "academic" and recalled that, while many other companies in the sector have been successful, which makes it different is that its search engine "focuses a lot on the concept of open source."
"As our company philosophy is to make available all the tools and comply with it, what makes us more honest," stated Page, who recalled that thanks to advertising services can be offered for free and generate profits as a company.
A new tool: the mobile G1Por Finally, Page has highlighted the good reception that is taking in the short time that leads the market in the G1, better known as the Google Mobile, which arrived this week in U.S. stores from T-Mobile to compete with the iPhone.
Has stressed that the G1 is like using a computer but goes into the pocket and is available all the time, which makes it easy to connect to the Internet. The main attraction of G1, manufactured by HTC, is that your operating system, known as Android and developed by Google, has its open source and therefore anyone can develop new applications and enhancements to the device without restrictions.
A cultural revolution for the 'widespread access to knowledge "Page will receive this afternoon the Prince of Asturias Prize for Communication and Humanities at the hands of Don Felipe de Borbon next to the vice president of Google Inc.., Nikesh Arora. Google, the most widely used Internet browser in the world, won the June 11 this prize for having driven a decade after its creation, a "gigantic" cultural revolution that has led to "widespread access to knowledge," according to the minutes highlighted the jury.
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