[WikiEN-l] Google's new search options

[Angela Anuszewski]

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 at 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.
>
> Nathan
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