Tag Archives: search

Link: Apple’s Chomp Acquisition →

Earlier this week Apple acquired app search company, Chomp. What could this mean for Apple? Well, likely a much better, enhanced Genius feature for one.

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Link: The Ethics of Google →

My post on a new blog from my friends Ben & Ben, “Bumba Broadsides”, on the Ethics of Google and the recent anti-trust search debate.

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Link: Search+ →

Google has begun integrating + information, like profiles, stream updates and more, into search results. Much of the internet is crying foul because of antitrust claims (the biggest search monopoly propels it’s own property to the foreground), but the move … Continue reading

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Link: Google revives Real Time Search through Plus →

The hashtag omission from the early stages of Google+ was curious, but here is the reason — real time search is now ready for hashtag support. It took some time, but this is the first step to bringing people closer … Continue reading

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Link: Should Bing Stay? →

In two years, Microsoft’s Bing has doubled its share of the U.S. search market, from 7.2 percent to 14.4 percent. If you add Yahoo’s Bing-powered portal, it’s 27 percent. So why are loud voices clamoring for Microsoft to give up … Continue reading

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Link: Poor memory? Blame Google →

The actual article is behind a paywall via Science, but this quote was particularly telling: Just as we learn through transactive memory who knows what in our families and offices, we are learning what the computer ‘knows’ and when we … Continue reading

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