Google Maps Launches Ground Truth Initiative In Russia & Hong Kong
Google Maps announced new updates to their Russia and Hong Kong maps today, launching a “Ground Truth” initiative to build more thorough maps for Hong Kong and a number of Russian cities, including...
View ArticleGoogle Logo Celebrates Hull House Founder & Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jane Addams
Today’s Google logo celebrates Jane Addams, a woman of many disciplines, including social worker, peace activist, settlement house founder, suffragist and author. Included in her extensive list of...
View ArticleGoogle Patent Search Expands To China, Germany, Canada & WIPO
Google announced they have expanded their database of patent documents within Google Patent Search to include patent documents from an additional set of agencies. The new patent agencies included in...
View ArticleLéon Foucault Honored With A Google Logo To Mark His 194th Birthday
Today’s Google logo is an interactive image of Foucault’s Pendulum, a device created by French physicist Léon Foucault who was born on this date 194 years ago in Paris, France. The Foucault Pendulum...
View ArticleLily Collins: 2013′s Most Dangerous Celebrity To Search For
Move over Emma Watson. Actress Lily Collins has taken the title as 2013′s most dangerous celebrity to search for online. McAfee, the security technology company, is out with its seventh annual most...
View ArticleWhen It Comes To Google, Microsoft’s Ballmer Is Still Fighting Old Battles...
I’ve watched Microsoft fight Google in search for a very long time. Bing has come a long way, and I’ve been pleased to see a strong competitor emerge. But Microsoft hasn’t actually hurt Google’s...
View ArticleBing’s Page Zero Offers Deep Links & Shortcuts To Relevant Information...
Today, Bing released a detailed overview of its Page Zero experience, a new search feature that delivers deep links directly from the search box with shortcuts to relevant information associated with...
View ArticleGoogle Testing Site Name & URL In Search Result Snippets
Last month we saw Google testing displaying the site name in place of the URL in the snippets of the search results. Now, Rubén reports Google testing a nicer approach, showing both the site name and...
View ArticleHermann Rorschach Inkblot Inspired Google Logo Lets Users Share What They See
Today’s Google logo is inspired by Hermann Rorschach’s famous inkblot test on the anniversary of the Freudian psychologist’s 129th birthday. The Rorschach Inkblot test is a psychoanalysis process...
View ArticleVeterans Day Google Logo Commemorates Holiday With A Portrait Of A Veterans...
Today’s Google Logo commemorates Veterans Day with a portrait-styled image featuring soldiers atop a red, white and blue parade float. In the painting, parade onlookers watch a Veterans Day float with...
View ArticleBing’s New Music Video Search Results Page Showcases Popular Videos With...
Bing has rolled out a new music video search results page today. From now on, when searching for a music video by song title, artist or album, users will see the following box at the top of their...
View ArticleBing Homepage Showcases Art Installment Of 2,000 American Flags To Celebrate...
Bing is celebrating Veterans Day today by featuring an image on its homepage from the Covina Rotary’s Club Field of Valor, an art installment of 2,000 American flags constructed on the grounds of a...
View ArticleYahoo Search Tests Images On Right Side Of Search Results
Yahoo is testing a new user interface for the Yahoo Search results. Rubén reports Yahoo is showing large images on the right hand side panel of the search results for some queries. For example, here...
View ArticleYahoo’s Most Recent Homepage Updates Roll Out In Select European Countries &...
Launched last February in the US, Yahoo has rolled out its new homepage in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, Ireland and South Africa. According to the announcement posted on Yahoo’s UK blog, the...
View ArticleGoogle Now Adds TV, Movies, News Topics, Blog Posts, Waze Data, In Store Pick...
Google announced improvements to Google Now for Android users. The new update brings more Google Now cards to Android users including: Website update card can bring you things like the latest post so...
View ArticleGoogle Claims Government Requests For User Information Have Increased Over...
Google released an updated Transparency Report today, claiming government requests for user information have increased more than 100 percent since it began posting transparency reports in 2010....
View ArticleCourt Finds Google’s Book Scanning Is Fair Use: Highlights From The Ruling
Nearly ten years after it began and eight years after Google was sued over it, Google’s program that scans books in order to make them searchable has been found legal. A judge found fair use,...
View ArticleGoogle & Microsoft Agree To Block Child Sexual Abuse Material From Search...
The Mail Online reports Google and Microsoft Bing have adjusted their search results to block child pornography and other child sexual abuse content from being accessible through their search engines....
View ArticleAfter Two Years Of Broken Promises, Does Google Need To Explain More to...
For two years running, Google’s broken major promises about search. It began doing paid inclusion in 2012, which it once called “evil.” This year, it’s experimenting with banner ads it said would...
View ArticleBing Previews Its Role In Providing Natural Language Voice Search On Xbox One
When Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console, the Xbox One, comes out on Friday, it will arrive with Bing built-in to power a range of searches from games to music to television programs — and...
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