Google Maps is Gaining Ground on MapQuest
According to new data from Hitwise, Google Maps is quickly and quietly gaining ground on the top-ranked map web site,...
Google Opens Up iGoogle Theme Directory
Have the less-than-impressive options for personalizing your iGoogle homepage gotten you down? Well frown no more – now you’ve got...
Google Picasa Rumored to Be Coming to Mac OS X
According to the folks over at Wired, a Google employee confirmed that a version of Picasa for Mac OS X...
Google Wants Patent Invalidated
Responding to a patent infringement lawsuit filed against them by Northeastern University and semantic search vendor Jarg, Google has said...
New Trademark Lawsuit Could Impact Search Marketing
1-800-Contacts has filed a lawsuit in federal court against LensWorld for buying search links that were triggered by the keyword...
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Ask.com For Failure to Prevent Click Fraud
Ask.com is apparently being sued in a class action lawsuit for “failing to adequately detect and stop ‘click fraud’ or...
First Google Android Prototype Phone Completed
A La Mobile, a San Ramon, Calif. based start-up dedicated to Linux-based open systems for mobile devices, will reveal today...
Traffic to Google from iPhones Reaches “Impressive Levels”
It turns out that Google’s iPhone gamble is paying off in a pretty noticeable way. Despite the phone’s relatively low...
Google Boots IncrediMail from AdSense Program
IncrediMail revealed today that they had received a notification from Google indicating that they had been dismissed from the Google...
Microsoft & Library of Congress Team Up to Support New Interactive Experience for Visitors
Today, Microsoft Corp. and the Library of Congress made a joint announcement indicating that they have signed a cooperative agreement...
Yahoo Software Will Work on Rival Google’s Mobile Programs
This week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo revealed that they will provide software that allows independent...
Yahoo Poised to Begin Implementation of OpenID
Although no official announcements have yet been made, it appears as though Yahoo is gearing up to implement OpenID, a...
Belo Corp. to Provide Local News Video to Yahoo News
Yahoo! Inc. and Belo Corp. announced today a new agreement that will make 13 of Belo’s television stations exclusive providers...
New Downloadable Book Tests Yahoo-Adobe Ad System
Back in November, it was announced that Yahoo and Adobe would be testing out some new technology that lets publishers...
Truveo Forecasts 1 Billion Searchable Online Videos by 2009
Video search engine Truveo announced today that their index has exceeded an astonishing 100 million videos, and predicts that based...
Microsoft to Purchase FAST Search Software Firm for $1.2B
Microsoft has revealed a deal today in which they will buy Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), an 11-year-old Norwegian data...
Yahoo Expands Deal with NAVTEQ to Include More Country Data
At the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show on Monday in Las Vegas, NAVTEQ announced that they had expanded their relationship with...
Wikia Search Launches: Does it Live Up to the Hype?
Monday, January 7, 2008 marked the launch of Wikia Search, the long-awaited, much-hyped search engine from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales....
Yahoo To Dominate Growing Graphic Ad Market in 2008
Analysts are predicting large growth in 2008 in the U.S. graphical ad market, and expect the biggest winner of the...
Revamped Google-Linux gOS 2.0 Launching Soon
Just about two months ago, a start-up Linux distributor by the name of Good OS jumped onto the scene with...