When I started using the Internet in the 1970s, it didn’t look anything like it does today, and our search tools were primitive. But when all you have is stone knives and bearskins, you make do. Before I began writing for a living, I put myself through graduate school by doing research on the very [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Search'
Searching the Internet B.G. (Before Google)
May 7th, 2012 · Comments Off
Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Network · Network Services · Search · Web Services
Google search: This time it’s personal
January 11th, 2012 · Comments Off
Well, we saw this coming. Google is integrating its social networking site, Google+ and its photo-sharing site Picasa with Google search. What this means is that in “Search, plus Your World” when you do a Google search your results will be personalized for you. Specifically when you do a search you’ll see: 1. Personal Results, [...]
Tags: Business · Google · Internet · Network · Search · Social Networking · Web Services
Microsoft updates Bing app for Android and iOS, not Windows Phone 7
November 3rd, 2011 · Comments Off
If I hadn’t read it on Microsoft’s own Bing blog, I wouldn’t have believed it. The Microsoft Bing team has just released the new Bing for Mobile app for iPhone and Android… but not for Windows Phone 7 devices. Wow. Just wow. More >
Tags: Business · Development · Embedded · Infrastructure · Management · Microsoft · Network · Search · SmartPhone · Tablet
Are your search engine queries being hijacked?
August 9th, 2011 · Comments Off
Who doesn’t trust their search engine? When we need to find something, we all turn to Google, Bing, or Yahoo. We shouldn’t be so trusting through. On Bing, cyber-crooks are now placing ads to ensnare people who want to switch to the Chrome Web-browser. Now, we find that some U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISP)s are [...]
Tags: Business · Internet · Network · Search · Security · Web browser · Web Services
Lies, damned lies and search engines
February 10th, 2011 · Comments Off
Bad Microsoft! Bad! No biscuit for you! If Microsoft were a dog, I’d be scolding it for its latest foolishness. It turns out that rather than searching the Internet on its own, it’s been riding the coattails of Google. This isn’t just a theory. Google set up a clever trap, and Microsoft’s search engineers fell [...]
