http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047076.stm
Options include "Google Squared" which mines for identifiable and related facts and presents them in a spreadsheet, Rich Snippets which gives useful previews of results and Skymap - which (as a cell phone app) uses GPS to see where you are and where you are pointing to identify stars and constellations. Neat stuff. Wish we could integrate this sort of thing into Wikipedia, half of it probably uses data mined from the projects anyway.
Nathan
Are they looking to make sure they are poised to compete with Wolfram Alpha?
Angela
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047076.stm
Options include "Google Squared" which mines for identifiable and related facts and presents them in a spreadsheet, Rich Snippets which gives useful previews of results and Skymap - which (as a cell phone app) uses GPS to see where you are and where you are pointing to identify stars and constellations. Neat stuff. Wish we could integrate this sort of thing into Wikipedia, half of it probably uses data mined from the projects anyway.
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On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Angela Anuszewski angela.anuszewski@gmail.com wrote:
Are they looking to make sure they are poised to compete with Wolfram Alpha?
In all honesty, I don't think that Google is worried in the least about Wolfram Alpha. I just think they want to improve their product.
--Oskar