You may or may not have noticed that Google, as of this weekend, has begun to roll out a new way of searching the web. They call it their ‘knowledge graphing’ and it consists of a switch, as Google’s Ben Gomes puts it, from strings to things. Sites will no longer be recognised or listed
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No Comments » When does tech become accepted normality? How new does something have to be to be considered ‘tech’? It’s a philosophical point, but also one that illustrates this ongoing concept that technology should be invisible, allowing it’s users to get on with whatever they were wanting to do. It is somewhat ironic, then, that the act
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Hi, We’ve now got a mobile version of our visual search engine at m.oolone.com We’d love to hear what you think on feedback@oolone.com, especially how it looks on different devices.. Thanks Oolone.com
This isn’t a title that has been exaggerated to get your attention – you wont get anywhere by having a good idea, because ideas, in and of themselves, are worth nothing. Zero. They are intangible, and un-protectable. You cannot patent an idea. The value in an idea is in its execution. No execution = no
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Why is it so difficult to get hard evidence for the positive impact of iPads and interactive technology on students’ learning? We can all see young peoples’ plastic brains adapting to new platforms far quicker than our own, interacting seamlessly with the latest console as they learn miles of cyber terrain in a matter of
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Pinterest recently, in a single week, received more visits than the population of Portugal. This is a 40x increase on the same period the year before. Pinterest is a social network that allows users to share things of interest on their virtual ‘pinboards’. By all accounts, Pinterest’s growth hasn’t always been as explosive, with relatively
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Death of the television There are multiple cool technologies on the horizon, multiple ways that visual technology could go. But whether devices are on our laps, hands, or windows, the interaction has already changed from that of sitting round the family TV set. To paraphrase Joey from Friends, if we don’t have a TV, what
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Hello! Welcome to the Oolone blog, where we will keep you up-to-date with happenings at the office. Even when it’s sunny outside. As you have hopefully gathered, Oolone is a visual search engine; we use visual technology to bring you interactive pictures or images of the websites you may – or may not – want
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“Google is a huge brand. From where I sit, it’s their game to lose.” Safa Rashtchy – Piper Jaffray securities firm Market leaders have a problem. They’re at the front of the pack, so they must choose the correct path down which to lead others. If they choose one path and their customers choose
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