The search giant has taken the wraps of its latest mobile search innovation… “Internet giant Google is re-launching its mobile search engine in the company’s latest attempt to break into the lucrative mobile phone market…” Google on Wednesday launched its revamped mobile-search service in the UK, streamlining the interface and introducing an experience it believes […]

The Google Empire is hoping to break into the newspaper advertising business – Google Print – using barcode technology… Google’s efforts to get into the newspaper ad business have yet to yield much. One tool it hopes will eventually change that: Small, square barcodes, at the bottom of print ads. When a person scans the […]

“In another big win for Microsoft’s ad network ambitions, the company will provide all contextual and paid search advertising on sites published by the Wall Street Journal Digital Network…” New York — Microsoft Corp. continues its bid to topple Google and Yahoo by announcing on Tuesday it will become the new provider of contextual and […]

The venerable British network will make “The Mighty Boosh, Robin Hood and Top Gear” content available on the social networking site… MySpace has entered into a partnership with BBC Worldwide, which will allow MySpaceTV viewers to view, embed and virtually share short video clips from popular programs distributed on the social networking site owned by […]

The search engine’s “Labs Group” tests three possible alternatives to the conventional format, designed to better organize search results… “If you are tired of the way Google presents search results or think they could be shown in a more useful way, you can sign up for an experiment that should make a difference…”

The deal marks the first time eBay and PayPal have acquired a security technology company… “PayPal’s acquisition of the software firm Fraud Sciences for US$169 million, could help boost confidence in the online payment industry and in the parent company’s online auctions…” San Francisco — PayPal, eBay’s online payments division, will pay $169 million for […]

“Just when you thought there was no room for any more “Hot or Not” web sites, along comes one which lets you vote on how good a web site looks…” “David Sifry, who founded Technorati as a family blog in 2002, can probably claim a share of that jackpot.” Technorati founder David Sifry has just […]

Domain name tasting left a bitter flavor in Google’s mouth, and it vows to take serious action against offenders… “Domain tasting – also known as domain kiting – an underhanded exploitation of a loophole in domain name registration rules that allows unscrupulous SEO ad jockeys to grab a domain name and make money off of […]

“Microsoft founder Bill Gates, on his first visit to the Gulf, signed an agreement with a Dubai-based charity on Sunday to launch a knowledge portal in the Arab world…” Dubai — Microsoft Corporation and “The Dubai Cares” charity campaign yesterday joined forces in a landmark initiative to enable children in developing countries to enter the […]

The deal will give Google a major platform with the 51 million Japanese cell phone users who are DoCoMo subscribers… Tokyo — Search engine giant Google Inc. and Japan’s largest mobile operator “NTT DoCoMo Inc.,” formed an alliance to cooperate in Japan’s highly innovative mobile internet market, giving it access to 48 million new mobile […]