On April 20, 2009, Google introduced a new tool, Google News Timeline, which allows users to receive their search results in a graphical timeline format. The tool renders search results with Google News, YouTube videos and archived newspaper and magazines from Google News Archives.Editors Weblog.org: Google News Timeline: a new way... (April 21, 2009)
The Google Labs Press Event
The Google Labs press event took place at the company's headquarters in San Francisco on April 20, 2009. The presenters included R.J. Pittman, Director of Product Management, Radhika Malpani, Director of Engineering and software engineer Andy Hertzfeld. Hertzfeld presented the Google News Timeline, while Malpani talked about the Google Image Search, which allows users to search by color. The event was covered by major press outlets including The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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The Timeline tool can be found on Google Labs
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Organizes search results in a timeline format, which is also zoomableGoogle News Blog: Introducing Google News Timeline (April 20, 2009)
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The search results come from Google News, YouTube partner videos and newspaper/magazine archivesGoogle News Blog: Introducing Google News Timeline (April 20, 2009)
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Presenters
R.J. Pittman, Director of Product Management; Radhika Malpani, Director of Engineering and software engineer Andy Hertzfeld
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Enter a search query and the results are listed chronologically
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To navigate, you can scroll to the left in order to get earlier dates
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Main page
displays top news stories for the current period
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You have the option to add more queries
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URL
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com/
