How to Check any cities Weather using Google Search | Chennai Weather | Bangalore Weather | Mumbai Weather | Delhi Weather ……

How to Check any cities Weather using Google Search | Chennai Weather | Bangalore Weather | Mumbai Weather | Delhi Weather ……

Using Google search, you can find weather details of any cities typing the city name followed by Weather keyword.

As shown above by typing Chennai Weather in the Google Search text box and clicking on Google Search button would display the Weather for Chennai. Tamil Nadu

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Doctors warn of ‘worrying’ health advertising on Google

London, Mar 20 (ANI): Google needs to keep a strict check on the its advertisements and suggested links to avoid providing users with web pages that contain dubious medical claims, warn doctors.

While writing in British Medical Journal, Dr Marco Masoni from the University of Florence in Italy revealed that as the internet is not well policed and regulated, it is up to members of the medical community to be vigilant and to suggest improvements.

Google AdWords is a service that matches key search terms to related advertising.

Through it, users can create advertisements, choose their own key words, and decide which Google queries their advertisements should match.

However, according to Masoni, Google’s automated matching to search terms sometimes places inappropriate advertisements.

Masoni revealed that he and his colleagues recently used Google Italia to search on the keyword “aloe” and found sponsored links to websites recommending aloe arborescens for the prevention and treatment of cancer and offering it for sale.

Although Google has improved its filters and automatically pulls ads from pages with disturbing content, the authors said more is required.

Google has often said that it wishes to enter the healthcare arena in many ways.

The research team said: “We think that a necessary first step for Google is to improve its filters and algorithms so as to prevent possible harm to its users.”

“The internet has brought the canon of medical knowledge into the hands and homes of ordinary people, and this should be welcomed and encouraged as good for patients and doctors alike,” said Joanne Shaw from NHS Direct.

“It is true that the Internet may be a further source of alarm for the worried well, but equally it encourages early presentation and action that could improve survival and reduce complications from long term conditions,” she added. (ANI)

17th convergence India 2009 opens

New Delhi, Mar 18 (ANI/Business Wire India): “In today’s world – convergence is the keyword. All facets of communication have converged digitally into the mobile handset,” said Siddhartha Behura, Secretary, Department of Telecommunications, Govt of India, Chief Guest at the inauguration of the 17th Convergence India 2009, which commenced today in the nation’s capital.

With wireless technologies like 3G and WiMAX allowing mobile access to voice, data and multimedia over converged networks, the Indian market is excited about the reach of new applications like tele-medicine, tele-education, mobile Internet and location based services.

Behura emphasized the role of communications technology in reducing the urban-rural digital divide. “Our main concern is to bridge the gap between urban and rural India,” he remarked.

Voice services, data access, and video downloads are services taken for granted in India’s urban markets while basic voice services in rural areas are hard to come by. And yet, with a tele-density of merely 14 per cent, rural India represents the next phase of growth for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry.

“The key areas of focus are affordability, accessibility and inclusion,” said Subhendu Mohanty, Country Head and Senior Director Home and Networks Mobility Business, Motorola, at Convergence India’s inaugural conference session.

According to Mohanty, convergence should take us down the path of inclusion where everyone has access to information and services like security, medical advice/health, financial services.

The government has a significant role to play as far as rural penetration is concerned, especially in terms of augmenting the existing infrastructure. Given India’s geographical diversity, RN Prabhakar, Member-Technology, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that state governments should work out their own policies regarding telecom penetration in their respective states.

He also felt that the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) should be utilized effectively for expansion of mobile and broadband services in rural areas.

Transforming the TV from an entertainment medium to an information medium, and thereafter to a productivity medium enabling tele-medicine, tele-education etc, in a cost-effective manner, will go a long way towards connecting rural India. Television is a very powerful medium in a country like India where we have 100 million plus TV homes.

“Video will play a very important role in convergence. India will be at the forefront of developments in video communications because of the high level of TV penetration and lower-cost transmission to the end user as compared to global economies,” claimed Vijay Yadav, Managing Director – South Asia, UTStarcom.

A global showcase featuring exhibits from 20 countries, the Convergence India exhibition brings cutting edge services and solutions conducive to the convergent technological scenario.

Among the exciting launches were Sai Infosystems Ltd’s Video-Phone services in collaboration with BSNL. The wireless/wireline service will be launched initially across North and West India and would provide audio/video calls at rates even cheaper than the Re. 1 per minute landline rate. Affordability is the main concern in spreading communications services across the remote, rural and unconnected areas and video communications just might be the answer. (ANI)

blinkx to power video search for Sagoon

San Francisco, Feb 26 (ANI/Business Wire India): blinkx, the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has signed a Red Label agreement with Sagoon (www.sagoon.com), a newly launched Internet search engine.

Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will power video search for Sagoon, providing their users with easy, efficient access to blinkx’s massive index of 35 million hours of online video.

Based in Washington, D.C., Sagoon is a Web search engine founded by IT professionals Govinda Giri and Shiba Dhakal. Sagoon applies semantic over lexical search to offer users the most meaningful results possible.

The technology itself was developed by Elixir Web Solutions, a New Delhi-based interactive media and technology company, and combines Web index with content-based relevance methods and organized results to process search. Sagoon provides various services to its users, including Web, news, and video searches.

The Web search engine’s video search capabilities will now be powered by blinkx’s expert technology that includes language-agnostic speech recognition and visual analysis software, producing the most accurate, relevant results possible.

“We’re delighted to partner with Sagoon, a new company with big ideas and novel technology,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.

“We’re passionate about search and excited to provide engines like Sagoon with the technology to extend their abilities beyond text,” Suranga added.

“We’re pleased to partner with blinkx and to have access to the industry’s leading video search technology,” said Govinda Giri, founder and chief executive officer, Sagoon.

“We are continuously adding unique new features to Sagoon, and are thrilled to offer our users the most accurate, efficient way to search rich media online,” Govinda added.

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video.

With more than 450 partners and 35 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech-recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches. (ANI)

blinkx to power video search for Sagoon

San Francisco, Feb 26 (ANI/Business Wire India): blinkx, the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has signed a Red Label agreement with Sagoon (www.sagoon.com), a newly launched Internet search engine.

Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will power video search for Sagoon, providing their users with easy, efficient access to blinkx’s massive index of 35 million hours of online video.

Based in Washington, D.C., Sagoon is a Web search engine founded by IT professionals Govinda Giri and Shiba Dhakal. Sagoon applies semantic over lexical search to offer users the most meaningful results possible.

The technology itself was developed by Elixir Web Solutions, a New Delhi-based interactive media and technology company, and combines Web index with content-based relevance methods and organized results to process search. Sagoon provides various services to its users, including Web, news, and video searches.

The Web search engine’s video search capabilities will now be powered by blinkx’s expert technology that includes language-agnostic speech recognition and visual analysis software, producing the most accurate, relevant results possible.

“We’re delighted to partner with Sagoon, a new company with big ideas and novel technology,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.

“We’re passionate about search and excited to provide engines like Sagoon with the technology to extend their abilities beyond text,” Suranga added.

“We’re pleased to partner with blinkx and to have access to the industry’s leading video search technology,” said Govinda Giri, founder and chief executive officer, Sagoon.

“We are continuously adding unique new features to Sagoon, and are thrilled to offer our users the most accurate, efficient way to search rich media online,” Govinda added.

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video.

With more than 450 partners and 35 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech-recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches. (ANI)