Liz Gannes

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Google Will Now Take Your Searches in Writing

Google today announced a nifty feature for users to handwrite search queries from their phones and tablets. Keyboard apps like Swype and SwiftKey are popular on Android, but Google’s version allows for handwriting in 27 languages, is also available on iOS and allows users to write anywhere within the browser window.

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Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work