Cuil adds real time search section for popular keywords
Cuil when launched was touted as the next Google killer in the search engine market.
The launch was much hyped but the search engine failed to impress many web users.
The company has been keeping a low profile adding new features.
But the popularity levels are low. [...]
US government launches Serve.gov
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have together launch a new online destination at Serve.gov to enable US citizens to search for community services in their locality.
It also enables the web users to start their own and invite others.
Serve.gov website states:
The President has said that the challenges America faces are unprecedented, and that [...]
Google announces All for Good for community services search
US based search engine giant Google has announced All for Good community search service.
It has been developed by Google in collaboration with some other tech companies.
It provides a single searching interface for volunteer activities across many major volunteering sites and organizations like United Way, VolunteerMatch, HandsOn Network [...]
Charles F. Bolden Jr. Could be the next NASA boss
US president Barack Obama has nominated Charles F. Bolden Jr. to serve as the next chief of NASA.
Bolden is a former astronaut who was involved in several critical missions for the US Space Agency.
He is also a former combat pilot and Marine Corps major general.
Obama spoke [...]
RIM has now sold more than 50 million Blackberry devices
Research In Motion has announced that they have now sold more than 50 million units of Blackberry smartphones since launch.
They achieved this feet almost ten years after the launch of the first device in January 1999.
The company has a huge fan base that includes the current [...]
Barack Obama gets to keep his Blackberry
US President Barack Obama has won a smallish personal battle.
He confirmed that he gets to keep his Blackberry smartphone.
He said in a statement: “I have won the fight but I don’t think it is up and running yet.”
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs spoke about how Obama got [...]
Change has come to The White House!
Barack Obama is now the President of the United States of America and the change has come to the White House.
White House now has a brand new website. It also has a twitter account which is updated with the new happenings from the President.
The White House [...]
Mi-Fone launches Barack Obama brand mobile phone in Kenya
Kenya based mobile phone company Mi-Fone has launched a new mobile phone that comes branded with the US President Elect Barack Obama’s name.
Barack Obama’s father was from Kenya.
The phone is being sold at around USD 30 in this market.
The company said that the phone [...]
YouTube offering downloads on some videos
Google owned YouTube service is the most popular video sharing destination online.
However, the service does not allow the user to download videos hosted on the service.
There are several ways to download videos from YouTube but that is now changing.
YouTube has apparently enabled the download option on some of [...]
Barack Obama to boost spending on infrastructure and broadband
USA’s President-elect Barack Obama has said in a statement that he would make massive spendings on country’s infrastructure.
He also plans to make investments on expanding broadband availability throughout the nation.
These investments would be part of his initiative to create 2.5 million new jobs.
His economy team [...]
