Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon take on Google Book Search project
Microsoft, Yahoo! and Amazon are joining the Open Book Alliance.
This alliance is taking on Google on their book search project which aims to index all the available books in the world.
Google makes the content searchable on their service. Web users also get the ability [...]
Apple iPhone set to become the most popular camera on Flickr
Flickr has a section on their website named Camera Finder.
This section shows the most popular camera models which are used for the photos that are uploaded on the service.
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi has been dominating the charts since a long time. [...]
comScore: Google has loyal users
Market research firm comScore has said in its latest report that most Google users are loyal to the brand and are unlikely to leave for a rival service easily.
comScore search evangelist Eli Goodman had this to say in the report: “The recently announced search partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo! certainly [...]
Yahoo acquires OMG.com for just USD 80,000
TechCrunch is reporting that the US based internet media giant Yahoo has just acquired a cool domain name.
Yahoo has acquired OMG.com for just around USD 80,000. This is a pretty good buy for the company considering the domain name sounds pretty hip and has just three letters.
Yahoo [...]
Comcast launches dead web page redirection service on their network
Comcast has announced that they have now implemented their Domain Helper program on their entire network.
This program forwards any request to a non working web page to a customized Yahoo search result page which of course also contains advertisement.
The company said that the [...]
Yahoo to invest more in display ads, content generation and mobile services
Yahoo recently announced their landmark deal with Microsoft which would result in Microsoft Bing search engine technology powering Yahoo Search.
Yahoo said that they had to take the decision because they simply did not have the resources to enhance their search services when compared to [...]
Yahoo sees potential in real-time search
Yahoo has just entered into a long term search deal with Microsoft which would see Bing power their own search engine in the coming days.
The company however is now looking at real time search functionalities which is becoming more and more popular.
Yahoo representative Prabhakar Raghavan said that they are [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo together take on Google!
Microsoft and Yahoo have finally signed on a deal to collaborate on web search and online advertising.
The two companies would now work together in both these markets to compete more effectively against Google.
This is a scary new development for the market leader Google as they are now facing the [...]
Microsoft and Yahoo: Closing in on a deal?
AllThingsDigital has reported that Microsoft and Yahoo are in talks and are closing in on a deal that could change the search engine market scenario completely.
Microsoft and Yahoo have been literally playing games with each other ever since Microsoft announced an acquisition offer for them last year.
Yahoo rejected [...]
Yahoo starts offering their new homepage to interested users
If you visit Yahoo.com, you are likely to see their offer for you to checkout their new updated homepage.
The new Yahoo homepage features less clutter. It is also much more customizable.
You can add your own favourite sites on the interface for quick access…
You also get the [...]
