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Saturday 3 October 2015
Google: What people search for most on presidential hopefuls
DAVID BAUDER In this Sept. 22, 2015 file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks gives an interesting snap-
Associated Press during a community forum on healthcare in Des Moines, Iowa. shot, said Lee Miringoff, di-
NEW YORK (AP) — Poten- rector of Marist College’s
tial voters who take their Associated Press Institute for Public Opinion.
curiosity about presiden- “If you’re a candidate, you
tial candidates to Google Google didn’t necessarily query. Two of the top four concerned whether she ignore information like this
are interested in Hillary predict it either, but picked questions about New Jer- was still running or if she at your own peril,” he said.
Rodham Clinton’s age, up an intriguing increase sey’s Christie concerned was in trouble. Some spe- As the campaign moves
Jeb Bush’s height, Chris in the amount of questions how much he weighed cific questions were asked along, the types of queries
Christie’s weight, Donald people were asking about and how much weight he frequently, such as why from voters are likely to be-
Trump’s net worth, Carly the Conservatives in the had lost. Fiorina was fired as Hewlett come much more specific,
Fiorina’s marital status and days before voting, said Si- Before he shot up in the Packard’s chief executive, Rogers said.
Bobby Jindal’s birthplace. mon Rogers, data editor for polls late in the summer, Mike Huckabee’s views on
Those were among the top Google’s News Lab. voters simply wanted to the Iran deal and Rubio’s The data should remind
questions that the Internet Height is clearly a pre- know: “Who is Ben Car- position on gay marriage. journalists that voters know
search engine was asked occupation of Google son?” Google does not publicly far less about people run-
about each candidate searchers. Besides Bush, After questions about her release specific numbers ning for president than
over the past couple of that was the top question age and height, search- on the searches conduct- they do, he said. Private-
months. The data, which is about Christie, John Kasich, ers asked about Clin- ed on each candidate. ly, in front of a computer
being released by Google George Pataki and Rand ton: “What did Hillary do While not scientific, the screen, they might ask
this year for the first time Paul. Age is also a popular wrong?” Other questions Google search information questions that they would
during a presidential cam- not necessarily bring up
paign, gives insight into publicly.
what voters are thinking There’s plenty of potential
about that is different from for the information Google
what traditional pollsters is collecting. “This is new
provide. and we’re only starting to
The first lesson may be not scratch the surface of it,”
to forget the basics: shortly he said.
after Google first released In his video, Rubio sensed
questions posed about an opportunity as he read
each candidate, Repub- from a smartphone and
lican Marco Rubio’s cam- answered questions posed
paign released a video in in Google searches about
which he answered some his age, nationality and
of them. whether he was a twin.
Google gets some three “No, I’m not,” he said,
billion search requests laughing.
each day and is begin- Then he saw an opportu-
ning to see the value of nity. The last question he
compiling that information. posed: “How can I work
For instance, conventional on Marco Rubio’s cam-
pollsters badly missed the paign?”
breadth of David Cam- “Well, you can go to our
eron and his Conserva- website, that’s the easiest
tive Party’s victory in the way to plug into our cam-
British elections this spring. paign,” he said. “I hope
you’ll join us.”q
LG unveils smartphone with
dual display, improved camera
YOUKYUNG LEE room for frequently-used quarter market share was A visitor tries LG Electronics Inc.’s new smartphone the V10 dur-
AP Technology Writer apps and can receive no- 3.8 percent, down from ing its unveiling ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — tifications while using the 4.7 percent a year ear- 1, 2015.
South Korean smartphone main screen to watch a lier, according to Counter-
maker LG Electronics Inc. video. The V10 smartphone point Technology Market Associated Press
unveiled a new smart- is LG’s latest attempt to Research.
phone Thursday with an make headway in the pre- The new phone’s front on sale in South Ko- out a contract from a
additional screen and a mium mobile phone mar- camera is equipped with rea later this month for carrier, followed by the
camera that can capture ket. Its flagship G series a standard 80-degree lens 800,000 won ($678) with- U.S. launch next month.q
a wider scene when taking phones were edged out by and a 120-degree wide-
a selfie, hoping to arrest a new phones from Samsung angle lens option. That
slide in its market share. and Apple. means a larger group can
The V10 comes with anoth- The company has lost its fit into a selfie shot taken
er screen above the main market share in the smart- with the V10.
5.7-inch display. The small phone market in recent “The ability to take group
second screen can stay months, falling to the sev- selfies without a selfie-stick
on to display weather, time enth place globally as Chi- has never been easier,” LG
and date when the main nese vendors surpassed said in a statement.
display is turned off. It has its shipments. Is second- The V10 phone will go
