Google Acquires Film Recommendation Site fflick
January 27, 2011 by publisher · Leave a Comment
According to TechCrunch, Google has purchased film recommendation site fflick for $10 million. The site was founded last year by four former Digg employees, and uses Twitter buzz to power a movie sentiment and recommendation search engine. The deal is expected to close later this week.
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Google Acquires Film Recommendation Site fflick
Google Realtime Allows for Advanced Real Time Searches
August 30, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
PC World reports that Google has given its real-time search engine its own landing page and made improvements to its functionality. The new Google Realtime search engine gives people one place to come to see real time results culled from sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Previously, people looking to find real time search results on Google needed to toggle on filters inside the standard search page.
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Yahoo! Defends Search Engine Title
August 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Days after announcing the complete transition of Yahoo!’s search back-end infrastructure to Microsoft Bing, Yahoo! reminded the public that it is still a search engine. In a post on the Yahoo! Search Blog, Senior Vice President of Yahoo! Search Products Shashi Seth addressed rumors that the company is no longer a search engine. According to Seth, stating that Yahoo! is no longer a search engine is equivalent to saying Boeing or Airbus aircrafts are no longer airline manufacturers simply because they outsource critical components of their products.
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Google Breaks Into VOIP Space
August 26, 2010 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Google made a major push into the VOIP market on Wednesday, announcing that U.S.-based customers can make domestic and international phone calls from inside their Gmail accounts. The move brings renewed competition to leading VOIP provider Skype as it nears its initial public offering.
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Yahoo! Search is Now Powered By Bing
August 25, 2010 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Yahoo! announced Tuesday that the organic search transition between Yahoo! and Microsoft is now complete, only one week since the transition began.
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Google Experimenting with Instant Search Results
August 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Google might be ready to take the idea of “instant” search results to the next level. CNET reports that UK-based SEO expert Ron Ousbey posted video on his website showing a search results pages that instantly updates with each letter typed into the search query bar. You can watch Ousbey’s video here:
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Latest Updates on Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance
August 18, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Yahoo! on Monday announced the latest developments in the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance, in particular regarding the transition of Yahoo!’s search back-end infrastructure to Microsoft. The complete transition to Microsoft is expected in 2012.
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New online service offers freedom from social networking sites
January 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
While most people enjoy spending time on social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn on a daily basis, others are committing online-presence suicide thanks to a new Web site launched in December–the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine.
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Yahoo! and Microsoft Block Explicit Content in India
December 30, 2009 by publisher · Leave a Comment
Yahoo! and Microsoft appear to be altering their search results in India to comply with the country
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YouTube Promotes Global Discussion about Ongoing Iranian Protests
December 29, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
In response to last week’s flood of videos that were uploaded on YouTube depicting the funeral procession of Iranian reformist Ayatollah Hosein-Ali Montazeri along with the chanting of anti-government slogans, Google announced today that YouTube will continue to provide its platform for users to see and hear the political struggles of the Iranian people.
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