Category Archives: Search Engines

It comes as no surprise that the founder of Wikipedia is looking to diversify their website offerings and the next service being tested by them is search. Unlike other search engines, the Wikia search engine will allow users to “improve” … Continue reading →

Google hasn’t been a huge player in the social space, but they’re hoping to change that with their new OpenSocial platform, which looks to tie together distinct social networking platform APIs into one centralized system. “The proliferation of unique APIs … Continue reading →

Google has been working on buying out DoubleClick for some time now and the company is pretty confident that it will be approved by both European and United States Federal Regulators. “The way the technology keeps getting cheaper, the competitive … Continue reading →

If you’re into doing “online travel” via Google Earth, the addition of Youtube videos should enhance your experience by providing related videos of the area in which you’re checking out. The YouTube layer is available in the Featured Content folder … Continue reading →

Google recently announced that they have acquired Jaiku in an effort to step up their position in social networking. Tony Hsieh, a product manager at Google, wrote in the official Google blog: “Although we do not have definite plans to … Continue reading →

Alibaba.com recently announced that they have received the “go-ahead” to list 1 billion shares in an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The shares are expected to be listed later this month or possibly in November. According to their … Continue reading →

Today yahoo launched their enhanced search engine that will give a helping hand to the weary surfer that might need some help finding more information on a subject. One of the new features is a drop down menu that can … Continue reading →

Today Telefonica and Yahoo announced a joint venture to bring Yahoo services to 100 million mobile users. Under the terms of the agreement, Madrid-based Telefonica’s local subsidiaries will offer Sunnyvale-based Yahoo as the search engine partner on their mobile portals … Continue reading →

Today is the day for Google to face the United States Senate concerning the purchase of the online advertising company, DoubleClick. This “merger” has been brought under question by groups that are concerned with user privacy and anti-trust issues. David … Continue reading →

Here’s something that I can get behind. Companies and people that are conscious about our environment and are always looking for ways to reduce the amount of energy (in the form of gas, electricity or other sources of power) that … Continue reading →