Google TV The TV With Power Of Web

Google has recently announced Google TV, a platform that can radically change the way you look at your television. The idea is very simple. Combine the power of Web with TV. Normally, when you want to watch a TV program, you have to switch channels and find out the broadcasting time. But with Google TV, the game is going to change. The search engine giant has added a to TV the thing it is best at, the search. With this technology, you can simply type what you want to see on TV. So basically what it does is that it makes navigation easier and intuitive with the help of a browser. Of course, a set-top box will be needed to add this technology to your TV. But new devices with in-built capability are in the offing too. What is more, Google TV is based on open platform Android. That makes it more appealing for developing new apps for TV. Here is a video that explains this new technology.

Google's Secret Project Caffeine

Google has been constantly evolving the algorithm its search engine uses to make the search speedier and more accurate. The company has revealed a secret project codenamed Caffeine that a large team has been working on for last many months. The project involves the next generation infrastructure that will operate under the hood of search engine.

The interface will not change in anyway so a regular user may not spot any difference. But the search engine giant claims that it will improve many aspects of web search including speed and accuracy. Google engineers have actually rewritten some of the search engine's infrastructure (exactly what, the company has not revealed).

The beta search engine can be accessed here.

Manage Large Tabular Data With Google Fusion Tables

Google has introduced a service called Fusion Tables that makes viewing large spreadsheets and visualizing the data a breeze. Fusion Tables can handle up to 100 mb of data in a single table. Moreover this service lets you filter or aggregate data.

Although the new application lacks the standard spreadsheets goodies like formula, one can easily visualize the data in different ways like in form of maps, scatter diagrams and more. Moreover, the tables can be merged with new ones easily. There is also facility to export data in CSV format.

Maps Visualization Of Data

What is more, Fusion Tables lets you share your tabular data with others. Other people can have a customized view of data, contribute to the existing data by adding columns and modify data depending on the privileges the owner of the data gives them. Owner does this by sending invitations.

Allin all, it can be a very effective to manage tables and even effective mine the data contained in those tables.