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Yahoo has finally officially released its 'Yahoo Mobile' application for mobile devices right here in Blighty.
It's been a long time coming, the new versions of Yahoo were announced at Mobile World Congress, but finally you can now use the not-so-popular browser has arrived, featuring 'HTML-enabled mobile browsers' as well as a "made-to-measure iPhone application."
In a world where everyone and their dog seems to use Google, does a new mobile version of Yahoo have a place in the market?Yahoo has finally officially released its 'Yahoo Mobile' application for... more
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LeapFish offers one of the world’s fastest search platforms delivering instantaneous search results from the variety of the Web as you type.
Every letter you type reloads the search results to match the keywords. And don’t worry about load times- it does this at lightning speeds. So instead of typing in full words, you can get the result you’re looking for in half the time. Video, news, blog and image results line the page neatly and cleanly, making sure that you don’t need to go searching multiple pages or queries to find information.LeapFish offers one of the world’s fastest search platforms delivering... more
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Primal Fusion is a Waterloo-based startup that is about to come out of stealth mode, with a technology focused in semantic data retrieval.
You can find transcription of the main issues of this video presentation down here below:
I have a love/hate relationship with Internet: I love all the content out there, but I hate how time consuming it has become to pull all the information together, and get stuff done.
Today we’re going to introduce a better way: a new approach we call “thought networking“.
Let’s imagine that I’m a journalist, and my editor has just hit me with a deadline. I need to find an interesting subject on social networking, and my article is due tomorrow. Primal Fusion can help me with this. (continue...)Primal Fusion is a Waterloo-based startup that is about to come out of stealth mode,... more
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As if the first version wasn't fast enough to start with, Google's Beta of their Chrome 2 browser is reportedly 'twice as fast' as its predecessor.
Google are claiming that the latest build of Chrome will be 25% faster on the V8 benchmark and 35% quicker on Sunspider, as well as nearly 50% quicker than the original beta version.
And if that's not enough, it will be able to auto-fill forms for you, zoom entire webpages and a drag feature on tabs to show 'side-by-side views of pages.'
Sounds ace, here's hoping it'll available on a Mac...As if the first version wasn't fast enough to start with, Google's Beta of... more
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The latest project by Stephen Wolfram is defined as the first “computational knowledge engine”, something capable of answering factual question for you.
The Wolfram engine is described as “a proprietary system based on fields of knowledge, containing terabytes of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms to represent real-world knowledge as we know it”.
The engine is scheduled to sort out of his private demo in May and most details have yet to be released to the public; nonetheless, Nova Spivack, CEO at Radar Networks (which developed Twine) saw the demo and had a chance to talk with Wolfram himself (something quite rare, given the almost legendary elusive nature of the author)…
(continue...)The latest project by Stephen Wolfram is defined as the first “computational... more
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An all-star team of designers and engineers drawn from Google, Yahoo, Apple, Motorola, Netscape, RealTravel, SRI, NASA, and Xerox PARCAn all-star team of designers and engineers drawn from Google, Yahoo, Apple, Motorola,... more
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Google is the go-to provider of many things online-search, email, maps, and more. But have you ever stopped to consider all of the information you’re sharing with Google? Read on, and find out all of the dirt that Google has on you.Google is the go-to provider of many things online-search, email, maps, and more. But... more
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Now that's one hell of a claim, but the British physicist that's behind the launch of new internet search engine, isn't alone in thinking it, 'experts' have apparently agreed with his claims.
Prof. Stephen Wolfram, the founder of software company Wolfram Research, spoke to the media saying that phase one of his new 'computational knowledge engine' was almost complete.
This new search engine won't work in the same way that Google and Yahoo do; by searching through billions of pages and then pointing you in to a selection. It'll 'only answer questions that have been literally asked before. It can look things up, but can’t figure anything new out.'
But...Wolfram claims that it will be able to understand what you are looking for and then calculate a single precise answer. He went on to explain that 'There will be one simple input field that gives access to a huge system, with trillions of pieces of curated data and millions of lines of algorithms.'
Sounds interesting, but is it really going to be a Google killer?Now that's one hell of a claim, but the British physicist that's behind the... more
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We all have a cause we care about - whether it's finding a cure for cancer, saving the environment, finding homes for abandoned pets or so many other worthwhile endeavors. But what we don't all have is the time or money to support these efforts as much as we'd like. So, what if we could raise money for our favorite charities and schools by doing something we do every day — searching the Internet?
There are a ton of charities to choose from so why not check it out?We all have a cause we care about - whether it's finding a cure for cancer,... more
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Yahoo Inc Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen is leaving amid a broad reorganization initiated by new CEO Carol Bartz to dismantle the "silos" that slowed down the Internet company.
Bartz, who took the reins six weeks ago, announced the changes in a blog post on Thursday, as well as in an e-mail to Yahoo employees.
"Today I'm rolling out a new management structure that I believe will make Yahoo a lot faster on its feet," Bartz wrote on the corporate blog. "We'll be able to make speedier decisions, the notorious silos are gone, and we have a renewed focus on the customer."
Yahoo's technology and product groups will be combined into one entity led by Chief Technology Officer Ari Balogh, according to Bartz's email to employees.
The company, which lags far behind Internet search leader Google Inc, has initiated a search for a new CFO, and Jorgensen will remain through a transition period, Yahoo said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.
Jorgensen is the latest executive to depart in recent weeks. Neeraj Khemlani, head of Yahoo's news and information group, and Jill Nash, chief communications officer, have also left the company.
(Full article at link)Yahoo Inc Chief Financial Officer Blake Jorgensen is leaving amid a broad... more
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The following list contains some individual tools, but on the whole, this list is filled with links to sites and pages that offer more links to even more resources.The following list contains some individual tools, but on the whole, this list is... more
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As a avid user of Google video I was very disappointed today to find out that the mega info giant will be canceling its video services in a couple of months. The reason Google is a million times better than Youtube is Google allows you to upload videos over 10 minutes! As a matter of fact I've uploaded 2 hour videos with now problem... now all that is going away.
Googles PR team is trying to spin it saying that they want to focus more on their original plans, internet searching. I think its total BS, Google has probably been pressured by other media companies to stop their services because a large number of people would upload movies, etc.
There is also the other possibility that Google just got their digital asses kicked by Youtube!
Such a shame Google is hanging up the video venture, their service was much better than the competition and I actually would have paid $10 a month to use it.
What do you think, why the hell is Google backing down now?
If you want to read the official candy coated statement from Google here it is.
http://video.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=138275&hl=en
Peace,
Mind ControlAs a avid user of Google video I was very disappointed today to find out that the mega... more
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Juice is a plug-in for Firefox browsers, which lets you grab text, image or video, providing you with context-relevant information, aiming to evolve the semantic web by connecting keywords with the most relevant, rich content from third-party web services.
You just have to highlight and drag a keyword or phrase (just anywhere else on the screen, even immediately next to the text - it’s the movement that matters) and a query is triggered.
(continue...)Juice is a plug-in for Firefox browsers, which lets you grab text, image or video,... more
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The Invisible or Deep Web is represented by all kind of content not being indexed by broad search engines, even if it’s actually online. In this sense is a complement of the Surface Web.
Just think of the Internet as an ocean to fish in for information. You can either drag your Net on the surface (and still catch a vast amount of information) or dive deeper for the most rare, most useful items for your niche of interest.
Estimates of the New York Times set the Surface Web over 8 billion pages; search engines are said to crawl only 16-20% of the Internet. (continue....)The Invisible or Deep Web is represented by all kind of content not being indexed by... more
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On Newsflashr.com you can track all the latest news among a variety of newsaggregators, all from a single site: a useful tool for web searches of any kind.
The site is updated almost in real-time from a variety of services: Wordpress blogs, RSS feeds, Google News, Microsoft Live, social bookmarking or microblogging tools like Digg or Twitter, other search engines and so on.
(continue...)On Newsflashr.com you can track all the latest news among a variety of... more
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IF you are driving and you happen to hit someone and have the criminal sense to flee the scene, do not go home and google search for news reports of what you've just done, or how to fix that massive dent in your car. You will be sent to jail.IF you are driving and you happen to hit someone and have the criminal sense to flee... more
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The Sunday Times has made a clarification on their website after they claimed that two searches on Google generate as much CO2 emissions as boiling a kettle (14g is what they claimed), not so...
Google has argued that it generates 0.2g of CO2 emissions (0.4g for two searches), which the paper has clarified. The senior source of The Sunday Times stands by with the story.The Sunday Times has made a clarification on their website after they claimed that two... more
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Did you know Google has a patent search engine? Check it out, along with six other little-known Google search engines, at the link.Did you know Google has a patent search engine? Check it out, along with six other... more
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Experts say that typical search engines like Yahoo! and Google only pick up about 1% of the information available on the Internet. So, how can you find all the rest of this information? This list offers 100 tips and tools to help you get the most out of your Internet searches.
Internet, Web, Internet Tools, Search Engines, Online InformationExperts say that typical search engines like Yahoo! and Google only pick up about 1%... more
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