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The first version of the product sold so poorly that one of its partners, Logitech, had more returns than sales in the first quarter of 2011, and its CEO later said that betting on Google TV had “cost us dearly.”
But last fall, Google updated the Google TV software, and followed up with some new partnership announcements at the CES show in January.
Now — finally — the first of those new devices is coming to market. Actually, it's two devices: a pair of 47-inch and 55-inch TV sets from LG, which will ship this month. They’ll be followed shortly by standalone Google TV boxes from Sony and Vizio.
We recently caught up with Google TV manager Rishi Chandra, who was one of the first leaders of the team, coming over from Google Apps back in 2010.
He explained that Google TV is really just getting started. Here’s why:
ARM chipsets. The first version of Google TV was designed for Intel-type microprocessors, which are used in most personal computers, but Google quickly figured out that the architecture wasn’t working. The new version runs on ARM processors, which should make them run cooler and more efficiently. It should also make Google TV hardware easier to produce, meaning lower prices: “Android is very much aligned around ARM in general. Switching to ARM significantly simplifies … implementation and onboarding on devices.” [Note: the LG TVs will run their own processors built by LG, but expect a bunch of ARM-based devices to follow this year.]
Live TV emphasis. The first version of Google TV seemed like a Web-for-TV add-on — a product type that has never worked. With the new software, Google has added a “Live TV” icon, and made live TV more prominent throughout. “Customers told us 'I do not want my Netflix right next to live TV programs.'” Eventually, Chandra believes, customers will stop distinguishing between sources of video. But for now, people still think of TV differently — and want a product that reflects that.
Personalization. The old way of finding video — looking through channel numbers — no longer works when there are so many different sources. Search is one way to fix this, but Google TV will also offer personalized recommendations. Those recommendations will come not only from your Google TV activity, but from things you do elsewhere on Google, like searches, YouTube videos you watch on your computer, and content you download from Google Play. (You have to be signed in for all this to work.) Chandra told us that there’s tons of room for improvement in this area. For instance, when you call up the Sports section, it should show your favorite teams first, and alert you which games are going on now and how close they are.
Chandra also said that while Google really doesn't care which kinds of devices show up with Google TV first — that's up to hardware partners — he believes building it into TVs will “be the primary driver for the next several years.”
Eventually, once customers figure out the value of Google TV, standalone boxes will make more sense, simply because people don’t want to replace their TV every couple of years.
We’re still skeptical that Google TV, or any interactive TV product, solves a real problem that most people have today.
Cable TV channel guides may suck, but people aren’t that picky about what they watch on TV, unless they’re tuning into a particular show, in which case they know exactly how to find it.
But viewing habits are changing, with more people turning to online video, particularly YouTube.
Eventually, Google's vision — making it easy to find all kinds of video content, regardless of where it came from, and watch it on the big screen in your living room — will make sense. It remains to be seen if Google can be the company to capitalize on that vision, or if Apple, Microsoft, or another competitor will get there first.
See also: Big Beautiful Photos Of The New Google TV, Powered By Honeycomb→
I am overwhelmed with a geeky sense of joy when I search for “Philadelphia Flyers” on Google and instantly get a schedule of upcoming games as well as scores from previous ones at the top of the results.
Those type of “instant answers” make my day go smoother and keeps me from having to dig through the top ten results for the high-level things that I’m looking for, such as sports scores or flight schedules.
As with any other technology, we have our choice of search engines to pick from. While most of the world uses Google, Microsoft has Bing, and there’s a fast-rising alternative to both that we’ve told you about called DuckDuckGo. Since the end of last year, daily search queries on the site have gone up 227 percent.
To stand out from the crowd, DuckDuckGo provides some interesting search assistants or hack, which it calls “goodies”, to make your search experience more enjoyable and streamlined. Being a dark horse in the race of search also gives the company the opportunity to try out new ideas, such as letting people write plugins that alter how search results are shown.
DuckDuckHack
The company announced this initiative today and calls it “DuckDuckHack“. The platform will allow any developer to create a plugin that creates instant answers for search queries performed on the search engine.
Here what DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg had to say about the new platform today:
For example, suppose you often do searches on bioinformatics or lego parts or on other topics that we don’t know much about. Then you’re in a great position to help craft great instant answers in that area and improve your own results along with the results of others doing similar searches. We hope that DuckDuckHack will give you the opportunity to do so.
When visiting DuckDuckGo today and searching for “xkcd 115″, you’ll instantly be shown the 115th iteration of the popular web comic xkcd:
You don’t have to install these “plugins”, as they’re baked right into the search engine once they’re approved by the company. You can follow @DuckDuckHack on Twitter to find out some of the newest easter eggs.
That’s just one example of the type of search hacks that developers can start coming up with now using the platform. By visiting DuckDuckHack.com, you can find answers to all of your questions as well as get more information about the platform itself and how to get started.
The company has funding through solid investors like Union Square Ventures, so its safe to say that the growth of DuckDuckGo will continue. Is it a threat to Google? Probably not in the grand scheme of things, but the idea of innovation in search coming from a company outside of Google isn’t a crazy notion.
CWmike writes “The internet is no stranger to crime, writes corporate investigator Brandon Gregg. From counterfeit and stolen products, to illegal drugs, stolen identities and weapons, nearly anything can be purchased online with a few clicks of the mouse. The online black market not only can be accessed by anyone with an Internet connection, but the whole process of ordering illicit goods and services is alarmingly easy and anonymous, with multiple marketplaces to buy or sell anything you want. Gregg started with $1000 and a took journey into the darker side of the Internet using two tools: Bitcoin and the Tor Bundle.”
