Category «Search Engines»

Apple makes mobility data available to aid COVID-19 efforts

Apple Newsroom: “Apple today released a mobility data trends tool from Apple Maps to support the impactful work happening around the globe to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. This mobility data may provide helpful insights to local governments and health authorities and may also be used as a foundation for new public policies by showing …

Subjects: E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Search Engines

Financial Sources on the Internet 2020

Via LLRX – Financial Sources on the Internet 2020 – This is Marcus Zillman’s selective and wide ranging guide to mostly free financial, market, benchmarking, data and knowledge discovery resources on the internet. The guide is especially useful during this time of financial tumult, and will be updated in future as we continue to experience …

Subjects: Economy, Energy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Firefox 75 arrives with revamped address bar

Venture Beat – Mozilla sticks to 2020 schedule despite coronavirus – “Mozilla today launched Firefox 75 for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Firefox 75 includes a revamped address bar with significant search improvements, a few performance tweaks, and a handful of developer features. You can download Firefox 75 for desktop now from Firefox.com, and all existing users …

Subjects: Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

U.S. Government: Update Chrome 80 Now, Multiple Security Concerns Confirmed

Forbes: “…Here’s what you need to know. CISA, a standalone federal agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) oversight, is responsible for protecting “the Nation’s critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats.” In an April 1 posting, CISA confirmed that Google Chrome Version 80.0.3987.162 “addresses vulnerabilities that an attacker could exploit to take …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Google Searches Can Help Us Find Emerging Covid-19 Outbreaks

The New York Times – They can also reveal symptoms that at first went undetected. I may have found a new one.”…To see the potential information lying in plain sight in Google data, consider searches for “I can’t smell.” There is now strong evidence that anosmia, or loss of smell, is a symptom of Covid-19, …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

The Claim Review Project

“What is ClaimReview? – A tagging system for fact-checks – ClaimReview is a tagging system that publishers use to flag fact-check articles for search engines, apps and social media platforms. It identifies key elements of fact-checks for platforms such as Google, Bing, and Facebook. ClaimReview also can be used in new fact-checking apps such as …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

Open Access to ACM Digital Library During Coronavirus Pandemic

March 30, 2020 – “Dear ACM Members: As the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic continues, we at ACM would like to do what we can to help support the computing community. Many computing researchers and practitioners are now working remotely. In addition, teaching and learning have also moved online as more and more campuses close. We believe that …

Subjects: Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Search Engines

Microsoft Edge is becoming the browser you didn’t know you needed

Ars Technica – Edge – Collections, vertical tabs, and immersive reader are particularly compelling: “It’s no secret that we’ve been enthusiastic about Microsoft’s new, Chromium-based Edge browser for a while now. But that enthusiasm has mostly been limited to “a default Windows browser that doesn’t suck,” rather than being for any particularly compelling set of …

Subjects: Internet, Search Engines

NIH/NLM LitCovid

“LitCovid is a curated literature hub for tracking up-to-date scientific information about the 2019 novel Coronavirus. It is the most comprehensive resource on the subject, providing a central access to 1642 (and growing) relevant articles in PubMed. The articles are updated daily and are further categorized by different research topics and geographic locations for improved …

Subjects: Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

Google on COVID-19

Google Blog: “…We’re partnering with the U.S. government in developing a website dedicated to COVID-19 education, prevention, and local resources nationwide. This includes best practices on prevention, links to authoritative information from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and helpful tips and tools from Google for individuals, teachers and …

Subjects: E-Government, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Social Media