Speculation, speculation and more speculation is all that there has been concerning Google’s Facebook competitor product. Since mid last year people have been making guesses about the social networking product that would compete against Facebook. There is still not much that is known about it but at this point we can safely say that Google [...]
Rovio is at it again this time with an addition to the Angry Birds Seasons that looks, feels and spreads love in tune with the Valentine season. The Seasons 1.2.0 was rolled out on the 7th and with it comes 15 new levels of the Angry Birds in a love atmosphere. If you had not [...]
Some two students at the Indiana University recently uncovered a weak point on the Facebook platform that allowed attackers to gain access to users’ data. According to the two students, Rui Wang and Zhou Li, there is a flaw on Facebook’s platform that allows a malicious site to pose as other websites and gain access [...]
For months on end Google has been leading having the biggest percentage of the searches conducted among search engines. December 2010 was no different. According to a report by Experian Hitwise, Google scooped 69.97 percent of the searches conducted in the US. The nearest competitor, Bing, came in at a distance having managed 25.77 percent. [...]
Bing has now made several changes meant to improve its users’ experience as well as its mobile capabilities. Although competitors such as Google have also made quite a number of changes on their search engines, Bing has gone an extra mile by upgrading its social aspect. Recently Bing started indexing the profiles of Facebook users [...]
In one of the several announcements that Bing made yesterday the focus was on its relationship with Facebook. The past few months have seen Bing integrate Facebook data more deeply in its search results and rankings. For instance, for some months now Bing has has been displaying the “liked” content from Facebook during a search. [...]
Bing has had to fight to be recognized in the search engines arena in view of its search competitors especially Google which commands quite a chunk of the market share. The latest report released by comScore indicate that November was a good month for Bing. Last month saw the search engine which has recorded a [...]
Bing Maps has mapped out around 24 US malls. 19 of these malls are in Washington, the state that is home to Bing. The maps are part of a new feature known as ‘mall maps’ which involves the placing of mall directories online. Although not obvious the online maps allow users to click on individual [...]
Not everyone is happy with the dominance of Google in the search world. The internet giant has a search share of around 66 percent taking the bigger part of the search industry. In this same line Rupert Murdoch is openly bent on blocking the search giant’s domination that he tried to stop his staff from [...]
Microsoft has hired OpenStreetMap founder Steve Coast. Coast will be the Principal Architect for Bing Mobile and will also act as a liaison to the open map community. The Bing post that announced the hiring says that there are over 320,000 people participating or have participated in the OSM project. To support this new effort [...]
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