With the exception of those sites that have created special iPhone-targeted sites, surfing the web on the iPhone allows you to view the web as it was intended -full-content, full-color, full everything. Even Google AdSense ads on sites show up. But in meetings with advertising agencies recently, Google has begun presenting a new option for …
Recently Hakia extended a call to librarians and information professionals to help them in their quest to bring credible search results to the web on all topics. Previously Hakia offered credibility stamped health and medical searches. Expanding beyond those topics to include all is obviously a very lofty goal, and one that most certainly cannot …
I don’t know if I am slightly abnormal or just more politically interested than most, but I generally enjoy watching the presidential debates. I like seeing the candidates put on the hot-seat, even though I know fully-well that they’ve been prepped and have seared scripted responses into their memories. Sometimes they are caught off guard …
The semantic search engine known as “Hakia” currently generates credibility-stamped results for health and medical searches, which aims to point users in the direction of credible online content. Hakia announced Monday that they are hoping to expand their coverage to include ALL topics, a pretty lofty goal. To aid them in their efforts, Hakia has …
After the introduction of their Chrome browser, some have suggested that Google may have just kicked off the beginning of a new era of the browser wars. And before you begin by asking the obvious – “What about Firefox?” – read on and you’ll perhaps see why Chrome is a bit different, and why it …
Google Maps is a great tool for finding driving directions, as well as for getting a general overview of an area. Now they’ve added another great feature for those who like to get around by foot: walking directions. So what’s the difference between driving directions and walking directions? Walking directions ignore things like one-way streets …
Google has invested an undisclosed sum in two U.S. companies developing technologies for plug-in electric vehicles. The investment is a part of the company’s “RechargeIT” initiative begun in 2007 to help speed up the adoption of electric transportation. Tweet Buffer
Last year tech sites were abuzz with rumors of the mythical Gphone – a mobile phone created by Google. Nothing came of it, and Google eventually squashed the rumors by instead announcing their involvement in the Open Handset Alliance and Android, their open-source mobile phone operating system. But now, comments made by the Google co-founders …
Viacom, if you recall, filed a $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube not too long ago. As part of the lawsuit, a court as now ordered Google to turn over a complete log of all users’ activities to Viacom. These logs would include such things as usernames, IP addresses, and videos that each account has viewed …
The newspaper business is slowly fading away and out of relevancy. By the time a story gets printed, it’s already broken in the online world. Newspapers are facing dwindling subscriber bases, and slashed advertising spending, and drastic changes are being made. My hometown paper, the Plain Dealer, recently announced that they’ll begin cutting 35 pages …
