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Yahoo Search Now Autocompletes (Sorta) Like Google

You know how Google will start scouring for your search as you type it? It’s cool! Well, now Yahoo is doing it – calling it “Direct Search” – and it’s… not quite as good.


February 21, 2011
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Is Google contributing to hate speech?

Gizmodo AU

An interesting article at the SMH has put forward that Google’s ‘autocomplete’ function is encouraging users to seek out websites that contribute to online hate speech by spreading racism and prejudice.


December 6, 2010
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Google Autocomplete Redefines U.S. Map

What happens if you let the notoriously fickle (and sometimes downright dirty) Google search autocomplete feature take over U.S. geography? A completely new State of the Union that’s heavy on universities, history and other peculiarities, that’s what.