30 November 2008

Google developments: historic photo archive available

Google have signed a deal with Life Magazine to put the magazine's entire archive online. The Life archive contains photos and films dating back to 1880s. The archive includes approximately 10 million images, 97% of which have never been seen before. Initially 20% of the archive was available as the images are being scanned and made available on Google Image Search. More information
Google is also launching SearchWiki, a tool for users to annotate search results and share with others. More information