New York — Google has recently released SketchUp 7, the latest free version of its 3D modeling software for download, and SketchUp Pro 7, the new versions of the company’s 3D modeling software, released early this week, is bundled with simple templates that help you gauge size through feet or meters, but it also includes […]

San Francisco — Scoffed for messing up the Microsoft acquisition offer and an abortive search deal with Google, Yahoo! Inc.’s co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Jerry Yang, under fierce financial pressure, is stepping down as CEO after 16 tumultuous months at the helm of the struggling online giant as soon as the board finds a […]

New York — No wonder that Flash based ad campaigns could be most powerful form of advertising, though it has long posed loads of problems for advertisers to measure how users are interacting with those ad widgets to see how effective those ads really are. In an attempt to overcome one of the most nettlesome challenges […]

Washington — In a move that could herald of major changes in the software marketplace, in an attempt to curb down on its duplication, Microsoft last week opened an online store in the U.S, making it the fourth country that offers downloads directly from Microsoft. Even though many of Microsoft’s products are liberally available to […]

New York — Market analysis firm Hitwise reported that Internet search giant Google Inc., even with the recession in economic scenario around the globe, it still continues to increase its U.S. search shares of the U.S. Internet search market rose to 71.7% in October from 71.16% in September and 64.49% a year ago, widening its […]

San Francisco — Google is finally advancing over its arch rivals Microsoft and Yahoo for once. The search engine goliath is reportedly rolling out its complimentary voice-recognition technology for search on Apple Inc.’s iPhone, that allows users to conduct searches with their voice rather than typing. Google has worked persistently in designing an operating system […]

San Francisco — The Redmond, Wash., software giant Microsoft, reinforced its battle for Internet popularity on Thursday by beefing up its Windows Live suite of online applications with the addition of new communications and social networking tools, with plans to build bridges to Twitter, Flickr and other popular websites. Microsoft intends to place Windows Live […]

New York — Google Inc. on Thursday said it has introduced a new feature called “On-Demand Indexing” to its Google Site Search service giving a speedy boost to help businesses that uses its service to place the freshest search engine results in front of visitors and customers. New feature provides control to Web publishers over […]

Seattle — Microsoft was grossly mocked at when it launched Live Search Cashback program back in May, a program that offers incentives to Web surfers who click and buy products from participating Microsoft vendor partners through the Live Search site, the company said Thursday. “Surely, Money has the power to perform wonders!” On Thursday, Microsoft […]

New York — Yahoo is at it again, having bundled with problems running its business and keeping good people, the company continues to take on risky proposition: Yahoo! is quietly updating its homepage, which went into testing a couple months ago. The redesign effort also overlaps with the new user interface, YUI 3. CEO Jerry […]