Tag: Search Engines
Video: Apple's Steve Jobs on Google at D8
In this clip of Apple's Steve Jobs, interviewed at this weeks D8: All Things Digital conference, the Cupertino maestro discusses rivals Google. Denying that Google services are to be removed from future iPhone models, he does admit to seeing…
Pac-Man's 30th birthday celebrated with playable Google doodle!
How cool is this?! To mark retro gaming icon Pac-Man's 30th birthday, Google have not only turned their doodle logo over to the little yellow pill-popper, but have also made it the first ever playable Google doodle. Head on over…
Android 3.0 "Gingerbread" to launch in Q4 2010?
While the tech world waits with baited breath for news on Android 2.2 at Google's I/O conference, it seems plans are already well under way for version 3.0. Head on over to the WebM media project page FAQ, unveiled by…
Gmail trademark dispute settled in the UK
Google's Googlemail email service is to revert back to its previous name Gmail in the UK after the search giants finally settled an ongoing trademark dispute. Until the mid 00s, UK users called the service Gmail along with the rest…
Two thirds consider Google Street View an intrusion of privacy
While Google may see their photo-mapping app Street View as for the navigational good of all mankind, it seems Joe Public are a little more wary of the search giant's technology. With 95% of the UK to be mapped by…
Google planning to map the entirety of the UK using Google Maps Street View
Nat King Cole may have "often walked down the street before", but he could never of dreamed of planning his route on a fancy mobile phone using Google's amazing Street View service. Google now have announced plans to map every…
Ask.com gets niche as the search engine relaunches
Search engine to the elderly Ask.com has announced the relaunch of its site refocusing on the premiss upon which it started – answering questions.
After surveying users, Ask discovered that what people wanted was faster, more accurate searching with correct results first time. Should we be surprised?
The revamped pages take the to web today…
Wikia Search – another search engine trying to take on Google
Another week, another search engine trying to take Google on. This time it’s Wikia Search. It’s the brainchild of Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and he’s been speaking about his people-powered search engine at the Global Brand Forum in Singapore.
Microsoft to use Facebook to extend Live Search reach
Now that Microsoft has abandoned its attempts to grab a piece of Yahoo search pie, it’s looking for new ways to make sure Live Search is down with you crazy social networking kids. Naturally, that involves crowbarring it into the social networking website of the hour, Facebook (in which the Redmond Giant has a 1.6% share), in the hope that someone will use by accident and even decide they like it.
Google slips a privacy link on to its homepage – do you all feel more secure now?
The Google homepage has just seen its biggest overhaul since the scandalous favicon incident of ’08. Take a look, see how a new Privacy hyperlink has appeared next to the copyright symbol and date. Amazingly enough, it links you straight into the Google Privacy Center.
