Google has launched a new type of search engine designed specifically around helping people find data.
Simply called “Dataset Search,” the tool provides easier access to millions of datasets across thousands of data repositories on the web.
— Read on www.searchenginejournal.com/google-introduces-new-search-engine-for-finding-datasets/268337/
Google is rolling out a redesign of Google Account to give users clearer access to their privacy controls and settings.
Jan Hannemann, product manager of Google Account, announced the updates on Google’s blog Thursday. Only Android users will see them right away; iOS and web users will see the new interface later this year.
— Read on searchengineland.com/google-rolls-out-updates-to-give-users-easier-access-to-privacy-controls-300763
“Local newspapers are still the top source of news about readers’ communities, including their branded Web sites and social media channels, according to a new survey of 1,000 local media users commissioned by AMG/Parade, publisher of newspaper insert magazines and conducted by research outfit Coda Ventures.”
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/283739/newspapers-still-tops-for-local-news.html
“…The majority of digital car ads are delivered in the final month before consumers make the big buy, doubtless as a result of behavioral targeting. However most consumers (59%) have actually settled on one or two models by that time, so the ads are either redundant or irrelevant.”
“Perhaps no measure better captures the public’s sentiment toward the president than job approval. It dates back to the earliest days of public opinion polling, when George Gallup asked about Franklin D. Roosevelt starting in the 1930s:
“Do you approve or disapprove of the way ____ is handling his job as president?” …”
