Saturday, July 04, 2009 7:46 AM/EST
There's no rest for the large and in charge. While some of us were whisking off to our Independence Day weekend getaways, Google boosted its blog, book and mobile search offerings to start off July with a bang.
Monday, June 22, 2009 2:30 PM/EST
Google is adding the ability to search photos of more than 50,000 landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, the Eiffel Tower and other special constructions around the world. I see this landmark recognition image search feature as eventually aiding middle schoolers' research projects for history. I'm not sure where else this might be useful.
Thursday, June 18, 2009 4:31 PM/EST
I would like to search Twitter content better. Summize seems to suck, so perhaps Google's microblog search service will help me do this. I'm not sure I'd like this because I like going to Twitter. Google owns enough of my data and as much as I happily use Gmail, Docs, Reader and other apps, I do get bored of looking at Google pages all day.
Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:18 PM/EST
Google is mapping outbreaks of the swine flu, one of the many ways that the company is organizing all the world's information. Google already has a well-known service that tracks searches for flu symptoms that helps public health officials predict...
Thursday, April 23, 2009 5:17 PM/EST
Think Google can't possibly earn itself an even bigger portion of the search pie? Think again. Google is giving users yet another compelling reason to get a Google account, this time promising to make searches on their own names more...
Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:39 PM/EST
Google's first-quarter sales and earnings figures are almost a backstory to a more important potential trend.
Thursday, April 16, 2009 10:44 AM/EST
Google's dominance in Web search is growing and may grow even more thanks to a change in underlying technology it uses to present search results. So much for Steve Ballmer's ambitions for Microsoft. Google had a 63.7 percent share of...
Wednesday, April 08, 2009 10:03 AM/EST
Eric Schmidt gave at least four different speeches yesterday to an equal number of publisher association meetings in four different cities all named Washington, D.C. At least that's what you'd gather given the remarkably different takes on his comments. But...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:11 PM/EST
Now what, Steve? Google just introduced a pair of significant changes to its search product, something Steve Ballmer recently said it couldn't do because it's got too darn much market share. As I suggested in my earlier post on Ballmer's...
Monday, March 23, 2009 10:07 AM/EST
Microsoft is closing its adCenter analytics beta. The adCenter community blog is trying to put on a brave face, but this has to be considered a gigantic failure and a huge win for Google and Omniture. The insights you've contributed...