How to demo a search engine in Germany - NOT
Great demo prep.
She may be
Germany’s
most prominent woman,
but Chancellor Angela Merkel found Vodafone’s new image search software
could not identify
her.
“I am not in the database,” Merkel said when testing Vodafone’s Otello, a search engine that uses images instead of words, at the CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover.
“That’s a major gap — please update,” Merkel quipped.
Not exactly ready for prime time.
“I am not in the database,” Merkel said when testing Vodafone’s Otello, a search engine that uses images instead of words, at the CeBIT technology trade fair in Hanover.
“That’s a major gap — please update,” Merkel quipped.
Not exactly ready for prime time.
Posted: Wed - March 5, 2008 at 10:30 PM