[real-eyes] google does it again
- From: "firoz" <firojjee@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 19:07:18 +0530
Subject: GOOGLE DOES IT AGAIN
Google Inc. has opened an online photo gallery that will feature millions of
images from
Life magazine's archives that have never been seen by the public before.
The new service debuted Tuesday with about 2 million photos.
Eventually, Google plans to scan all 10 million photos from Life's library so
they can be viewed on any computer with an Internet connection.
About 97 percent of Life's archives have not been publicly seen, according to
Life.
The photos can be printed out for free as long as they aren't being used as
part of an attempt to make money.
Time Warner Inc., Life's parent company, hopes to make money by selling
high-resolution,
framed prints. The orders will be processed through Qoop.com.
Life's archives include photos from the Civil War as well as some of the most
memorable moments from the 20th century, including the Zapruder film capturing
John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Google has been indexing a wide variety of information that previously wasn't
available online as part of its efforts to lure even more traffic to its
popular search engine.
For the past four years, Google has been scanning millions of books stored in
dozens of libraries around the world.
The Life partnership represents Google's biggest undertaking in professional
photography.
Google hopes to work out similar arrangements with the owners of other large
photo archives, said R.J. Pittman, a director of product management.
Check out Google's LIFE photo archive
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