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Re:Google Now for Chrome by yellowbkpk on Sunday April 06, 2014 @01:55AM (#7539960)
For it to be really useful, you have to let Google know a bit more about yourself: you have to enable Search History and Location History. I think there's a separate option for access to your Gmail, too. Assuming you enable all this, you can get things like reminders for flights and shipments, it can remind you of topics you were searching for earlier, offer driving directions for places you've previously searched, movie times for movie trailers you've watched on Youtube, suggestions for nearby restaurants you might be interested in, etc.

I find it useful, but I'm completely in the Google ecosystem and don't have a problem with Google exposing all the data it knows about me.

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Re:Google Now for Chrome by wyclif on Sunday April 06, 2014 @03:17AM (#7540129)
Yes, you nailed it. The flight notifications and shipment logistics are the most useful things for me so far. It's great it you have FedEx or UPS deliveries a lot, and if you travel a lot.

And you're right that you have to be comfortable with exposing a lot of data. If you have all those things you mentioned turned off, the utility of it decreases.

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Re:Google Now for Chrome by toomuchtodo on Sunday April 06, 2014 @10:55AM (#7541136)
One problem with flight notifications: If family/friends forward you their flight itineraries just to keep you in the loop, Google Now reminds you of their flights as well. It simply scrapes for the flight data; it doesn't check the email to see if its your flight.
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Re:Google Now for Chrome by thiagocmoraes on Sunday April 06, 2014 @11:58AM (#7541351)
Not really. Last week my dad came to visit me and forwarded the airline's email with the time of the flight. Google Now correctly stated the time I should leave to catch him at the airport. Seems to work fine for me on this issue.
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