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Google’s Year in Search – Google Trends
Explore the searches that shaped 2016, from Google Trends. #yearinsearch Source: Google’s Year in Search – Google Trends
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Google swallows 11,000 novels to improve AI’s conversation | Books | The Guardian
When the writer Rebecca Forster first heard how Google was using her work, it felt like she was trapped in a science fiction novel. “Is this any different than someone using one of my books to start a fire? I have no idea,” she says. “I have no idea what their objective is. Certainly it…
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In Age of Google, Librarians Get Shelved – WSJ
“The next time you visit a public library and see an older person at the information desk, someone near retirement age, take a good look. You may be seeing the last of a dying breed, the professional librarian.” Source: In Age of Google, Librarians Get Shelved – WSJ
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American Museum of Magic – Google Cultural Institute
Experience the treasures of Houdini, Thurston, and Michigan’s own Blackstone among hundreds of others. For more than 30 years the American Museum of Magic has delighted the public with wonders of magic, celebrating the contributions and life stories of magicians from around the globe. Immerse yourself in the largest collection of magic artifacts on display…
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Google Cultural Institute Puts Us All Onstage – The New York Times
The 360-degree videos are part of an innovative assemblage of performing arts groups that went online on Tuesday morning at the Google Cultural Institute, a free website that made its name in recent years by digitizing and displaying the collections of more than 800 art museums and historical archives. The Google initiative is now moving…
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Google Unveils a Stick That Turns Any Display Into a PC | WIRED
Caesar Sengupta reaches into his hip pocket and pulls out a PC. About the size of a cigar, it’s a tiny PC. But it’s a PC. If you plug it into an LCD display or a TV, you can run the sort of software you typically run on a personal computer, from word processors and…
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Yale Study: You’re not as clever as your Googling suggests
Having all of human knowledge readily available on the internet has convinced people that they know a lot more than they actually do, according to a recent Yale study. For their recently published report in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, a pair of psychologists conducted multiple 1000-participant experiments. They found that participants who used the…
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Google announces Nexus Player, the first Android TV device
[Update: Costs $99] Google announces Nexus Player, the first consumer-ready Android TV device Embed from Getty Images via Google announces Nexus Player, the first Android TV device.
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BBC News – Google unveils new Nexus TV, phone and tablet devices
“Google has announced three new Android-powered, Nexus-branded devices, comprising a set-top box for TVs, a tablet and a smartphone. The machines are all designed to showcase the forthcoming update to its operating system, codenamed Android Lollipop.” via BBC News – Google unveils new Nexus TV, phone and tablet devices.
