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Bing gains more market share

As Microsoft’s new TV advertising campaign launches in the UK promoting Bing as an alternative to search goliath Google , the self-styled ‘decision engine’ has already been gaining ground in the search engine rankings, according to the latest figures from comScore. The research firm has revealed that Bing’s US market share rose by 0.2 per cent last month, after previously rising by half a per cent in January . V3 reports that Bing now holds 11.5 per cent of the US search market and is steadily catching up with Yahoo! , which dropped 0.2 per cent to take 16.8 per cent of February’s search market

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YouTube Hacked?

Google’s video site, YouTube was unavailable for some time this afternoon. Some reports said that the site had been hacked. Currently, a visit to youtube.com returns “500 Internal Server Error 500 Internal Server Error Sorry, something went wrong

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Google Apps Marketplace launched

Google has announced the official opening of its Google Apps Marketplace, where users can discover and install third-party applications that “deeply integrate” with Google Apps.

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Bing’s TV ad hopes to topple Google monopoly

As Bing’s new TV ad campaign hits UK screens today, the Microsoft gang are sure to be hoping that UK net users will ‘Bing and Decide’ to give the decision engine a shot. The announcement that Bing would be launching UK TV ads certainly attracted attention from media and digital realms alike, and today eager industry insiders will be able to join the public in making their minds up about the ads. Rather than merely highlighting the ways in which Bing can aid search experiences, the adverts aim to show consumers how different the decision engine is to other search engines .

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Google seeks to provide the best translation service

Among other things, Google now provides one of the largest online translation services, handling 52 languages and servicing hundreds of millions of queries every week. Although its translation services are not perfect, the New York Times reports that Google is rapidly improving the service.

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Steve Jobs confirms no iPhone tethering for iPad

Apple founder Steve Jobs has confirmed that users of the new iPad will not be able to tether their tablet to the internet using the 3G connection of their iPhone. The Register reports that Jobs replied with an unequivocal “No” from his iPhone, when emailed by Swedish trance DJ Jezper Söderlund asking if a Wi-Fi-only iPad could use an iPhone’s 3G tethering.

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Online ads could come under new ASA remit

The Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has received recommendations for ASA’s remit to be extended to include communications on websites and social networks.

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Microsoft launches Bing TV ads in the UK

Microsoft has launched a new TV advertising campaign in the UK promoting its ‘decision engine’ Bing as an alternative to Google , by mocking the “information overload” that often accompanies its rival’s search results. The Guardian reports that the $2 billion (

Smaller browsers demand greater presence in Microsoft’s ballot screen

Six web browser manufacturers have complained to the EU that Microsoft’s browser ballot screen does not give fair representation to their products. Microsoft was required to offer Windows users a choice of web browsers from 1 March, following an anti-trust investigation by the European Competition Commission that found Microsoft Internet Explorer to be taking too large a slice of the browser market, due to it being the default option for Windows operating systems

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House of Lords ruling could block YouTube

A new Bill approved in the House of Lords may have drastic consequences for video sharing sites such as YouTube, Vimeo and FootyTube, as well as any other site with material infringing copyright protection. The Digital Economy Bill had sparked much uproar with leading digital companies - including Google , Yahoo! and Facebook - writing to Peter Mandelson about Clause 17 that would have given future secretaries of state new control over monitoring user data and introducing new technical measures. This clause was removed but replaced with a late amendment that will allow a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against any site with a “substantial amount” of copyrighted material.

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