Unified search across all apps might make it tolerable, but like I said, people want to browse first and search second.

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Up until that point, I had been in search of some perspective to life, a meaning, if you like, and I felt that it wasn't far away.

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"I would like to pay tribute to the Mountain Rescue teams who have worked themselves to a standstill in the search for April, " said Mr John.

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Google is running in the other direction, though, with things like Instant Search, which is keen to give me an answer before it knows everything I was going to type.

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