Deadline for comments on Google books settlement passes
It has been quiet around the Google Books copyright settlement. In November Photo associations were denied the right to intervene and in the same month Google was forced to adapt the settlement. The deadline for new comments on the settlement passed at the end of last week. During this relative silence around new developments and changes it appears that [...]
Google goggles image recognition update
When I reported on Google Goggles a few weeks ago it was clear that this is a great application for visual search. The application, which is still in Google labs, uses the technology to recognise objects that are recorded by the inbuilt camera of a mobile phone. After analyizing the picture it uses the various [...]
Optimizing your website for different browsersettings
According to Google, not many people realise that different browser settings on computers means that users may not be able to see large parts of your website. Google has now come up with an application that graphically shows how much of your site is visible to users with various browsers. They did this by rendering [...]
Google books loses in French court
After the earlier setback for Google’s plan to scan millions of books a Paris court has now ruled that Google is breaking French law with its policy of digitizing books, handing the U.S. Internet giant a euro10,000 ($14,300)-a-day fine until it rids its database of the literary extracts. A judge also ordered Google to pay [...]
Fast Flip adds more publications to its service
Three months ago Google launched Fast Flip, a new way to look at articles online. Fast Flip makes reading magazines and newspapers online easier. Google says the goal of Fast Flip is to help publishers reach bigger audiences and better engage with readers. These new ways of reading newspapers and magazines contrast with declining revenues of print editions. They also call [...]
Twice the photo storage for a quarter of the price
When we reported on Snaphaven yesterday it sparked a small discussion on linkedin about the cost of storage. Now Google has announced that they are reducing the cost of photo storage. Snaphaven has very secure storage facilities and a guarantee that even if the company stops trading the storage will be maintained but this may [...]
Google launches all important real time search
We’ve been a bit overwhelmed with Google news this week. First there was Google Goggles then improvements in image search results. At the same time the company launched real time search. The real-time information is providers by partners like Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed, Jaiku ,Identi.ca and Twitter Real-time search enables you to discover breaking news the moment it’s happening, [...]
Google Earth now showing images with maps
Google has made another announcement that helps images to be found. When going on Google maps you can find much more information about the location you are exploring including images. They are presented on top of the map. Here’s an example of Dubai: Whenever you click on a business or place of interest, and then [...]
Google adds annotations to analytics
Everyone that uses Google analytics to power their website reporting understands the depth of the reporting. Google has now added functionality that adds a personal touch to the output. With Annotations you can leave shared or private notes right on the graph. “Building upon the concept of bringing Intelligence to data, Annotations complements existing anomaly [...]
Google improves image search results
Google has made a brief announcement that it’s making some changes to it’s image search results Over the next twenty-four hours we’re rolling out a new format for image universal results. When we’re confident that we have great image results, we’ll now show a larger image and additional smaller images alongside. With this new layout we’re [...]
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