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Jimmy Wales, co-founder of online collaborative encyclopedia Wikipedia

Wikipedia founder abandons Google search challenge

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created Apr 02, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has abandoned the floundering Wikia Search project, launched in January 2008 in an attempt to break the world's addiction to Google's Internet search service.





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Google modified its globally popular Internet search service to understand relationships between words

Google search gets semantic

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created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Google on Tuesday modified its globally popular Internet search service to understand relationships between words, as the company bids to better grasp what Web users are looking for.


Google to add maps of local findings to search results

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created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google has confirmed that it is going to start adding a map of local findings to search results for things like "pizza," "burger" and "dentist," something that Google watchers have been buzzing about for months.


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Google glitch disrupts search engine, e-mail

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created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(AP) -- Millions of people were cut off from Google Inc.'s search engine, e-mail and other online services Thursday, sparking a flurry of frustrated venting that served as a reminder of society's growing ...


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

Google adds translation to main search engine

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

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


The websites of Bing, Microsoft and Yahoo

Bing and Google gaining at Yahoo!'s expense: comScore

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bing and Google gained ground in the Internet search market in November as they evidently lure people away from Yahoo!, according to fresh figures from industry-tracker comScore.


Micro-blogging service Twitter has unveiled a new frontpage

Twitter unveils new frontpage

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Micro-blogging service Twitter has unveiled a new frontpage featuring a prominent search box in a bid to attract new users.


Google unveils SMS service for Africa

Google unveils SMS service for Africa

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created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.


Microsoft secures Verizon mobile search deal

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created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft Corp. has bested rivals Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc. by securing an agreement to become the default provider of Internet search service to mobile phone customers of Verizon Wireless, a Verizon executive said Wednesday.


Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words

Google search getting eyes and ears

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created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 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.


Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age

Sex, videos, friends, games hot with kids online: Norton

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created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (18) | comments 8

Children are searching online for videos, social networks, games and, yes, porn as they grow up in an Internet Age, according to computer security firm Symantec.



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