Friday, November 03, 2006 at 9:40 AM Posted by Dan Abbe, Google Book Search Support Team We get lots of positive feedback about the potential for Google Book Search to affect research, but the word “research” might call to mind long hours of intensive reading for academic study. Google Book Search assists scholars, but it also helps us “everyday" researchers dig a bit deeper. Let's say you've just
I like to use two definitions for crowdsourcing: The White Paper Version: Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call. The Soundbyte Version: The application of Open Source principles to fields outside of software.
Larry Dignan and other IT industry experts, blogging at the intersection of business and technology, deliver daily news and analysis on vital enterprise trends. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes sifts through the marketing hyperbole and casts his critical eye over the latest technological innovations to find out which products make the grade and which don't.
One of the most impressive operating companies is Amazon and how they fulfill orders and ship to their customers. Their processes are considered … [More] The Boeing 787 is reinventing the way we imagine air travel. This aircraft is setting the standard in both range and performance, enabling airlines to … [More]
For many years, people have suggested that Google was really building the operating system for the internet. It made for a really nice soundbite, but some of Google's actions have suggested that maybe others recognize the opportunity more than Google ever did. Now, however, Robert Young over at GigaOm is suggesting that Google is building a different kind of operating system: an operating system f
Traditional media companies are in a persistent state of confusion when it comes to Google. The question that keeps these media executives up at night is… is Google a friend or a foe? If recent conversations I’ve had with such executives are any indication, Google’s recent deals and initiatives (e.g. acquiring YouTube, selling newspaper and radio ads, etc.) have only served to heighten their frust
John Battelle's Search Blog Thoughts on the intersection of tech, business, and society. The Times continues it's fascination with all things Google in this Richard Siklos piece entitled "A Struggle Over Dominance and Definition." (image cropped from full image at Times site) It features this broadside from Microsoft's CEO Steve "I did not throw a chair at f*ing Google" Ballmer: "The truth… The Ti
An unofficial blog that watches Google's attempts to move your operating system online since 2005. Not affiliated with Google. Send your tips to gostips@gmail.com. Here's a list of the things that could slow down Google's growth. The list is from Google's quarterly report and it's not complete: * We face significant competition from Microsoft and Yahoo. Microsoft has more employees and cash resour
John Markoff writes in the NY Times that Web 3.0 is coming. Apparently he missed my post last week, for There is no Web 3.0. The funny thing about my summation last year (Web 2.0 is Made of People!) is the web has always been that way -- and always will. At first glance, John seems to think the next web is made of machines. From the billions of documents that form the World Wide Web and the lin
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