Google: A New Way to Search and Sell Ads Too

July 20, 2012

LifeHacker catches us up with some developments in “Remains of the Day: Google Image Search Gets Knowledge Graph Integration.” The headlining item promises smarter and more comprehensive “Search by Image” results. The article quotes Google’s blog on a feature I’ve been looking forward to (the second one):

“Google updated its Image Search with a couple of new features. One being an expanded view that lets searchers see the text around matching images, and the other being added support for Knowledge Graph to image search results, which means Google will attempt to identity any photo that you upload or link to and provide more information about the subject.”

In other news, the write up notes that the Mac video player VLC is now at version 2.0.2, updated for Windows and OS X. Several small tweaks and bug fixes are addressed, and Retina Display support has been added. Also, Sparrow, an OS X email client, released an update to its desktop version. The update includes support for Retina Display and Mountain Lion. Amazon’s Flow app, already available for iOS, now brings barcode scanning and augmented reality to Android users.

Finally, Google is continuing its name-shuffle game. The Google Places iOS app follows the Google Places service in being renamed Google+ Local. A voice-search feature is now included in the app version.

Cynthia Murrell, July 20, 2012

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Stephen E. Arnold monitors search, content processing, text mining and related topics from his high-tech nerve center in rural Kentucky. He tries to winnow the goose feathers from the giblets. He works with colleagues worldwide to make this Web log useful to those who want to go "beyond search". Contact him at sa [at] arnoldit.com. His Web site with additional information about search is arnoldit.com.