Former Google Answers Researchers (and their customary stellar service) are available here:
http://uclue.com

Anybody know what vodka is recommended most by users of this service?

- if Yahoo copies Google, we here about it sooo much -

- if Google copies Yahoo; not a hint - of the stinch

- Although I would rather be a - Google expert - than a Yahoo;

-RB

I think it’s very interesting that Google would roll something out in a specific country. I don’t recall hearing many companies do this - in fact, the majority seem oblivious to the fact that we’re in a true global marketplace and that most sites (including my social media company StyleDiary) have a large number of users outside of the U.S. Tons of markets are booming in tech (Israel, India, Russia) but you don’t see much talk about people playing into it. I don’t know that this is what prompted Google to roll something out in a specific country, but it’s a relief to see somebody noticing another market besides the U.S.

Here’s another example of Q&A site called AskSolvers. It’s a bit more free-for-all in format http://asksolvers.com/viewasks/?go=92

Here’s another example of Q&A site called AskSolvers. It’s a bit more free-for-all in format http://asksolvers.com/viewasks/?go=92 and http://asksolvers.com/viewasks/?go=79 .

Cheers!
Michael

First, I did want to say I agree with your points, in particular true interactive TV (ideally TNG holodeck would be cool). The biggest hurdles in communication right now seem to be the medium, the language, and overload. The Google Answers, while not perfect could be combined with their language/web page translations they have now and do a transparent meld of questions - so sender and receiver anywhere in the world could communicate in their native language - transparent to one another. Per my comment about Babble. Here is the English version of what I attempted to say in Russian.

“This is very well done. It is useful and will be much more so in other languages. Imagine how much knowledge is out there in the world, if only everyone had a chance to ask a question so that regardless of language it could be understood and answered. This is just the beginning to bigger things. Perhaps it is the new tower of babble?

What they are making will allow a greater knowledge repository for the world to share. Maybe more problems can be solved in a shorter time. Maybe more advances in science and medicine once language barriers are removed.”

As far as the future I think we’ll see the following:

Next year
1-movement of OS apps onto the web.(can be seen in the latest Word and Powerpoint products)
2-more cell phone support, sites that will provide users with information and games etc
3-more social networking/videos etc

In 2-3 years when there is faster broadband:
1-interactive TV(no I don’t mean the crap that Joost etc is coming out with), I mean a direct stream of actual TV content in real time, in good quality over the high speed internet. And of course a number of supporting apps that will work like Tivo
2-more merging of household objects/cars with the internet. (iKitchen etc)
3-online Cinema theaters

The stuff longer than that will depend on a technological/adaption breakthrough
1-Virtual Reality: using the data in the dna code, create a program, that will let you feel virtual reality w/o feeling the suit/helmet on you. (We have the technology to make visualization happen, but the helmet/suit is too uncomfortable to use and seems like it takes away from experience). Something along the lines of figuring out which impulses control what, and sending those to the person. This will in turn move all the business to the Virtual reality, and there will be an adaption of current websites to Virtual Reality spots
2-New browser/browser support applications, applications that will give a new way to visualize information(a more fancier and much more evolved flash type program that is easy to use)
3- who knows

Yes I know the last part is a little bit science fictionally, but with the current technology I think we’ll see something like that in our life time. (Well I know I will, I don’t know about you old farts :P)

Это позволит больший склад знания для мира. Возможный больше проблем решено в течение более короткого времени. Вероятно больше продвижения науки и медицины однажды языковые удаленные барьеры.