Google is trying to make it easier to find nutrition information online for a wide range of foods with a new search feature whose aim is to address the "cumbersome and daunting process" of making smart eating choices. Say you want to know ...
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Just by saying "Okay Google," people will soon be able to search using voice commands on their Chrome-powered desktop and laptop computers, Google said Wednesday. Sundar Pichai, head of Google's Chrome group, speaks at the company's IO ...
Bing is adding some new social features to its search engine, by letting users comment and "like" their Facebook friends' posts directly on the site. The new tools constitute yet another expansion to the Microsoft search site to make it ...
As Google aims to expand search's ability to answer increasingly difficult questions based on contextual information, several key obstacles still stand in its way. Knowledge Graph, a feature designed to put users' searches in context and ...
The idea that the technology behind search is a done deal is far from the truth, according to Google, as the company appears to still have plenty of tricks up its sleeve to improve it. "Everybody's mindset is that search is a solved ...
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Google is trialling an expansion of its search service to include Gmail messages, the company has announced. The limited trial was announced by Amit Singhal, Google’s search chief, who described the move as the latest step the firm ...
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Hey, Siri, you better look behind you. Google on Tuesday upgraded its Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad, giving the feature a voice search functionality that poses a challenge to Apple's Siri. The app, which is available for free ...
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Google has begun testing a search feature that mines relevant emails from users' Gmail accounts and displays links to them in the results page. To use the feature, users would need to be logged in to their Google account and the Gmail ...
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Google has upgraded its Google Search app for the iPhone and iPad, giving the feature a voice search functionality that poses a challenge to Apple’s Siri. The app, which is available for free download, opens with a “Try our ...
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