CNN Money is reporting that fresh off its vindication for antitrust violations, Google is already looking ahead to how it can leverage its newfound clout. “Search 2.0″ is what they are calling it and the goal is to bring users even more precision. The “direct answer” remains as elusive and an almost as mythological as […]
August 7, 2012
How is it that we only today noticed the little alert on our beloved iGoogle page saying that the service was going away? It was shock. Then horror. Then sadness. With all of the flops Google has released in recent memory (Wave, Buzz, Plus . . . ), the personalized homepage feature that is iGoogle […]
May 16, 2012
Google today announced the latest enhancement to its industry-leading search – a new feature designed to help users find the right information faster and with less fuss. Enter the “Knowledge Graph”. More than a mere update to the seach interface, it is a radical and interesting change to the way Google will deliver your results. […]
March 1, 2011
As a foodie and home chef, I am almost ashamed to say that I have stopped buying cookbooks. I used to love and treasure them. But with so many recipes available online these days, it almost seems a waste to spend the money. Of course, some are indispensable and I have my favorites with which […]
September 30, 2010
As if there were not already enough choices for shortening those long URLs, another one has launched. And if it was not for the company launching it, we would probably not be paying it much attention. But this is no run-of-the-mail-under-the-radar kind of unveiling. This is Google’s new URL shortener, Goo.gl and it is not the least bit […]
July 20, 2010
Change is once again afoot in the hallowed online halls of Google. Not everyone can see it just yet, but Google’s popular image search is getting a pretty radical makeover. Here’s what is going on . . . Google’s image search has been around for quite awhile now. Popular, it has remained fairly untouched over […]
January 14, 2013
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