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Google Top Trends maps our internet obsessions since 2004

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Justin Bieber, the Corvette C7, and dogs: Google is distilling its trend results into top ten charts, with a colorful new real-time display of what people are searching for most. The popular queries are subdivided into forty categories - spanning sport, music stars, movies, and more - and will be updated month, Google said. Read The Full Story

Google Conversational Search turned on in Chrome update

, May 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

Google’s new “conversational search” feature for Chrome has quietly been enabled, with the new feature appearing in the latest version of Google’s browser. Announced at I/O, the new Voice Search feature builds on the existing ability for Chrome to accept spoken search terms, now listing out your query on screen as you say it, and then able to show the results in Google Now-style cards as well as reading out the answer.

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Google Voice search hits Chrome with Hotwording: “Ok, Google”

, May 15th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google's Conversational Voice Search system has been living on both iOS and Android for either weeks or months - this week it's coming to the Chrome web browser for all devices complete with a command familiar to Google Glass users: "Ok, Google." This system will allow users to speak with natural language - conversational, that is - on any desktop computer with a microphone. Read The Full Story

Google’s Eric Schmidt: “Don’t be evil” slogan was “the stupidest rule ever”

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Former Google CEO and current executive chairman Eric Schmidt made an appearance on NPR's weekly comedy trivia show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! to discuss general ramblings about the company and to promote his new book. While on the show, Schmidt admitted to some interesting things about Google, including the fact that he could read our email if he wanted to. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Bing integrates Facebook Likes and comments

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

Microsoft is continuously adding new features to its Bing search engine, and this time around the company has added integration for Facebook that allows users of the social networking site to comment and Like stuff directly in Bing search results. Microsoft has been researching ways to distinguish itself from Google, and it seems social is the way to go for them. Read The Full Story

Microsoft renews Yahoo search revenue guarantee for another year

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

One of the tricks that Microsoft used to get Yahoo to agree to use Bing search results for the Yahoo search engine was a revenue guarantee. That revenue guarantee expired on March 31. However, Reuters reports that Microsoft has now agreed to extend that revenue guarantee. Read The Full Story

Google injects App Activities into search to push Google+ Sign-In

, Apr 30th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has rolled more Google+ functionality into search results, injecting app activity so as to give examples of user preferences alongside searches for sites and apps. The new feature will be rolled out to desktop search users "over the next few weeks", Google says, and initially with a limited number of music and movie apps including Slacker Radio and Deezer. Read The Full Story

Wavii Google acquisition official in natural language bid

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

This week the folks at natural language technology startup Wavii have confirmed the rumor that they'd been acquired by Google. This deal will have Google growing their efforts to allow users speak to their software and hardware in an more natural way, relying less on pre-set command lines and suggestions. This exchange has the entire Wavii team joining Google in what appears to be a completely well-recieved transaction. Read The Full Story

Google offers rival links in search to escape Euro antitrust penalties

, Apr 25th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google is offering to promote content from search engine rivals such as Bing and Yahoo in an attempt to placate the European Commission, hoping to escape expensive censure with more openness in what results users see. The deal, which would last for five years according to Google, comes amid an investigation into accusations of web search dominance in Europe; in addition to featuring competitors’ results near to its own services, Google has suggested it could better label its own links to services.

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Google’s mobile search boosted with quick view and links

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

When using the desktop version of Google, your search results will display quick links under the main website in the results, making it eaiser to jump to the page you want. That feature has finally made its way to the mobile version of Web search, speeding things up and saving you time. Also added are Quick View links for certain search results, allowing you to check out the link before you click it. Read The Full Story

Microsoft’s Bing shows five times more malware than Google

, Apr 12th 2013 Discuss [0]

Between Google and Microsoft's Bing search engine, Google has always reigned supreme as the most popular choice, and it's a good thing too, since a recent study found that Bing returned around five times more malware in search results than Google, meaning that Bing highlighted websites that contained malicious code of some kind. Read The Full Story

Sweden removes “Ungoogleable” due to Google’s demands

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Swedish Language Council and Google have been going back and forth with each other since December 2012 over the word "ogooglebar". The word means "ungoogleable" in Swedish, and Google had some concerns over the trademark issues surrounding the word. Google asked the Swedish Language Council to alter the definition of the word in order for it to represent Google's trademark. Read The Full Story
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