Twitter can indeed be a very useful source of information, as the following article entitled Why social search won’t topple Google (anytime soon) illustrates it.  Actually, I found it following a citation in an article on the Slow Erosion of Google Search, which had been previously cited by one of my contact on Twitter. What I particularly appreciate in Brynn Evans‘ article is her emphasis on the user and its appropriation of en electronic tool like Google. It clearly shows the process by which individuals decide of what use a proposed tool can be to them with respect to their initial expectations towards and their technical command of it. It also shows how powerful social factors can be in influencing the direction of technological innovation. As both article observe, the displacement of Google as one of the leading tool of the Internet might not be happening on the level of always more powerful algorithms that can answer more questions, more precisely, but on the capacity of the search engines to be inscribed themselves in the social setting of the user. In my opinion, their observations advocate for a future where higly individualized technologies will answer to specific needs, while still being compatible with one another and thus, connectable.