Mountain View, California — Google News is already a convenient resource for keeping abreast on latest news events from around the globe, but on the Google News Blog, they just announced the launch of a pretty cool feature called the “Custom Sections Directory,” that empowers anyone and everyone to develop their own personalized Google News […]

San Francisco — If you have executed Google Friend Connect on your blogs or websites, now you would either feel happy or get bothered by the new features that Google rolled out. Google on Wednesday unveiled some new features for Google Friend Connect, aimed at allowing website owners make their GFC experience more personalized and […]

Redmond, Washington — Barely three months since Yahoo revamped its home page, Microsoft aiming to keep pace with the trend, the Redmond Vole, begins doing the same on Wednesday with its MSN portal. Microsoft is previewing its newly redesigned MSN portal beginning tomorrow, that delivers a modern look and new social networking tools. Although MSN […]

Sunnyvale, California — Yahoo Inc, attempting to outwit its rivals in providing up-to-the-minute Internet search results, the Sunnyvale, Calif., company said it is experimenting with a new search feature that delivers results beyond standard search results based on relevant information being shared by Internet users in real-time, the latest move among the biggest search brands […]

Sunnyvale, California — Yahoo continues to push ahead with mobile search distribution deals, despite its search agreement with Microsoft. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company today said that it has signed an exclusive multi-year mobile search deal with German mobile operator O2 Germany; displacing Google to continuing the battle among search providers for placement on mobile phones. […]

Redmond, Washington — With Microsoft’s ad deal with Yahoo getting prolonged, The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant just added yet another layer of weapons in its battle against Google and others for search advertising. Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced that it has signed a deal with OpenX Technologies Inc., a Pasadena-based Web advertising start-up have partnered […]

Mountain View, California — Many products from the house of search engine leader Google Inc., are initially available in English, and then spreads out into languages like French, Italian, German, Spanish and then into any other language. But Google Search by voice has grown up pretty rapidly, as it broke with tradition and taken a […]

Los Angeles — Curtain will fall down on yet another Microsoft product. Microsoft has placed a notice on its MSN Direct Web site informing users that the company will shut down its MSN Direct, Microsoft’s data disseminating network, is to be switched off in 2012, leaving literally dozens of users bereft of updates and another […]

Redmond, Washington — According to a fresh report from the technology blog AllThingsD, which indicates that Microsoft’s MSN is in preliminary discussions with MySpace about using the social-networking site’s music service, “MySpace Music,” to help beef up its own music offerings on the giant portal. While sources at both companies appeared cautious as the talks […]

Sydney, Australia — If you skipped your opportunity to be immortalized by Google the last time around, be sure to smarten yourself up when you are on the streets this summer. Search engine giant Google’s Street View is gearing up to hitting the road again to capture new, higher-quality images in major Australian cities that […]