May
19
2010
At Google I/O conference: WebM, a new project that will attempt to offer a standard, open format for audio and video on the web. WebM includes: VP8, a high-quality video codec we are releasing today under a BSD-style, royalty-free license Vorbis, an already open source and broadly implemented audio codec a container format based on [...]
Mar
19
2010
ImageRights , an Internet-based services company, helps locate and identify image use on the internet. ImageRights provides a low-cost, easy to use solution designed to help protect the copyrights of photographers, image libraries and publishers. ImageRights is applying visual search and image recognition technology to discover the use of photographs and illustrations across the Internet, [...]
Mar
10
2010
As an every day commuter I am really happy to see this happening. The bike directions take a lot of factors into consideration: designated bike lanes, tries to avoid areas with lots of hill climbs and drops, busy roads and intersections. In giving estimates on trip times, Google uses an average person at an average [...]
Mar
01
2010
Popular web-based photo editing service Picnik was acquired by Google. Picnik does a great job of cropping and touching up photos, and it comes with a lot of fun effects. It looks like nothing changes today. They will keep supporting existing partners, including Flickr and Facebook. I just wonder how they going to merge it [...]