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ReCAPTCHA – It’s Like CAPTCHA, But Helping The World

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Read books.” ReCAPTCHA , started as part of Google Labs, steps in to assist in that process. The process is so successful that it’s being used to digitize libraries for Google Books and backissues of the New York Times. Then I noticed the tagline: “Stop spam.

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ReCAPTCHA – It’s Like CAPTCHA, But Helping The World

Firebelly

Read books.” ReCAPTCHA , started as part of Google Labs, steps in to assist in that process. The process is so successful that it’s being used to digitize libraries for Google Books and backissues of the New York Times. Then I noticed the tagline: “Stop spam.

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Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #143

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Google's X factor: "Captain of Moonshots" describes secret lab - Gigaom. Every year I get to attend events like TED and Google Zeitgeist , where I see some of the most fascinating people taking on initiatives to either change our world or better our humanity. Imagine a Digital Library in Every Bus or Train - The Atlantic.

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Is the eBook, the end of the library?

The Way of the Web

→ Is the eBook, the end of the library? September 27th, 2010 · View Comments My son loves books at the moment, and long may it continue. The big challenge is that any freely available book has been licensed to allow sharing, thus spreading without the need for a central collection of physical copies.

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A Basic Visual Design Guide for the Visually Incompetent

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I can use cliparts from its extensive library, add text, apply filters and effects and insert pictures and photos. “Read” is in a formal, serif type that you could find in a book or newspaper. A tool I love for choosing awesome fonts is Google Fonts. Logoist is simple and has all the functions I need.