The latest research from the internet search giant Google, suggests that real-time results could be even more powerful – they may reveal the future as well as the present.
krou writes “The Wrap has an interesting interview with Eric Schmidt on Google’s new plan for news. Google is apparently planning on rolling out ‘high-quality news’ to users who are not actively searching for news. It’s expected to launch in approximately six months’ time, and the first two news organizations to be involved will be The New York Times and The Washington Post. ‘Under this latest iteration of advanced search, users will be automatically served the kind of news that interests them just by calling up Google’s page. The latest algorithms apply ever more sophisticated filtering — based on search words, user choices, purchases, a whole host of cues — to determine what the reader is looking for without knowing they’re looking for it. And on this basis, Google believes it will be able to sell premium ads against premium content.’ Although Schmidt said that companies like the New York Times won’t get any of this ad revenue, he commented that it will push stories to users who want them, drive up traffic to those stories, and in turn bring higher advertising rates for those stories.” As VentureBeat points out, Google hasn’t officially confirmed any of this, and with no ad revenue going to the other companies, it only partially addresses complaints that Google is profiting unfairly from the work of news publications.
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It is no secret that Facebook has Twitter envy. The number one social networking site is not content to win over rival MySpace. It is not satisfied being far ahead of Google on the social web. Facebook now has Twitter firmly in its crosshairs.
Mad Hamster points out a NY Times report that the US Department of Justice has launched an antitrust inquiry (may require free registration) to take a look at the deal Google has made with book publishers and authors for its Book Search service. Quoting: “Lawyers for the Justice Department have been in conversations in recent weeks with various groups opposed to the settlement, including the Internet Archive and Consumer Watchdog. More recently, Justice Department lawyers notified the parties to the settlement, including Google, and representatives for the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild, that they were looking into various antitrust issues related to the far-reaching agreement. The inquiry does not necessarily mean that the department will oppose the settlement, which is subject to a court review. But it suggests that some of the concerns raised by critics, who say the settlement would unfairly give Google an exclusive license to profit from millions of books, have resonated with the Justice Department.” Update — 4/29 at 14:25 by SS: CNet has new information on the extension Google was seeking in order to contact rightsholders for a decision on whether to join the settlement or opt out. Google had originally asked for 60 days, but a judge has now granted them four more months.
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Google wants to own the future of mobile software, including office suite software, but Zoho launched a new capability to run its very solid, browser-based mobile apps on all major platforms, not just iPhone and BlackBerry. The SoHo suite supports iPhone and iPod Touch, Android, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian.
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Flu May Have Spread Within New York City
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Queries over Pakistan's ability to hold onto terrain
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Bruising Stimulus Battle Redefined Obama's Approach to Governing
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