Google announces Search by Image and Voice Search for desktop, revamped mobile search

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/14/google-announces-search-by-image-search-by-voice-for-desktop/

Google's done a ton of talking about search at its Inside Search event today, and two of the biggest new developments are on the desktop. It's just announced that Android-style Voice Search is headed to Chrome (with support for English only, initially), and that it will be joined by a new Search by Image feature (also available in Chrome, or Firefox with an extension). To use that latter feature, you simply drag and drop an image or cut and paste an image URL in the search box, and then Google tries its best to recognize it and deliver relevant results -- including identifying the location in an old vacation photo, for instance (though Google notes it isn't doing face recognition). Both features will be rolling out over the next few days, but you can get a glimpse of them now in the demo videos after the break.

In other news, Google's announced Instant Pages (also demoed after the break), which promises to speed up browsing by prerendering results when its "confident you're going to click them." It's available in the latest developer version of Chrome today, and will also be included in the next public beta. Lastly, Google took the wraps off a number of revisions to its mobile search offerings, including a new set of icons and enhanced local features when browsing on a phone, as well as some revamped search and image results that have been specifically tailored to tablets -- all of which are also rolling out today.

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Sustainable Mercedes Roadster

Source: http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/06/14/sustainable-mercedes-roadster/

Combine modern power with classic Mercedes styling reminiscent of the 1930s Silver Arrow and you’ve got this dynamic electric concept sports car, the latest from designer Ali Khanzadi. The lightweight modern roadster’s body is formed using a composite of recycled plastic & carbon fiber & the chassis a composite of carbon fiber & aluminum. Lacking traditional brakes, it utilizes the same electricity & magnetic system in braking that is used to propel the vehicle.

Designer: Ali Khanzadi

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Here's Every 3D Movie Ever Made [Image Cache]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5811506/heres-every-3d-movie-ever-made

Some day in the not-so-distant future, there's going to be a bizarro Criterion Collection that goes about destroying the very worst that Hollywood has provided us. They'd be wise to start with this (gigundo) graphic that lays out every single 3D movie ever. BURN IT. BURN IT ALL.

It looks as though Sony made this chart in an effort to promote 3D, but my goodness, what a rogue's gallery of terrible. Which is fine if we're talking the intentionally terrible B-movies that 3D was made for. But how many of these movies, other than maybe Avatar, can you say was genuinely improved by slapping an extra dimension on there? [Electropig UK, Graphic credit: Sony Professional; via The High Definite]

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NVIDIA Can Soon Build Its Own All-In-One Chipsets With Icera Purchase [Blip]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5811573/nvidia-can-soon-build-its-own-all+in+one-chipsets-with-icera-purchase

NVIDIA completed its purchase of Icera, a wireless modem company. With this technology under its belt, NVIDIA can build a mobile processor with a cellular radio and a baseband applications processor. Icera already develops a product that combines NVIDIA's Tegra processor with an HSPA+ radio and support for Android. The perfect combination for the next generation Android tablet and the main reason NVIDIA shelled out $367 million for this UK-based company. [Betanews]

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Google Wants to Make Internet Faster...Again [Google]

Source: http://gizmodo.com/5811579/google-wants-to-make-internet-fasteragain

Last year, Google launched their own DNS servers in an attempt to speed up internet load times for those who trusted them enough to handle their web routing. Now, they want to speed up those load times again using SPDY, a new optimization protocol.

According to Technology Review, SPDY has been around since late 2009. But now, Google is making the protocol, which negotiates and optimizes data transfer between a server and browser, available as a commercial product.

Website optimization company Strangeloop has built SPDY into its flagship product Site Optimizer, software that sits in between a website and its users, and adjusts the site's code to make pages load more quickly. Strangeloop's customers will have the ability to turn the protocol on easily; in tests, the protocol has sped up websites by 10 to 20 percent.

Technology Review also raises a good point that Google wants the entire internet to speed up in the interest of their Chrome OS, which runs almost entirely on web apps. It also has the ability make mobile browsers that support the protocol faster as well. But for now, it's only compatible with desktop versions of Chrome. And as we wait for the new tech to trickle down, we just sit and play the waiting game. [Google via Technology Review]

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