Archive for November 20th, 2008
Google has applied its massive data-collecting power for the first time to prediction of the spread of disease, with the launch of a site that claims to be able to raise the alarm over flu outbreaks up to two weeks in advance of existing public services. Google Flu Trends takes the general search tracking technology pioneered by Google Trends and applies it specifically to influenza. The ...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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Its creator has called it a "virtual time machine" - a digital reconstruction of ancient Rome that yesterday became available to internet users around the world. Users of Google Earth can now see the city, down to the last aqueduct and arena, as it looked at noon on April 1 AD 320. They can navigate through the Forum, past the platform or rostra from which Cicero once declaimed, admire the ...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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Google is closing down its Google Lively service, which allows users to interact in virtual rooms they...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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THE MOZZERELLA Foundation has revealed that if Google backs out of its arrangements in favour of its own browser, the Open Sauce outfit will be toast.
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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Google has applied its massive data-collecting power for the first time to the prediction of the spread of disease, with the launch of a new site that claims to be able to raise the alarm over flu outbreaks up to two weeks in advance of existing public services. Google Flu Trends takes the general search tracking technology pioneered by Google trends and applies it specifically to ...
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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