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Bing includes Twitter in results - real time search? Not Quite

Bing includes Twitter in results - real time search? Not Quite

The Bing v/s Google Battle has been raging on for quite some time now. Companies are giving Twitter a lot of attention, and it’s not rivals like Facebook , but software giant Microsoft who has also entered the Twitter arena to grab as much attention as possible. In a recent report, Microsoft has started tweeting, [...]

Gmail Introduces Drag n Drop Mail Feature

Gmail Introduces Drag n Drop Mail Feature

Today after coming to office, I opened my gmail account first and got a new window informing me about new drag and drop feature of gmail labels. Using the new features, I managed to add labels, manage them and organise my inbox easily and effectively.

Gmail is constantly adding new features to its product to maintain [...]

Michael Jackson Can Bring Down Giants - Nearly Puts the Web on a Hold

Michael Jackson Can Bring Down Giants - Nearly Puts the Web on a Hold

26th June, the day when Elvis did his last concert, the day MJ took his last breath. Even though the occassion demands it the place is not perfect for a Michael Jackson obituary, so we won’t talk much on the glory and guts of him as a path breaking artist. However, the scene is perfectly set to talk about the impact of his death to prove a measure of his genius.

Google Announces Adsense For Mobile Apps - Opens New Dimension For VAS Players to Look at

Google Announces Adsense For Mobile Apps - Opens New Dimension For VAS Players to Look at

We want to contribute to the growth of these mobile applications, which is why we’re happy to announce our beta launch of AdSense for Mobile Applications. And so saying Adsense has sort of opened gates for a mini revolution of sorts in the mobile applications field. It’s a revolution for not many reasons and it is mini for a whole lot more, nevertheless it is an important step.

Google Tests New 'Product Ad' Format, Is It A Follow-Up To Bing?

Google Tests New ‘Product Ad’ Format, Is It A Follow-Up To Bing?

WSJ reports that Google is testing new Ad format which would allow the advertisers to pay Google on the basis of the sale completion.This is similar to CPS(Cost Per Sale) but would also have a bidding system where the highest commission bidder along with other preference would bag the Ad slot.

The new Ad platform on [...]

Yahoo Launches a Do It Yourself Ad Builder

Yahoo Launches a Do It Yourself Ad Builder

Yahoo today announced the launch of a DIY ad builder. According to a news release, Yahoo announced the pilot launch of Yahoo! My Display Ads. It is a self-serve display ad solution designed to help small and medium-sized businesses advertise on Yahoo! network. The service is powered by Seattle-based AdReady.

Collecta - New Entrant In Real Time Search, Will It Be The Future Of Search?

Collecta - New Entrant In Real Time Search, Will It Be The Future Of Search?

The quest to deliver real time searches has bewildered many search competitors to shore up their resources. Collecta happens to be an early mover towards that phenomena and is said to be the first effective real time search engine.
How real is real-time search?
There is a spate of terms coined for search engines like Understanding Engine, [...]

Abducted son reunties with mom after 27 years via Facebook and Google

Abducted son reunties with mom after 27 years via Facebook and Google

A British woman by the name of Avril Gube’s son was abducted 30 years ago by the father, who then fled off to Budapest. But in a miraculous turn of events, the son and mother have been reunited – all thanks to the popular social networking website, Facebook!
3 years old Gavin was abducted by the [...]

Google Wave for Dummies: A Complete Review

Google Wave for Dummies: A Complete Review

Google promised that they will be introducing something extraordinary at the recently concluded Google’s I/O conference 2009 and oh boy, did they keep the promise! The original creator of Google Maps, Lars and Jens Rasmussen took the stage to present their latest creation called Google Waves. WATBlog now gives you an in depth look at Wave.

Google Chrome Updates: Faster than ever!

Google Chrome Updates: Faster than ever!

I have been following all Google Chrome updates till now very closely because I firmly believe that it has the power to tackle the Firefox steamroller head on. Not only has it proved to be faster than other browsers but recently Google also released the support for third party add-ons and extensions.

Google Puts Hyperlinks Into Suggest, Ads Follow Tune

Google Puts Hyperlinks Into Suggest, Ads Follow Tune

Today Techcrunch broke this piece of news, when you start typing in the search box, the suggest drop down is populated with a number of interesting things including direct links to pages, personalized results and even sponsored ads. Google suggest was a feature added to Google search last year to improve the search experience and with this new addition, it has become more intutive and useful.

Google Reader Gets Social Savvy: Shares Friends Reading Habits

Google Reader Gets Social Savvy: Shares Friends Reading Habits

Google Reader has successfully been implementing new social features recently, like commenting on shared items, meeting friends of friends etc. Today, they annnounced several new tweaks which gives the popular RSS reader an extra edge over others.

Friends Trends

If you are finding it hard to keep up with your friends shared items in Google Reader, a [...]

A Look At Google's Android Monetization Possibilities

A Look At Google’s Android Monetization Possibilities

After acquiring Android, Google has spent more than 300 man years making a beautiful mobile software platform exceptionally well designed for 3rd party developers.

With it’s declarative XML UI framework android help’s developers to rapidly develop the user interfaces for new applications - It allows developers to program with JAVA SE library, which is powerful and [...]

Who Knows Maximum About You?  Answer is Google

Who Knows Maximum About You? Answer is Google

Have you ever imagined that how long you use the google products such as gmail, youtube, orkut, map etc., in a day? Do you know Google knows more about you then yours parents or other close ones? Google has the record of what mail you have received, what kind of videos you watch, what you [...]

Google Hopes to Go Viral With Chrome - Launches 11 Videos on YouTube

Google Hopes to Go Viral With Chrome - Launches 11 Videos on YouTube

In a bid to acheive the feat of capturing the largest piece of the pie, Google is going social with its most potent viral media platform -Youtube. Google has launched a series of 11 videos made to attract users to pay attention to chrome.