• Microsoft's Technology Sharpening Bing Aerial Photos
    Could a technology that deblurs aerial photos put Bing in the same predicament as Google when it comes to photos taken for Street View? Not a question that Rue Liu asks -- but the notion should remain top of mind for the Bing team tapping the Microsoft technology developed back in 2010. Hardware motion sensors attached to a camera help to remove any motion blur from pictures. Originally intended for consumer photography, that technology is now being applied to deblur larger photos used in Bing’s aerial imagery.
  • Google Tunes Up Music-Related Search
    Aaron Wall has identifed a music-related search result. He tells us that media extensions for movies have been around for some time, and explains what happens when clicking on a feature video link. Will Google roll it out globally on brand searches, allowing companies to offer intro videos or reviews of new product lines directly in the search results, Wall wonders. Probably.
  • Pinterest's Data Center Use Reveals Marketing Jewels
    Marketers need to pay more attention to techie things like data center fluctuations during the day. The storage sysetm for the 410 terabytes of pictures in the cloud can provide lots of insights for ad targeting once Pinterest develops an ad model. Timothy Morgan describes the storage supporting Pinterest, the online pinboard for organizing snapshots. At the AWS Summit in New York, Ryan Park, operations and infrastructure lead at Pinterest, shared insights into Pinterest's data center, which runs on the AWS cloud. Morgan describes Pinterest's application stack, which supports five basic pieces. He also highlights Web server costs and how …
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