Google is facing up to the fact that they handled the buzz about their new social network tool ‘Buzz’ with slightly less efficiency than they could have, but defend themselves by pointing out that they had been using the app internally for months with no issues. Of course, the average Google employee is probably no [...]
Google Admits ‘Unpreparedness’ for ‘Privacy Expectations’
February 20th, 2010Are Search Engines ‘Threatened’ by Social Networks?
February 19th, 2010Google has released their 10K filing, and surprisingly listed something besides the Microsoft/Yahoo hookup as a very real concern as far as competition is concerned (emphasis added): Our business is characterized by rapid change and converging, as well as new and disruptive, technologies. We face formidable competition in every aspect of our business, particularly from [...]
Microhoo is a Go
February 18th, 2010Yahoo and Microsoft have finally received the go ahead on their deal for Microsoft to power search and ads for Yahoo. According to Yahoo! Finance, the deal is finally greenlighted: Microsoft and Yahoo! announced today that they have received clearance for their search agreement, without restrictions, from both the U.S. Department of Justice and the [...]
Google’s ‘Sponsored’ Results not Obvious
February 17th, 2010Google is experimenting with paid results by slipping them into listings with a very inconspicuous tag saying ‘sponsored listing’. Some people feel that this is kind of misleading. Formerly, sponsored listings appeared on the right of the page: … or at the top: Now they can appear in the business listings: Google explains that this [...]
New Windows 7 Phone Features ‘Bing Button’
February 15th, 2010The new Windows Seven phone is being unveiled, and what do we have here! A whole button, just to connect you to Bing, MSN’s latest search engine. Snazzy, right? The new phone is not only sleek and stylish, it makes using MSN’s Bing a natural – letting Microsoft compete with Google’s Nexus, which naturally defaults [...]