Unfriend: New Oxford American Dictionary Word of the Year
New Oxford American Dictionary has announced that they have selected Unfriend as their word of the year.
Unfriend essentially means remove someone from your Friend’s list on a social network.
This word was made popular by Facebook which is the most popular social networking service on [...]
YouTube partners with Univision
Google owned video sharing service YouTube has now partnered with Univision.
YouTube would now host content provided by Univision.
The deal includes shows from Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision.
The two companies would now share the revenues generated from these shows hosted on YouTube service.
Univision is currently the leading Spanish-language program company [...]
Microsoft Bing market share in USA: 10%
Microsoft has almost gained a 10% market share in the USA with their Bing search engine.
Google had around 65.5% market share while Yahoo had 18% in the month of October as per the reports published by comScore.
Microsoft Bing has done well but it seems to be taking [...]
YouTube Direct enables news companies to get access to amateur videos
YouTube has announced the launch of a new service named YouTube Direct.
This service is designed for news companies to get faster access to amateur videos posted by regular users.
News companies can get faster access to these videos and also get the ability to [...]
Google Translate becomes more powerful with new features
Google has further enhanced their Google Translate service with new features.
Some of the new features are:
Instant Translation: Google can now translate text as you type. So, there is no need to click the translate button to get the output.
Read and write in any language: [...]
Google Social Search has disappeared suddenly!
Update: Google has confirmed that the service is down and they are going to bring it back in a day or two. No reasons for the downtime have been given.
If you had joined the Google Social Search experiment you might now see that the option is gone from [...]
Microsoft Bing in UK is out of beta
Microsoft has now taken out their Bing search engine Europe out of beta.
They are now going to highlight localized content on the Bing UK search engine. This includes the imagery shown on the homepage of Bing.
There are some other features that are being introduced:
The daily [...]
Shakira to debut her new music video through Ustream
Social networks have gone mainstream and celebrities are now using them to connect with their fans.
Shakira is all set to launch her new music video and it would go live on her Facebook page through Ustream.
Chamillionaire was probably the first artist to take this route [...]
Google celebrates water on the moon with a doodle
Google has been updating their homepage logo to celebrate events. And the latest one highlights one of the most important scientific findings.
NASA has just confirmed that they discovered large amount of water on the moon.
And Google has a new doodle on their homepage celebrating this [...]
Yahoo launches Spanish language Mobile Homepage
Yahoo aims to expand its coverage on Spanish language speaking regions.
The company has just launched their mobile homepage in Spanish language.
Yahoo said: “We’re reaching the highly influential and increasingly mobile Hispanic market with an engaging and customizable mobile Internet experience, regardless of the language users prefer.”
This specially designed [...]
