In this scenario, it's demonstrated how tablet owners could use the front-facing camera (at merely QVGA resolution) to flip through pages of a cookbook without worry of getting ingredients on the device.

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"On one hand, it gets you a lot of distribution, content and brands in front of a wider audience ... the flip side of the coin is why is Google News doing very well on the back of other people's investment, " Matthews said.

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