For several years now, Google and Apple have been complimentary partners. Google was expertly integrated with the Apple iPhone, and the company’s engineers work tirelessly to bring many of their services to the Apple platform in addition to the PC and Linux platforms. They’ve been pals for much of the search engine’s lifespan. Google’s chief …
This past summer I wrote about how Yahoo was going to finally shut down Geocities this fall. That day is finally here, and the internet will never be the same. Life will go on, of course, but early web adopters will no longer be able to amuse themselves by looking back at their earliest web …
Has Google taken over your life? Have you eagerly signed up for every new Google service as they’ve been announced and now have tons of online data just “stuck” on their servers? Would you like to ditch Blogger for WordPress, but think it’s impossible to move all your content? If giving up Google, either entirely …
Imagine conducting an image search whereby the search engine uses features from an image to retrieve similar images. If you thought to yourself “That’s already something Google offers”, you’d be right. However, they aren’t the only ones tinkering with similar image search technology. Last year during TechCrunch 50, Gazopa launched in private beta, meaning 99% …
Just when you think that everything that could be done to ramp up a search engine’s search capabilities has already been done, they come up with another idea. Let’s face it, in some cases the innovations are dumb and do nothing more for the company than get them another press release and a few hundred …
Here’s a new twist on the oft repeated whine of many businesses regarding the use of brand names to trigger online ads. Cosmetics company Mary Kay filed a lawsuit against Yahoo! this week in federal court alleging trademark infringement after they discovered Yahoo was inserting links to unauthorized retailers in personal messages that its sellers …
GeoCities web hosting has been around since the very early days of the internet and while it’s not widely used anymore, it’s name still arouses a fond memory in the minds of early adopters. Every once in awhile, a long-dead GeoCities site will even crop up in search results. Yahoo, the current owner of GeoCities, …
Tumblr, another one of the many free hosted blogging platforms available on the web, announced this week the addition of a fun new feature to their blogs that will certainly interest anyone running a community-driven blog. The new feature, called “Submissions”, will allow your readers to submit posts to the blog. Tweet Buffer
If you’ve ever used Google Maps on your iPhone or other mobile device, you’re probably familiar with My Location already. For those that aren’t, when you click a button your exact location is shown on the map denoted by a blue circle. Now, that nifty little feature is coming to your desktop and laptop computers. …
SheSpeaks.com conducted a great survey of women’s online and computer habits, and published the results in a comprehensive 65-page document. It’s a fascinating study that looks mainly at women’s social habits online, and most definitely has implications for online marketing. Looking at the results of this study can help you tailor your marketing campaigns to …
