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Image Search Revamp at Google Press Event
Posted on 20. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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Today’s press conference for unveiling a new product came in the form of Image Search – an entirely new way to think about the formerly static image finding service that was available for Google. Not only will the way that image show up after a search change, data that formerly was on the bottom of each picture will no longer be there. This improves the user interface and makes it look slicker than before.
Each page can now load one thousand images – something that makes sense since it seems that pretty often I cannot find the best image one the first page of results anyways. Also soon to be added will be advertising – likely similar to the way it is now being done for video. Ads on YouTube are slowly starting to gain traction, and it is important for Google to continue to develop its advertising business to keep investors happy with the company’s performance.
While about ten percent of users are seeing the new Image Search, when I went to take a look I was sadly not one of them yet. But I did discover something new while I was there: Image Swirl.
Image Swirl takes a topic (Notre Dame was preselected here) and gives you associated images in a logically mapped way.
What is Google Planning to Announce Tomorrow?
Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
Yesterday, we reported in the Daily that Google is planning a press event tomorrow, led by VP of Search Products Marissa Meyer. This is what was published on Fortune’s Google 27/4 blog.
Please join us on Tuesday, July 20th for a brief press event at Google’s office in San Francisco. Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products and User Experience, will be speaking, and we’ll be introducing a few new things we think you’ll be interested to see. We’ll kick off with a continental breakfast followed by the presentation and product demos.
While there could be a good amount of speculative nature in this post, here are some bubbling developments that have been rumored lately and could have something to do with what is being unveiled tomorrow.
Music
During Google I/O, the company showed off a new Android feature that allows users to stream music that is stored on their computer to their phone. Many said that this was a quiet attempt to show off Google’s coming music service. Google’s China site already has music, and according to one commenter on this blog located in China, this service has been available for a few months, likely lending to lax copyright laws in a country where no one has ever really paid for music anyways.
Social Networking
Most regard Google’s first social attempt, Buzz, as a flop namely because of privacy violations that occurred at the outset. But Google has corrected course to some degree, and whatever you may say about it, Buzz still exists. The rumor milling around is that a further expansion to Buzz is coming soon, possibly with profiles just like Facebook. But how much like Facebook does Google want to be? Remember, Eric Schmidt has said that Facebook users in turn still search quite a bit with Google, and the fact that Schmidt recently met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg suggests Google would probably try something that goes in a different direction.
Search
Let’s not discount here who will be presenting tomorrow. Marissa Meyer is the VP that is responsible for the search user interface that we use today, and she has been a part of the company since the early days. Is it possible that we will see a key new element in search? Google is desperately missing a travel option on their home page, so it is quite possible that something related to Google’s purchasing of travel search company ITA Software. Although the deal is under review, that doesn’t mean Google hasn’t already been working on something. That’s good, since right now search rival Bing is seemingly held together by its innovative travel functionality, and not on its core search.
Whatever the case may be, we’ll be interested in the resulting news. As soon as we have information on any developments, they will be posted right here.
thechromesource Weekend: Links for 7/18/10
Posted on 18. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
A Google press event for “few new things” is scheduled for July 20th in San Francisco with VP of Search Products Marissa Meyer.
In partnership with Ford and General Motors, Google’s Send-To-Car service will send map data directly to vehicles.
Cheap gadgets with Android may become very popular in China, with an impact on other devices around the world.
The Nexus One is nearing the end of its life cycle according to an official Google blog post.
It appears that Google CEO Eric Schmidt is very familiar with the inner workings of Washington, according to Politico.com.
