However, after Google decided to make a massive change to its search interface, that could soon change.
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We're talking really slightly: there's no search interface, so it's sort of like having lots of categorized queues.
If that weren't enough, third-party apps can also hook into the search interface, represented at the bottom of the search results.
If you're going to be serious about video on demand and your new search interface, you've got to make text input way easier.
That new search interface is a start, but it's time to let go of the SD customer and start seriously designing for the 16:9 HD display.
The video shows RIOT using a browser-based search interface to track the Raytheon employee across Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Gowalla (which was acquired by Facebook last year).
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He is a fan of Bing's newly-released visual search interface.
Newly discovered code in a Google page hints that it might just become part of the standard web search interface -- provided you opt to turn it on, of course.
Maybe not as much as ReadWriteWeb suggests, but it does tell us that Google is far better positioned in mobile than Facebook currently is, with its search interface prominent on the bulk of smartphones globally.
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The FatLens search engine interface is optimized for shopping search.
Fast forward to 2010 and Google launches a new interface for its search results.
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Or maybe it is just a cute voice interface for a search engine.
This represents the first time that a cable operator will make its entire video on demand (VOD) library available via a retail DVR and TiVo Premiere will become the first retail product to fully integrate a cable VOD service, along with linear television and broadband content accessible through TiVo's user interface and intuitive search capabilities.
And Facebook just revealed that it built a natural-language interface for its Graph Search service announced earlier this year.
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Mr. Zuckerberg provided few details on two of Facebook's recent big technology initiatives: its revamped Graph Search tool and its Home mobile interface for Google Inc.
That's promising, because whenever we search through TWC's current Scientific Atlanta DVR interface we wind up spiking our remote control in frustration, and that's getting expensive.
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It's driven some to search Google through a Bulletin Board System-like interface or, in the case of programmer Peter Nitsch, it's compelled him to graft ASCII art onto the physical world.
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"Search technology is valuable but the next generation of search is going to be about premium content and the interface that users have to that content, " he said.
Through this significant coup Google will power more than 90 per cent of all Internet search queries in the Japan market, but the consumer user interface would be different on Yahoo!
That said, for users running Microsoft Windows and using Outlook as their mail client, Microsoft's MSN desktop search beats its competitors hands down, primarily because of a superior user interface that integrates better with other Windows programs.
Thus, the typical interface for a smartphone maps app is a big map and a search box.
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It has a search mechanism that works better than anything on a current cable or satellite finder interface.
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It's easy to search and select from LG's comprehensive content collection on the Smart Home interface with its convenient Premium Content menu.
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Inclusion of an advanced user interface or content discovery engine, but not a standard browser with typed search terms like a PC.
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Other notable features include integration with Siri Eyes Free for iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 owners, Google Voice Search for those with compatible Android phones, Bluetooth audio streaming and an enhanced touchscreen interface that allows easier access to smartphone features like apps, music and making calls.
The new sleek interface offers a stunning user experience, in terms of music playback, song search, and navigation.
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Search for bookmarks, underline keywords, or add notes to the e-book with the keyboard-interface Find feature.
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