Google adds translation to main search engine

Technology / Internet

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (4) | 0

Google has began weaving an automated language translation feature into its universal search service.

Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

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Nov 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy.

Google digs deeper into Internet search results

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Sep 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Google on Friday said it has enhanced its popular Internet search engine to dig deeper into pages to uncover the exact tidbits of information people seek.

Web searches for religious topics on the rise

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Dec 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 3

Religion is not just for churches, synagogues or mosques anymore -- it's a topic that is being actively searched for online, according to researchers at Penn State.

Google widens lead over Bing and Yahoo!: Hitwise

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Oct 07, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Experian Hitwise reported that Bing and Yahoo! online search engines lost ground in the United States in September while Google inched ahead slightly.

Google image search gets a 'swirl'

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Nov 17, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (3) | 1

Google Labs on Tuesday brought more focus to finding pictures online, adding a "Swirl" tool that automatically groups similar images into categories presented on results pages.

Google tracking flu outbreaks in 16 more countries

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Oct 08, 2009 | 2 / 5 (2) | 0

Google on Thursday expanded a flu-tracking tool to include 16 more countries, analyzing local patterns in search queries to determine the spread of the influenza.

Google voice search learns Chinese

Technology / Internet

Nov 02, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

Google's voice search tool now understands Chinese. The Internet giant announced on Monday that users of Nokia S60 series mobile phones could now search the Internet using voice commands in Mandarin Chinese.

Google co-founder Brin prefers Yahoo! without Bing

Technology / Internet

Oct 23, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 1

Google co-founder Sergey Brin has expressed amazement at resistance to the Internet giant's efforts to digitize the world's books and lamented a deal to have Microsoft handle online search at Yahoo!

Google search getting eyes and ears

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Dec 08, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages.

Twitter becomes mutual friend of Google, Microsoft

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Oct 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Refusing to be upstaged, Google's Internet search index will include public updates from Twitter's communications stream.

WOWD, the real-time search engine

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Oct 26, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (9) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The beta version of WOWD, the Internet's newest search engine, was launched last week at the 2009 Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco. It aims to differentiate itself from other search engines ...

Yahoo jumps on Twitter bandwagon to improve search

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Nov 19, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. is jumping on the Twitter bandwagon in its latest attempt to get people to use its Internet search engine more frequently.

Twitter links to LinkedIn

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Nov 10, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Twitter on Tuesday linked to LinkedIn, letting people share updates and tweets between the hot microblogging service and the career-oriented online social networking website.

Google search results to include 'real-time' data

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Dec 07, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(AP) -- Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's ...