Technology Survivors October 17, 2008
Posted by mycto in Infrastructure, economy, search.Tags: Google, Great Depression 2.0, search
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Some, like Time Magazine’s Josh Quittner are using the phrase “Great Depression 2.0″ to describe the current financial mayhem. This is appropriate, if only for the way in which technology “versioning” has pervaded all of our lives–even our fear-laden financial ones.
Google seems to be doing OK despite all the frothing. The Sultans of Search smacked down 1.35 Billion dollars worth in the last quarter–that’s a 31 % jump since last we heard the numbers.
But I thought Armageddon was nigh and no one was going to do business anymore? Tell that to the Big G.
Google is so pervasive that it is hard to avoid them when you use that machine at your desk, or your home. They just keep making it easier and easier to use their tools. And in these testy time, users will choose free and easy.
Can You Hear Me? September 18, 2008
Posted by mycto in search, video.Tags: GAudi, Google, search, video
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Google just announced on its official blog that it will be bringing audio indexing to video. So what? This means that the audio content within a video will be searchable without the uploader having to add the transcript of the text. This will bring an immense amount of new searchable data.
For example, imagine that you wanted to search for video that contained the key phrase: I can see Alaska. The Google Audio Index will do this for you.
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