5 Google Labs Projects That Should Be on Your Radar
Google Labs is developing five projects that could become mainstream in 2010.
News Timeline
organizes information on a certain topic chronologically, enabling the
user to view it in a timeline. Searches also can be organized based on
the news sources from which Google gathers information, such as
newspapers, magazines, and blogs.
Email Addict is
designed for users who cannot look away from their inbox status. The
program blocks access to the Gmail screen for 15 minutes and makes the
user invisible on Gchat.
Google Goggles is
an Android photo-based search tool. After taking a photograph, Google
Goggles scans the image, analyzes, and identifies it. The application
works best with pictures of books, DVDs, landmarks, logos, business
cards, artwork, and bar codes. The program provides information based
on the image, such as details about a landmark or price comparisons of
a book. Bar code matches will provide a link to Google Product Search.
Undo Send is an application that gives the user a few extra seconds to stop the delivery of an email.
Social Search will
pull relevant Web sites, blogs, tweets, and public profiles created by
anyone in the user's social circle and display that information under
the normal search results.
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