Google has announced several new search and other applications allowing users to use voice, location, and sight to find information, mostly on mobile devices.
Google Goggles visual search enables users to take a snapshot of a landmark or business and receive results based upon the image.
Google Translate has added a mobile application that translates audio from one language to another on the go.
Google Favorite Places returns information on businesses that choose to display a special barcode.
A local results application for mobile devices returns results based upon one’s GPS coordinates.
Real Time search will automatically update search results as content is updated, for example, with Twitter, MySpace, or Facebook.
Source: Greg Sterling, Google Mobile Gets ‘What’s Nearby,’ Voice Search Expands & ‘Goggles’ Search By Snapping Pictures, Search Engine Land, December 7, 2009, cited December 8, 2009, searchengineland.com/google-mobile-announcements-voice-languages-whats-nearby-goggles-31374.
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