Facebook, Microsoft Team Up Against Google
Last Updated on Friday, 15 October 2010 09:00 Written by External Post Friday, 15 October 2010 09:00
Pickens writes “In a move that could be the biggest threat to Google’sstanding yet, Microsoft and Facebook announced that they’re teaming up for social search. When someone uses Bing’sengine to look for a new car or a book, she can see which ones her
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Bing rolls out real-time Twitter feed
Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 April 2010 08:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 14 April 2010 08:20
Bing is tapping further into Twitter to deliver the latest tweets on timely topics. Microsoft’s search engine is in the midst of adopting a new feature called Social Search, which will include tweets that are just minutes or even seconds old in regular
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Google snaps up social search provider Aardvark
Last Updated on Monday, 15 February 2010 10:45 Written by External Post Monday, 15 February 2010 10:45
Google has acquired social-search provider Aardvark, hot on the heels of its . Google declined to share financial terms of the deal, but TechCrunch reported on Thursday that Google paid $50m (£30m) for the start-up. ‘We have signed a definitive
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Google buys anteater with social disease
Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2010 09:15 Written by External Post Friday, 12 February 2010 09:15
Google has purchased an Aardvark. As first reported by TechCrunch (http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11/google-acquires-aardvark-for-50-million/), the Mountain View Chocolate Factory just acquired a ‘social search’ service named for an anteater. According to
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Google Agrees to Buy ‘Social Search’ Service
Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2010 05:30 Written by External Post Friday, 12 February 2010 05:30
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Google acquires social search engine Aardvark
Last Updated on Thursday, 11 February 2010 11:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 11 February 2010 11:00
Aardvark, a social-search company, is joining Google. (Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET) Google has acquired social-search provider Aardvark, right on the heels of the company’s Google Buzz announcement. Google declined to share financial terms of
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Video: Google releases Social Search beta
Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2010 12:15 Written by External Post Friday, 29 January 2010 12:15
Google has begun rolling out a beta version of Social Search, which enables users to make Google searches more personal by including content from friends and online contacts.Social Search was announced as a Google Labs experimental project last October
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Google graduates social stalking tool
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:15 Written by External Post Thursday, 28 January 2010 11:15
Search sniffs out friends and family stuff Google’s social network stalking aid has graduated from the company’s experimental Labs site to prime-time on Google.com. In the next few days, with its Social Search tool, Google will let English-language users
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Google Social Search out of Labs, into beta
Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 28 January 2010 02:00
Friends with Google Profiles linked to social-networking accounts like Flickr could start showing up in Google search results. (Credit: Google) Google’s Social Search product is ready for wider testing. , Social Search allows Google searchers to link
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