Newspapers are like your morning cup of tea. What the newspaper boy drops at our doorstep is just not a bundle of paper but a retrospective snapshot of the day that has passed, and thereby makes the date an indelible part of history. Google was probably stargazing back to the time when information of digital-age milestones was spilled by newspapers. It is going to digitize about 100 newspapers and unleash scanned copies on the online platform. Google’s vice president of Search products, Marissa Mayer, also admitted that this venture is huge and different from their main stream of activities. The concept was demonstrated at the TechCrunch50 conference in San Francisco, where Ms. Mayer illustrated a digital version of the Rome News Tribune highlighting the news of the American moonwalk. Corresponding news and promotions that lie beside the story will make the reader reminiscent of that time. This scanning of archives will employ the same technology as used for Google Books. Many newspaper publishers will partner with Google for this initiative.

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