Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to using a gesture to obtain contextually relevant information. Content within an area selected by a gesture is extracted. The extracted content and additional contextual information are packaged, optionally disambiguated, and provided to a search engine. Result(s) provided by the search engine are provided to a user to enrich the user experience.

Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.

Abstract: Various embodiments utilize context positioning of an input mechanism to convey at least one action associated with the input mechanism. At times, the input mechanism is associated with multiple actions. Input received via at the input mechanism can be analyzed to determine which action of the multiple actions to perform. In some embodiments, the input mechanism can be physically and/or visually moved to a different location based upon the determined action.

Abstract: Described herein are various technologies pertaining to using a gesture to obtain contextually relevant information. Content within an area selected by a gesture is extracted. The extracted content and additional contextual information are packaged, optionally disambiguated, and provided to a search engine. Result(s) provided by the search engine are provided to a user to enrich the user experience.

Abstract: The digital ink system receives digital ink input from a user and analyzes the digital ink input to collect ink stroke data for the various ink strokes that make up the digital ink. The digital ink system also receives an animation type selection that describes a manner in which the digital ink is to be displayed. The animation type is a dynamic display type, which is display type in which the digital ink changes while the digital ink is displayed. The ink strokes of the digital ink input are displayed using the selected animation type, and are also stored along with the animation type in a digital ink container for subsequent display. The digital ink can be subsequently displayed using the animation type or using a static display type in which the digital ink appears to be stationary while the digital ink is displayed.

Abstract: Access and management control of browser annotations are described. In one or more implementations, a method is described to control and manage access to annotations made via a browser to transform a webpage. The method includes displaying the webpage by the browser executed by a computing device; receiving one or more inputs by the computing device via the browser as one or more annotations to the webpage; capturing an image of the displayed webpage and the one or more annotations that are made in relation to the display of the webpage by the browser of the computing device; and controlling access via the browser to the annotated webpage through use of the one or more annotations and the captured image of the webpage.

Abstract: One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for notifying a user of availability of a service on a user's first platform (e.g., cell phone) where the user may have already used the service (or a variation thereof) on a second platform (e.g., laptop computer). In this manner, a user can be made aware of the availability of the service when using the first platform (e.g., cell phone) without having to search for (a version of) the service for the first platform, where the user may merely be aware of (a version of) the service for the second platform (e.g., laptop).