Next to the microphone on images.google.com, you’ll also see a little camera for the new "Search by Image" feature. If you click the camera, you can upload any picture or plug in an image URL from the web and ask Google to figure out what it is.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Google Introduces Speech Search for Images
Searching with speech recognition started first on mobile, and so did searching with computer vision, Google says. Google Goggles has enabled you to search by snapping a photo on your mobile phone since 2009 and now Google is introducing "Search by Image" on the desktop.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Google Adds Speech Driven Search for PCs and Chrome Browsers
Google has been supporting voice search on Android devices for a year or so. Now Google has added speech recognition into search on desktop for Chrome users. If you’re using Chrome, you’ll start to see a little microphone in every Google search box.
Simply click the microphone, and you can speak your search. This can be particularly useful for hard-to-spell searches like "bolognese sauce" or complex searches like "translate to spanish 'where can I buy a hamburger'".
Voice Search on desktop is rolling out now on google.com in English.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Netflix Streams Putting Pressure on Premium Cable Channels
According to The Diffusion Group’s (TDG’s) latest analysis of Netflix Streamers, people who stream Netflix content to their net-connected devices, the inclination to downgrade PayTV services has doubled in just the last 12 months.
In March 2011, TDG queried a random sample of adult broadband users that subscribe to cable, satellite, or telcoTV service as to the likelihood they would downgrade their PayTV service in the next six months.
In March 2011, TDG queried a random sample of adult broadband users that subscribe to cable, satellite, or telcoTV service as to the likelihood they would downgrade their PayTV service in the next six months.
In general, the percentage of Netflix streamers likely to downgrade their PayTV service increased from 16 percent in 2010 to 32 percent in 2011.
That should make sense. Netflix primarily is a source of movie content. What do premium channels provide? Primarily movies.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
U.S. Wireless Consumers Get Best Rates
Some of us can remember when mobile phones were the size of bricks and cost four figures. Likewise, there was a time when the United States trailed most other developed nations in wireless service penetration. That isn't the case anymore, of course. The United States wireless industry offers subscribers the lowest revenue per minute of all OECD countries. Also, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch, average revenue per minute is nearly 70 percent lower than the averages of the other 25 countries.
Average revenue per minute is nearly 70 percent lower than the average European country.
As a result, the average wireless consumer in Europe used just 172 minutes a month compared to 793 minutes a month for the typical U.S. consumer.
The U.S. market also is the largest mobile data market and also has the most mobile Internet users, according to Nielsen Mobile."
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Starbucks App Coming to Android
Beginning June 15, 2011, the Starbucks mobile payment app will be extended to include the Android platform.
The coffee giant also plans to add mobile payment capabilities to Starbucks shops in 1,000 Safeway stores, bringing the number of places where mobile payments work to nearly 9,000 in the U.S. That number includes 6,800 company-owned Starbucks and another 1,000 locations inside of Target stores, said Chuck Davidson, category manager for innovation on the Starbucks card.
“With the addition of Starbucks for Android to the Starbucks app line-up, a Starbucks mobile payment app may now be used on approximately 90% of smartphones currently in use,” said Adam Brotman, Starbucks’s vice president and general manager of digital ventures.
January marked the nationwide rollout of Starbucks’s mobile payment system. By the end of March — just nine weeks later — Starbucks told its shareholders that it had processed more than 3 million mobile paymentsvia its Starbucks Card Mobile application for iPhone and BlackBerry. See http://mashable.com/2011/06/14/starbucks-mobile-payments-android/#view_as_one_page-gallery_box1543
The coffee giant also plans to add mobile payment capabilities to Starbucks shops in 1,000 Safeway stores, bringing the number of places where mobile payments work to nearly 9,000 in the U.S. That number includes 6,800 company-owned Starbucks and another 1,000 locations inside of Target stores, said Chuck Davidson, category manager for innovation on the Starbucks card.
“With the addition of Starbucks for Android to the Starbucks app line-up, a Starbucks mobile payment app may now be used on approximately 90% of smartphones currently in use,” said Adam Brotman, Starbucks’s vice president and general manager of digital ventures.
January marked the nationwide rollout of Starbucks’s mobile payment system. By the end of March — just nine weeks later — Starbucks told its shareholders that it had processed more than 3 million mobile paymentsvia its Starbucks Card Mobile application for iPhone and BlackBerry. See http://mashable.com/2011/06/14/starbucks-mobile-payments-android/#view_as_one_page-gallery_box1543
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
Digital Drives Media Futures, Hitting $555B In 2015 06/15/2011
Digital has emerged as the central driver for media companies' operating models, consumer connections and revenues, according to PwC's "Global entertainment and media outlook: 2011-2015."
Domestically, the entertainment and media market is expected to grow at 4.6 percent compound annual growth rates, reaching $555 billion in 2015, while online ad growth should average 12.2 percent annually through 2015.
Total U.S. advertising is expected to increase at a 4.2 percent CAGR, from $170 billion in 2010 to $208 billion in 2015.
PwC predicts that global entertainment and media spending will rise from $1.4 trillion in 2010 to $1.9 trillion by 2015, growing at a 5.7 percent CAGR.
Domestically, the entertainment and media market is expected to grow at 4.6 percent compound annual growth rates, reaching $555 billion in 2015, while online ad growth should average 12.2 percent annually through 2015.
Total U.S. advertising is expected to increase at a 4.2 percent CAGR, from $170 billion in 2010 to $208 billion in 2015.
PwC predicts that global entertainment and media spending will rise from $1.4 trillion in 2010 to $1.9 trillion by 2015, growing at a 5.7 percent CAGR.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
T-Mobile Father's Day "Free Broadband" Promotion
On June 18, T-Mobile is hooking up new and existing customers (with at least 18 months of contract tenure) with 12 months of free data ($10 a month worth) for signing a new talk, text, and data plan on a two-year contract. So if you’re looking to save Dad from all those data overage charges, perhaps the one-day-only Father’s Day sale at T-Mo is the way to go. If you sign up for T-Mo’s 200 MByte data plan, the carrier will reimburse you every month with $10 in credit, covering the whole $120 cost of that size plan. If you opt for one of T-Mobile’s larger data packages (2GB, 5GB, or 10GB) with unlimited talk and text, T-Mobile will still offer $10 in monthly credit.
Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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