By Adriana Lee |
Not exactly “The Deep Web,” but that didn’t stop CNN Money from calling it “the scariest search engine on the Internet.” I’m talking about Shodan, a sort of anti-Google search tool. When people need to find something online, most fire up their browsers and point…
By Adriana Lee |
It used to be easy to find iTunes download URLs in Google search. Just plop in the topic or title and add “iTunes,” “iOS app” or just “iPhone,” and they’d pop up like the first blooms of spring, usually at or near the top of…
By Adriana Lee |
Ever performed an “ego search” or “vanity search”? Of course you have. Who isn’t curious about what happens when you plug your own name into Google? But what if the things that pop up aren’t so favorable, like an unflattering suggested query. Would you get…
By Adriana Lee |
Despite all the criticisms and pessimistic reporting about Yahoo, it’s still one of the Internet’s leading websites with more than 700 million visitors per month. And yet its looks bely its status: The design was rather flabby, chocked full of tired throngs of irrelevant content, and even…
By Todd Haselton |
Obviously Google and Apple are staunch competitors when it comes to the mobile and advertising landscapes. We know that Apple ditched Google Maps as the default option after a souring relationship on the turn-by-turn directions feature, and Google’s partners are constantly being called into the…
By Adriana Lee |
Facebook’s new Graph Search has set the Internet abuzz since it was unveiled this week, as business pundits and social media experts weigh in on what this could mean for the nature of online privacy, the company’s own monetization strategies as well as for the…
By Todd Haselton |
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage on Tuesday during a Facebook press event and unveiled, among other things, a new beta feature called “Graph Search.” Basically, it allows users to search the website using queries. You can, for example, find friends in New York…
By Todd Haselton |
We recently posted the top Bing news searches for 2012, of which the iPhone 5 had the top spot. Now Yahoo has published a similar list. Thankfully, this time around, the U.S. Election is at the top ahead of the iPhone 5. We’re not political…
By Todd Haselton |
The iPhone 5 is, so far, the most searched term for news stories on Bing this year. It’s more popular than the 2012 U.S. Presidential Election, the 2012 Olympics, Hurricane Sandy and, yes, even Honey Boo Boo. Microsoft released its data recently, which provides the…
By Adriana Lee |
Did you tune into the presidential debate last night? If so, you were among the 65.6 million television viewers who watched Mitt Romney and Barack Obama duke it out for Candy Crowley, an in-studio audience and a fleet of TV cameras at Hofstra University. In…
By Brandon Russell |
Apple has poached yet another prominent talent from the competition, and has reportedly hired former Amazon search technologist William Stasior. According to sources speaking with AllThingsD, Stasior is being tasked with heading up Apple’s Siri unit to presumably help improve the voice assistant’s search prowess.…
By Adriana Lee |
Not happy with the way YouTube searches lead to piles of vids, relevant or not? Seems YouTube isn’t either. Back in August, the Google property announced plans to spotlight vids with longer view times, and now it’s putting its money where its mouth is. As…
By Brandon Russell |
There’s plenty of juicy info to extricate from a new Bloomberg Businessweek feature about Apple’s post-Steve Jobs era. All of it very interesting, but some of it is old news. Except for the revelation that Steve Jobs was ready to completely sever the umbilical cord…
By Adriana Lee |
Marissa Mayer doesn’t fool around. In addition to helming the big picture guidance of Yahoo as its new CEO, the former Googler also dives into the nitty grittier aspects of management. Her new policies run the gamut, from offering free meals and bestowing free iPhones, to…
By Killian Bell |
Apple has made some unexpected changes to the App Store in iOS 6 this week, introducing a new search interface reminiscent of that featured in Chomp — the app searching and discovery service that was acquired by Apple earlier this year. Rather than a list of apps,…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced on Friday that its Voice Search option on Android smartphones and tablets now supports 13 additional languages. That brings the total voice search language support to 42 languages in 46 countries. Google also offered a bit of insight as to why it can…
By Todd Haselton |
Google is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits. In fact, it has already been under investigation in the United States and in the European Union for several matters, but was most recently cleared by both concerning its acquisition of Motorola Mobility. On Monday, the Competition Commission…
By Killian Bell |
Microsoft has announced that it is rolling out a design revamp to Bing to make it quicker and easier for users to search the web. The company plans to make Bing “slicker” and “cleaner” in an effort to make our search results clearer so that…
By Todd Haselton |
Google announced during its Google I/O developers conference on Wednesday that it is introducing a new feature called “Google Now.” The application acts, as our own Brandon Russell put it so eloquently “as an all-knowing digital being that learns.” It will allow you to easily…
By Todd Haselton |
Google just announced new voice search commands that reminds us of Apple’s Siri voice engine. It offers a completely redesigned user interface and can provide answers to any question that you ask. if you ask a definition, it will provide a card with a definition…
By Killian Bell |
If there’s one thing the App Store isn’t short of, it’s third-party web browsers. If for any reason you’re not keen on mobile Safari, there are a ton of other solutions to choose from — many of which are really great. However, it is lacking…
By Mark Hearn |
Google is focusing on retooling its iPhone app suite; the search giant recently unveiled a new version of Google+ and has now released an update to Google Search. Version 2.0.0 focuses on speed and accessibility by introducing a fresh full-screen view and fast access to…
By Adriana Lee |
Google’s latest effort to enhance its search results came via its newly launched Knowledge Graph feature. Previously, conducting a Google search with a particular set of keywords or character cluster merely yielded websites that contained those search terms. Sounds simple enough — but maybe it was…
By Todd Haselton |
Apple has reportedly been subpoenaed by the United States Federal Trade Commission in relation to its decision to use Google search on the iPhone and iPad. According to Bloomberg, the FTC is asking for any documents that are related to Apple’s agreements with Google in…
