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Entries from June 2004

Sushubh

Google acquires Neotonic Software

June 4th, 2004 by Sushubh | 6 Comments

After Pyra Labs (The maker of Blogger), and advertisement companies like Applied Semantics and Sprinks, it’s the turn of an email software company Neotonic Software. Neotonic Software is a San Francisco-based start-up which specializes in e-mail customer support. Google have also hired David Jeske, co-founder of Neotonic and the former director of engineering for eGroups […]

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Sushubh

GMail Feature Enhancements

June 4th, 2004 by Sushubh | 3 Comments

Google added a small feature to its GMail service that would help a lot of it’s full time users. Now users can stay logged on to the free 1 gigabyte web mail service for 2 weeks on the trot by selecting a checkbox while logging in. Makes sense coz it is obviously programmed to replace […]

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Sushubh

Yahoo! Toolbar BETA with Anti-Spy plays favorite with Adwares

June 2nd, 2004 by Sushubh | 4 Comments

The recently launched Yahoo! Toolbar BETA with Anti-Spy is in the news for the wrong reasons. Apparently, the beta toolbar does not select the option to search for Adwares by default and the reason behind the concept is being speculated in the fact that Yahoo! has a financial stake in one such category of software. […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Yahoo Search Delivers Cheap Gas Prices

June 2nd, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 3 Comments

Finding the prices at the gas stations too much to handle this summer travel season? Yahoo is offering a new search engine shortcut to help save a couple of cents when filling up the tank for long or short road trips.
Yahoo! Search has launched an online gas price shortcut! The Yahoo! Search Gas Price Shortcut […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Yahoo Japan Adapts Yahoo Search Technology and Overture Ads

June 2nd, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 1 Comment

Yahoo! Japan announced on Monday, May 31 (Japan time), that they will be using Yahoo! Search Technology for their algorithmic web search, which was previously provided by Google.
Additionally, Yahoo! Japan and Overture announced on Tuesday, June 1 (Japan time) that Overture will be the provider for all commercial keyword search results on Yahoo! Japan. […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Google Search Going Intranet

June 2nd, 2004 by Loren Baker, Editor | 2 Comments

Google is sharpening the search tools that it sells to companies, schools and government agencies, hoping to mine new revenue sources as it strives to become less dependent on online advertising.
AP Wire reports that Google on Wednesday took another small step beyond its renowned online search engine releasing its most significant upgrade of a 2-year-old […]

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