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Google conversational search In the coming days Google is rolling out something new: Conversational Search , an innovative functional addition to Google Search which allows users on all devices (including desktop, tablet and smartphone) to engage in ask and answer sessions with Google Search. This new service is however limited to Google browsers only (read Chrome ). And example of a conversational search would be: "Where can I find a train station in Rotterdam South" upon which Google gives you one or more answers. You could continue by asking "How about a metro station?" and when you receive more then one answer you may want to ask "Which one is most nearby my current location?" etc. etc. In other words, the new service allows you to vocally chat with Goog;e's search engine. Questions and answers are both in spoken language, for now limited to English but that is expected to be widened soon to more languages. And here's fun thing to try... Ask G...

Google Music service to compete with Spotify on Google Play and YouTube Today, Google announces the launch of two separate  music streaming services on their I/O event. One of those will be channeled through Google Play while the other music streaming service is going to be offered through YouTube. With this move, Google will directly become the main competitor of Spotify . Although rumors suggest that the Google Play Music variant will not have any free to listen option. Spotify does allow users to listen for free for a limited amount of hours (supported by audio ads). It is expected that the Google Music service is going to get a monthly usage fee of around US$ 4.00. According to Google, the company has signed deals with the three largest record companies: Universal, Sony and Warner. Furthermore it is learned that the Google Play music service will be available to users as soon as this week.

Here a neat little easter egg thing, go to Google Search and type: zerg rush hit enter and see what happens... :)

How does Google actually invent and apply improvements to the search algorithm ? Here is a very interesting video that gives you an look inside Google Search Labs.