Google has announced it is planning to launch an operating system for personal computers. This move is seen as a direct challenge to Microsoft’s dominance in the PC operating system market. Google’s move worries privacy groups?and also competitors?who argue that the online search company could leverage its data stores to quickly grow market share. For more, The Takeaway is joined by Sam Grobart, personal technology editor for The New York Times.
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