Today Google announced the release of a new voice recognition application for its search software on the iPhone. The software, which is said to be released as early as Friday, can tell you where the nearest Starbucks is, answer factual questions like "How high is Mount Everest?" It can even provide restaurant recommendations based on your location, which is clearly going to be a game changer for advertisers (Google is currently not selling location based ads). No, it won't clean your apartment, hail you a cab, or do your taxes.
4 Questions I'd like to ask Google on the iPhone:
1. Has the real estate market in New York bottomed out?
2. Are the "Skinny Cow" ice cream sandwiches I eat filled with toxic chemicals?
3. Where is the money from the $700 billion dollar bailout going?
4. Why did HBO pass on Mad Men?
Julia Cheiffetz is a Senior Editor at HarperStudio, a new imprint at Harper Collins. You can find her at www.26thstory.com where this was posted simultaneously.
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