Archive for April, 2008
How Google is advancing the state of image search
If you’re interested in the state of the art of large domain (internet) image search, then undoubtedly Google comes up over and over again.
Google Image Search, with its simple interface and reasonable results, is the de-facto consumer-grade image search engine. Offerings from competitors are actually a little more feature rich, especially the MSN Live Image [...]
April 30, 2008
• Tags: cbir, google, image search • Posted in: Human Computer Interaction, Web & Interaction • Comments
How to get invited to Web 2.x betas
It seems that the most interesting up-and-coming web applications go through a private, invitation-only beta phase before being launched to the public. This was certainly the case with Google Mail, the Yahoo! Mail do-over, and one service that I’m particularly interested in: grono.net. Unfortunately, none of my friends or relatives use that [...]
April 28, 2008
• Tags: grono, web services • Posted in: Activism and Politics, Web & Interaction • Comments