One of the latest trends in ‘the valley’ is the notion of real time search.  This has been brought to highlight by twitter search.  While I understand the idea of real-time, the idea of applying the concept to the entire internet seems like a big job, and so it is with some scepticism that I hear people believe Twitter have solved that riddle. An example elsewhere in the text was of banks – their information is not real time.  Consider ATM deposits that appear on the next days date, or payroll electronic funds transfer which are deposited in batch mode … Continue reading Real-time search – fact and fiction, and why?