Thom Craver
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2011

Industry

Google Launches “News for You” – Personalized News Based on Recommendations

For the past few months, Google has been testing new news layouts in the wild. Today, they announced those tests…

22 Apr 2011

Industry

Bing Rewards Integrated Directly Into Bing Search

Bing has announced expanded options for earning credits from its Bing Rewards Program. Bing Rewards is now integrated directly into…

22 Apr 2011

Industry

Google Loses Linux Patent Suit To The Tune of $5 Million

A Texas jury recently ruled that Google infringed on an information storage and retrieval patent. The court verdict documents, filed…

21 Apr 2011

Local

Google Map Maker: User Generated Tagging of Live Google Maps

Google has opened up Google MapMaker to all Google Account users to edit any spot in the United States. With…

20 Apr 2011

Industry

Panoramic Images Are Easy With Bing Point-and-Shoot Photo Stitching App

Today Bing Maps announced their new iOS app called Photosynth, which enables you to snap full-circle, 360 degree panoramic images…

18 Apr 2011

Video

Google Video Playback Ends This Month

Over the weekend, Google sent an email to Google Video users announcing that videos will not be available to view…

18 Apr 2011

Industry

Bing Business Portal Helps Business Control Their Listings On Bing

Business owners, stake your claim! Bing has released the Bing Business Portal into the wild. Bing Business Portal is a…

13 Apr 2011

Industry

Google News Layout Testing A More Social Layout

A new look for Google News is appearing in the wild. The new layout still uses three columns for categories,…

08 Apr 2011

Industry

Google and Bing: A Look at Social Strategy

Both Google and Bing have been making changes as of recent, each in their own way. Most noticeably, Google has…

08 Apr 2011

Industry

Bing for iPad – Touch and Decide

With the tag line “Touch and Decide,” Bing has released an incredible new search app for iPad. Available for free…

07 Apr 2011