University of Southampton: Student launches search engine for sustainable fashion in the UK. “Project Cece uses in-house developed web tools to automatically ‘collect’ products from over 100 sustainable webshops on one website, providing a complete overview of all available ethical clothing. With insightful icons, to-the-point descriptions and filters, Project CeCe helps consumers find clothing that fits their style, budget, and values, say its founders.”
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Google Blog: Explore college opportunities with new Search features
Google Blog: Explore college opportunities with new Search features. “The college search feature we launched last year helps students get quick access to information about four-year U.S. universities, including acceptance rates, costs and student outcomes like graduation rates. As this year’s college search season kicks off, we’re expanding our college search features to include two-year colleges and popular certificate and associate programs available at four-year institutions.”
Press play: Find and listen to podcast episodes on Search (Google Blog)
Google Blog: Press play: Find and listen to podcast episodes on Search. “Today when you search on Google, you can find many different forms of information, from videos and images to tweets and recipes, but there’s always more information out there. There are more than two million podcasts on the web, and we’re now making it easier to find and listen to podcasts on Search.”
University of California Riverside: Free dataset archive helps researchers quickly find a needle in a haystack
University of California Riverside: Free dataset archive helps researchers quickly find a needle in a haystack. “While there are hundreds of publicly available datasets, locating them can take months of searching. When potential sources are found, they rarely provide enough information for a researcher to decide if the set actually contains the kind of data they need without downloading the often huge file and sorting through it first. Thanks to a computer scientist at the University of California, Riverside, finding the right dataset is now as easy as bookmarking a website, and it costs absolutely nothing.”
Abacus News: China has a censored search engine just for kids from state news agency Xinhua
Abacus News: China has a censored search engine just for kids from state news agency Xinhua. “In a country with censorship as strict as China’s, it can be hard for authorities to ensure every trace of anything deemed inappropriate is expunged from the internet. Now state-owned media outlet Xinhua is making a new search engine app designed just for kids.”
The Next Web: How to read your first tweet (and all your other old ones)
The Next Web: How to read your first tweet (and all your other old ones). “Whether you’re looking for that hilarious joke you tweeted last year, or worried that some of your old tweets might contain embarrassing information, there are several ways to go about finding you old posts.” Nice basic overview.
FamilySearch Blog: Record Searches Easier with New Tool!—Now You Can See Similar Historical Records
FamilySearch blog: Record Searches Easier with New Tool!—Now You Can See Similar Historical Records. “Learning more about your ancestors’ lives often requires searching for their names in historical records. This is where you might find where and when they were born, marriage and death information, and even their relatives’ names. You can search instantly among more than 7 billion names in old records with FamilySearch’s powerful Historical Records search—and now there’s an easier way to find similar historical records within your search.”
