After reading an article from Gizmodo (Google Smash!) I had to refresh my old speculation of one day Google will rule the world. Or at least, the Internet.

I was a big fan of the Big ‘G’ ever since Gmail came out (at that point I was still searching with Yahoo though) and eventually the dominance of Google’s search engine wins me over. Over the year, Google Map/Earth, translate tools, Chrome, and the plethora of functionalities added to the search engine and Gmail convinced me enough that yes, Google will be to the Internet what Microsoft is to Operating System. The conqueror.

That said, the most unexpected turn happened when Google released the Android OS. I was skeptic and reluctant to accept the fact that Google is now trying to venture to a different industry (sort-to-speak), picking up challenges from other contenders such as Apple and Microsoft. That’s when I believed that even Google has a limit! If it is such a brutal conqueror, I suppose it can only conquer its own land. Still very much respectable and feared, but it’s not as godly as I vision it to be just a few years back.

Or is it? After reading Giz’s article, I couldn’t help to think maybe – just maybe – I was wrong to lose my faith in Google. With Android picking up steam more than anyone can imagine merely 2 years ago, tablets are invading homes, offering fiber to cities in America, is there really a limit of what they can do?

With the purchase of YouTube and a good investment in their mobile department, Google will one day able to connect every single aspect of your life to the world wide web. Waking up to the internet radio, checking today’s schedule from the cloud through your phone, the cheapest gas price from your app, finding place to eat, doing your banking, entertainment, the list just go on and on.

Competition-wise? I think looking the past years Google managed to pick the right battle at the right time. They forge alliances with the right people and introduce the best solution to the most basic challenges. Sure, they don’t really have an eye-popping innovation like the iPhone… but they manage to (in my honest opinion) take the best of it, do it a step better, and sell more of it cheaper. What’s holding them back from doing that to every single product out there?

Time, that’s it.