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Here's a neat little example of localization. Google found that people in India are often less likely to use proper street names when giving directions than they are to say "turn right at the water tank." And so now, that's how Google Maps India gives directions -- by treating natural and human-made landmarks as just as valid markers as what city planners call their roads. (One wonders what a customized New York City version of Google Maps would look like. If my own experience is any indication, it would never return that "could not recognize that address" error message when you typed in a destination, preferring instead to just make it up.)

Biologists have figured out the most efficient way to destroy an ecosystem — and it’s based on the Google search algorithm.

Pourquoi Twitter pourrait remplacer la recherche Google.

An overview of the status of all Google Apps.

Un portrait établit seulement avec des informations sur Google, Facebook ou autres sites du genre.

Un site sur les moteurs de recherches, les données sur le web

Google permettrait de détecter la grippe avant les observateurs de santé.

Un moteur de recherche qui veut n'utiliser que des liens vérifiés.

Funny screenshots from Streetview