Google makes 10 million Life images available online
Posted by Lauren Drablier on November 19, 2008 at 9:48 AM
Life magazine, holder of one of the biggest photo collections in the world, dating back from the 1750s will now make their images available online through a deal with Google.
According to the Guardian, 10 million images will be available, of which 97% have never been seen before.
According to the Guardian, 10 million images will be available, of which 97% have never been seen before.
In a press statement Google stated, "The effort to bring offline images online was inspired by our mission to organise all the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."
This move follows Google's announcement to archive newspapers online, improve searches for sites to make them better organized, create Google Blog Searches and launch audio indexing.
Source: The Guardian
This move follows Google's announcement to archive newspapers online, improve searches for sites to make them better organized, create Google Blog Searches and launch audio indexing.
Source: The Guardian
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