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Google Launch US Music Service

Thursday, den 29. October 2009

Google have officialy announced the launch of their new music service, which is to be released in the USA. See below for a quote from the Google Blog:
 ”Every day we get millions of search queries about music. You want to know more about your favorite artists, find that new album or iconic song or figure [...]

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Android Add Free GPS Navigation App to 2.0

Wednesday, den 28. October 2009

Google have announced a new feature which is to be released with the new Android 2.0; Turn by Turn GPS Navigation. This new app allows users to use their Android phones as turn by turn GPS navigation units completely free of charge. On top of the turn by turn navigation, you will also get all [...]

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Twitter Costs British Economy £1.38bn???

Wednesday, den 28. October 2009

The Telegraph have reported on a new survey that says Twitter costs the UK economy £1.38 billion. They say this is due to people at work twittering away when they should be working. The survey also reports that people are tweeting sensitive company information which could also potentially cost companies more money. See below for [...]

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Brand Advertising on Windows7

Wednesday, den 28. October 2009

Windows 7 recently launched to the eager hands of the public with a great reception. One feature on Windows 7 is theme packs, the Microsoft Advertising Community has written an article about how brands can take advantage of Windows 7 with feature theme packs! Read a quote below:
“Windows 7 is exciting for many reasons; one [...]

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Google Wave to have App Store

Tuesday, den 27. October 2009

Google Wave will almost certainly have an application marketplace, where people will be able to buy third party plug ins for the forthcoming collaboration and communication tool.
Speaking to TechRadar about the Preview trial of Wave, Google Senior Staff Engineer and Wave co-developer Lars Rasmussen admitted that he would be surprised if an application store model [...]

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Sergei Brin & John Battelle at Web2.0 Summit

Tuesday, den 27. October 2009

Below is a video of Sergei Brin (co founder of Google) and John Battelle (Federated Media) at the Web 2.0 Subbmit in which they discuss search, social, mobile and more. A must view for anyone in the search industry.

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Google does Social Search

Tuesday, den 27. October 2009

When logged into their iGoogle profile, Google Social Search will now serve content in search results taken from social networks including Twitter, YouTube and Blogger. NMA had this to say:

Results are taken from their friends’ social network profiles if users have added the relevant networks to their iGoogle profile.
However, content hidden behind privacy walls – such [...]

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Geocities residents forced to relocate

Monday, den 26. October 2009

Today marks the end of an era. Over 18 million websites are being deleted and Yahoo!’s free hosting service Geocities is being shut down for good. Long-forgotten personal sites lying dormant on their servers would occasionally pop up in a Google search and remind us all of the early days of HTML.

Geocities marked a point [...]

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Google Custom Search for Mobile

Monday, den 26. October 2009

Google Custom Search makes it easy for web site owners to add Google-powered search boxes to their sites. Since a rapidly growing percentage of web search traffic originates from smartphones, we’re pleased to announce that Google Custom Search now formats search results for mobile phones.
If you own a web site and add a Google Custom [...]

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Sergei Brin: A ‘Shame’ That Yahoo Has Abandoned Search

Monday, den 26. October 2009

CNN reports that Sergei Brin (co founder of Google) has said that it was a ’shame’ that Yahoo has abandoned search. See below for a quote from CNN:
“I think there’s a lot of interesting stuff going on,” Brin said at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco. “I think it’s a shame that Yahoo has [...]

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