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Google Images Define Words in New Dictionary

Look out Merriam-Webster, there's a new competitor in town: Google. A new image-based dictionary bearing Google's name is a bit different and operates on the idea that a…

By John Rampton · 01 Jun 2012

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Google Searches Surge After Knowledge Graph Launch

If one of Google’s goals in launching the Knowledge Graph was to increase the number of searches being conducted, then it seems…

By Danny Goodwin · 30 May 2012

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Yahoo Axis Launches With Visual Search, Instant Previews

Yahoo Axis displays search results for the iPhone, iPad or desktop browsers, without users having to leave their current web page, and…

By Gareth Morgan · 25 May 2012

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Google Didn’t Infringe on Oracle Patents, Jury Finds

The ruling brings an end to second phase in the ongoing battle over Android's use of Java code. Oracle had previously won…

By Shaun Nichols · 25 May 2012

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Baidu: We Do Semantic Search Better Than Google

Google unveiled its Knowledge Graph recently, which it called the “first step in the next generation of search.” Chinese search giant Baidu…

By Adaline Lau · 25 May 2012

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Google Copyright URL Removal Requests Top 1.2 Million

Google reports it receives over 250,000 requests to take down URLs accused of copyright infringement each week. In the past month, Google…

By James Dohnert · 25 May 2012

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Google Search Results Alert Users of DNSChanger Trojan Infection

Google is embarking on an awareness-raising program that will see it notify, via its own search results pages, roughly half a million…

By Gareth Morgan · 25 May 2012

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Bing Visual Search Vanishes Down Memory Hole

Have you seen Bing Visual Search lately? Probably not. The feature – introduced as the search equivalent of walking into a store…

By John Rampton · 24 May 2012

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Larry Page Looks Beyond Today at Zeitgeist 2012, Talks Search, Priorities & Big Bets

Google CEO Larry Page took the stage at Zeitgeist 2012 to talk Beyond Today, though in fact he spent the majority of…

By Miranda Miller · 24 May 2012

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Bob Moog Rocks Google Homepage With Synthesizer Logo You Can Play

Google’s logo has transformed into an analog synthesizer, developed in HTML5 so you can actually play it online, record your own tracks,…

By Miranda Miller · 23 May 2012

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Google Told to Fix 4 Areas in Search, Advertising to End Antitrust Inquiry

European antitrust chiefs are offering Google a chance to end the 18-month investigation into alleged monopoly abuses by the company. U.S. senators…

By Gareth Morgan · 22 May 2012

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Doodle 4 Google 2012 Winner Travels to Pirate Times

It’s the coloring contest that blows all others out of the water. Second-grader Dylan Hoffman of Wisconsin scored a $30,000 college scholarship,…

By Miranda Miller · 22 May 2012

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Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Seeks $15 Billion

Hours before its IPO, Facebook was hit with a $15 billion lawsuit, alleging that the social network knowingly infringed on user privacy…

By Shaun Nichols · 21 May 2012

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Google Chrome Becomes World’s Most Popular Web Browser

Google Chrome overtook Microsoft's Internet Explorer to become the world's most popular web browser for a full week for the first time…

By Alastair Stevenson · 21 May 2012

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Yahoo to Sell Half of Alibaba Stake for $7.1 Billion

Yahoo holds a 40 percent stake in Alibaba, but will be able to reduce this by half. The deal also includes provision…

By Gareth Morgan · 21 May 2012

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Google Launches Knowledge Graph, ‘First Step in Next Generation Search’

Three new Google Search features are part of their “next generation search” project, Knowledge Graph. Info boxes, segmented results based on query…

By Miranda Miller · 17 May 2012

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Google NSA Relationship Secrecy Continues Despite Courts Efforts

Google and the National Security Agency's possibly secret relationship will remain secret. The Federal Appeals Court has upheld the NSA's decision not…

By John Rampton · 17 May 2012

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Embattled Yahoo CEO Leaves With $7 Million After 5 Months

Yahoo has their fifth CEO in as many years, as Scott Thompson stepped down in the scandal over his padded resume. Investor…

By Miranda Miller · 15 May 2012

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A Facebook Search Engine to Rival Google? Users Dislike That Idea [Survey]

A new survey finds 48 percent of respondents dislike the idea of Facebook launching its own search engine to directly compete with…

By Danny Goodwin · 15 May 2012

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Yahoo Search Market Share Losing Streak Extends to 8 Months

Yahoo’s share of the U.S. search engine market continued to further dwindle in April, continuing a downward slide that began eight months…

By Danny Goodwin · 14 May 2012

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Google Search Results Test Adds More Instant Answers

Some Google users in a test group are seeing a big change to their search results. Search queries for movies, TV shows,…

By John Rampton · 14 May 2012

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Google Webmaster Tools Gets a Facelift

Google Webmaster Tools has a new look that augments the new functionality Webmaster Tools received last month. The changes include a new…

By Thom Craver · 14 May 2012

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Mother’s Day 2012 Google Doodle Celebrates Moms With Animated Logo

Google pays tribute to moms this Mother’s Day, with a new animated logo that brings letters of the logo to life as…

By Miranda Miller · 13 May 2012

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Google Might Have to Pay Oracle $150,000 in Copyright Damages

The judge who is hearing the case said that the most Oracle may end with as a result of that infringement was…

By Gareth Morgan · 12 May 2012

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Scamworld? How The Verge Wrongly Smeared All Internet Marketers

An open letter to Joe Flatley and management at technology publication The Verge, who painted all internet marketers as snake oil salesmen…

By Miranda Miller · 11 May 2012

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