Google I/O 2013 keynote
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:02:37 PMWill people talk to their computers in situations when they're not facing a tech fail or PEBKAC?
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:02:45 PM"All this goodness of conversational search will be coming to your desktops and laptops through Chrome," he says. It uses the "OK Google" interface from Glass.
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:03:25 PMLooks like we're getting Google Now for desktops...
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:03:37 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:03:51 PMGoogle Now:
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:03:57 PMGoogle Now getting reminders
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:04:06 PMNow you can set reminders with Google Now.
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:04:11 PMCards for public transit commute times
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:04:38 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:04:48 PMCards for media: books, movies, TV shows
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:05:10 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:05:25 PMJohanna Wright takes the stage for a Google Now demo
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:05:48 PM"Show me things to do in Santa Cruz"
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:06:05 PMFirst link
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:06:13 PM
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:06:49 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:07:12 PM"How far is it from here?" KG knows that "it" is Santa Cruz and "here" is SF
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:07:32 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:07:34 PMWright: "Somehow Google knew 'it' was the Santa Cruz Boardwalk and 'here' is here." It keeps track of your earlier queries for context.
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:08:54 PMWright: "Google Now anticipates my information needs."
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:08:58 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:09:09 PMWe wrote about the Knowledge Graph and Voice Recognition and machine learning here: news.cnet.com
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:10:54 PMWhat Google is demonstrating here are seriously beefed-up personal assistant features for Google Now. They're launching today.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:11:18 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:11:26 PMIt's comprehensive. Think Siri plus Google Search.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:12:25 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:12:44 PMWright: "Show me my pictures from New York last year." Her Android phone pulls them up. "I hope you'll see how it's all coming together."
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:13:18 PMAmit Singhal back on stage now. He says there are still lots of complex scientific problems. "But our investment and commitment to getting there sooner rather than later are immense."
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:14:02 PM"Search is becoming a beautiful ubiquitous experience... that comes to you across all your screens"
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:14:31 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:15:15 PMSinghal is promising search will be life-transforming. Now we're moving to some Maps news.
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:15:45 PMBrian McClendon Google Maps leader, on stage
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:16:36 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:16:47 PMGround Truth is basically trying to create a virtual version of the real world.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:17:08 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:17:18 PMNorth Korea was the last of 200 countries to join MapMaker
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:17:50 PMOn Maps: "Geocoded photos change the experience of everything."
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:18:02 PMNow 50 countries covered with Street View imagery.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:18:20 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:19:21 PMLocal data, imagery, Street View, and Base Maps underneath it all
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:19:23 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:19:30 PMBy combining data from multiple views of the same areas, Google constructs 3D building data on Google Maps.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:19:49 PM
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:20:13 PM"Locating businesses precisely is pretty hard," but Street View makes it better. Google has 40 million businesses in its local database.
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:20:25 PMmore than 1m Web sites have Google Maps embedded
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stephen.shankland 5/15/2013 6:20:58 PMExternal use of Google Maps on others' Web sites is bigger than Google's own Maps site. No wonder they raised the price of the Maps API.
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James Martin 5/15/2013 6:21:30 PM
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seth.rosenblatt 5/15/2013 6:21:43 PMBTW, Street View cars have driven more than 5 million miles