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What’s Google’s economic impact? Google economist says $119B+
Updated There’s no doubt that Google and Web search have had a huge impact on the economy, but how can you quantify that? Google’s chief economist Hal Varian took a stab at it on-stage today at the Web...
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How to turn off Google’s social search features
Do you hate change? Loathe disruption of your normal routines? Are you mad as a wet hen over the new Google+ results showing up when you try to do a simple Google search? Then this post is for you....
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Bing beats Yahoo in search market, Microsofties heard chanting “We’re number...
We jest, we jest. Microsofties don’t chant. But we’re sure the company is mighty proud of today’s numbers released by comScore that show Bing’s market share has, for the first time ever, surpassed...
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Google may face new FTC probe inquiries due to social search features
Google may be facing some antitrust inquiries from the Federal Trade Commission over its use of Google+ social results in its web search. The company has been involved in an ongoing antitrust probe...
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Google takes a bite out of spam with new web search tool
Disavow links. It sounds like something you’d say in a Dungeons and Dragons game: “I cast disavow links, rolling my d20 to do a Search check.” In reality, however, it’s a way for search engines and...
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Bing powers web search within Facebook — Microsoft’s $240M investment pays off
Facebook announced its ambitious new Graph Search this morning, but even more intriguing to me was a slightly minor side-announcement: The company is also relying on Microsoft’s Bing for web searches...
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Hands On: Facebook’s Graph Search is handy, for now
Facebook released its Graph Search today, but sadly, this is only available in beta, and the public won’t have access to it for some time. We got some 1-on-1 time with the search to show you just what...
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Google’s big brain now includes your calendar, tracking numbers, & more
Today, Google is rolling out some new features that may surprise and delight you. Or totally creep you out. We’ll see. Basically, the company’s web search will be able to access your Gmail, Google...
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Got a tricky question? Google Helpouts can connect you with an expert online
Does milk actually make your scrambled eggs fluffier? Why hasn’t your romantic interest texted you back? Can democracy bring an end to the crisis in Egypt? Some of life’s most elusive and/or nuanced...
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It’s official: Alphabet has replaced Google
Google has officially changed its name to “Alphabet,” according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alphabet will act as a holding company, comprising all of Google’s various...
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YouTube’s next challenge: parsing video content for search results
For Google, recognizing objects in photos is no longer a challenge. (See Google Photos for proof.) The next challenge is video. There’s more data to deal with, and videos are simply harder to summarize...
View ArticleHow Google searches 30 trillion web pages, 100 billion times a month
How do you run 100 billion web searches a month? Google gave an inside peek into how web search works today, revealing some fascinating numbers in the process. Search starts, of course, with crawling...
View ArticleGoogle launches funny ‘Get Your Google Back’ video for Windows 8 users
Have you just upgraded to Windows 8 and can’t find that elusive “G spot”? Google’s got some help for you at getyourgoogleback.com. Windows 8 upgraders may find that Microsoft has gone to some lengths...
View ArticleWeb search + app search, together at last: Ask.com integrates Quixey app...
Ask.com and app discovery engine Quixey have signed a deal that will see explicit app search capabilities embedded within a major search engine for the first time. No, it’s no Google, and not even a...
View ArticleFacebook’s new Graph Search and Google: This means war
Facebook’s new Graph Search is the first service that has the potential to eat Google’s lunch. If it actually does, it’ll happen slowly, gradually, almost without us noticing. But make no mistake,...
View ArticleLarry Page on Google’s Knowledge Graph: ‘We’re still at 1% of where we want...
Google’s Knowledge Graph has a long, long way to go. At least according to Google CEO Larry Page. “We’re still in the early stages,” Page said on Google’s fourth-quarter 2012 earnings call. “We’re...
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AI expert predicts half of web searches will soon be speech and images
SAN FRANCISCO — Here in the U.S., we like our Google search box. We type into it almost without thinking, and we revise our searches again and again. It feels natural. But in the future, we might...
View ArticleGoogle changes its web search again, and you can sign up to see it first
Google’s search engine chief Amit Singhal dreams of a day when, like Captain Kirk, you can just ask your computer a question and get a complex, detailed answer. One step in that direction: Google is...
View ArticleCan Leap2 really take on Google in search? ‘Probably not,’ but it’s still...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Few U.S. startups are trying to reinvent search, and there’s a good reason for that. Google owns 67 percent of the market in the U.S. as smaller players like Bing and Yahoo fight...
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Bing taps AI to improve image search results
Thanks to artificial intelligence, machine learning, and related techniques, the quality of Bing image searches is improving measurably.Read More
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The difference between web and mobile search
Web and mobile user search queries may have some similarities, but their respective search capabilities and user behaviors vary drastically. Read More
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How Bing vs. Bard became Google’s Super Bowl-level AI loss | The AI Beat
Google lost big in the Bing vs. Bard matchup last week. But whoever wins long-term, AI chatbot reliability will need to be addressed.Read More
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Consensus raises $3M, partners with OpenAI to revolutionize scientific web...
Consensus uses a customized version of GPT-4 and a pool of over 200 million research papers to deliver authoritative answers to scientific questions.Read More
View ArticleGoogle revenue climbs 26 percent
Google included a bombshell in its earnings report today (namely that co-founder Larry Page will replace current chief executive Eric Schmidt), but in addition to the big news the company also shared...
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Browser alternatives Brave, Arc, add new AI integrations
Both are attempting to create a better, faster, simpler, and more private web browsing experience than market leader ChromeRead More
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