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StumbleUpon which acts almost like a search engine was initially founded in November 2001. It gives it users the opportunity to find and then recommend various content to other people. Dependant on what a persons taste is, the content is designed to fit around it and once users have had a chance … [Read more...]
The world has changed an awful lot in the last 13 years and one of the biggest developments over that time has been search giant Google. As Google is 13-years-old today we send Happy Birthday greetings and thought you’d like to hear about some of the key moments about the search engine that has … [Read more...]
We are all aware that Google has delved into the world of social networking with their new community called Google+. With all the concentration on that, has Google lost sight of what it’s good at and that is what it’s most famous for, being a search engine? We have just heard that Bing’s … [Read more...]
Google has rolled out a brand new search feature called what do you love? The latest tool helps the searcher set up multiple channels based on the desired term, with a large range of detailed results being yielded upon search.If for example "Facebook" was the search term, What Do Yo Love? … [Read more...]
The horror of having to crawl through a huge list of different flight times has just been simplified by Google. The internet giant has upgraded their search engine so that flights can be found quicker and more efficiently. … [Read more...]
We brought you the news that Google are set to shut down their video service, and that all users with content uploaded to the site should back it up, as all videos will be deleted. To avoid frantic salvaging of old videos, Google has listened to its users and made an easy way to transfer them to … [Read more...]
As the biggest internet site there is, you would expect Google's financial results to be impeccable. Results do not lie and things are looking very pretty for the search engine giant in the first quarter of 2011. … [Read more...]
As you can see from today's Google Doodle, the image is representing a steam locomotive train. This is because Google are celebrating what would have been the 240th birthday of its inventor Richard Trevithick. In recent weeks we have lost count on the Doodles we have brought you news on. Examples … [Read more...]
Users of Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad will be pleased to learn that search engine Google have updated their original “Google Mobile” app. Brandishing a new name of Google Search along with new appearance and features it is hoped to now give its subscribers a new speedier experience. What … [Read more...]
Microsoft’s Bing search engine has added a new aspect to it’s search results and will now show if any of your friends on Facebook has “liked” a link from your search results. This is a further extension to the search partnership that developed last year between Facebook and Bing that began … [Read more...]
Have you ever dreamed about the perfect job working for a billion dollar company? Well that dream could soon become a reality as Google has announced it is going on a recruitment drive and getting a job has become easier! … [Read more...]
In the very profitable search engine market, two giants are going head to head. Google is currently the dominant search engine in the US and the UK, whilst Microsoft’s Bing service is attempting to gain a piece of that very valuable marketshare. … [Read more...]
We normally let you know about most of the Google Doodles that appear on the beloved search engine. Recently we have reported on the history of Robert Louis Stevenson, Jane Austen’s 235th Birthday, Martin Luther King Day and also about Doodle 4 Google where students make designs for Google … [Read more...]
You must have seen some of the Google Doodles that normally replace the normal Google logo on big events such as birthdays of famed people, different festivals and times of year. The most recent one being Martin Luther King Day, before that we have seen the history of St.Andrew’s day and Scooby … [Read more...]
Facebook has given its big rival Google the metaphorical middle finger up, by overtaking them in traffic on Christmas Day for the first ever time. This huge clash used to be a non contest but the social network has risen to go head to head with the world's biggest website and search engine. … [Read more...]
Google's efforts to combat online piracy and illegal activity has been taken another step further as it has been announced that in the coming months, illegal search terms will be banned from autocomplete. … [Read more...]
We all know that there are a lot of websites out there that help people to compare products and services to help consumers make a good choice, but a new site is on the block that aims to provide completely objective information on the best of everything without any marketing bias at all. … [Read more...]
Here at OSM we do love a good infographic, a pictorial way of presenting facts and figures in a way that makes the information easier to digest. Recent posts with infographics include one that showed the evolution of e-mail and a chart on the PlayStation Move and how it has fared on the market. … [Read more...]
Google's search feature Google Instant has finally launched for iPhone and Android mobiles. The instant search tool had been available to users on PCs and laptops and now it is ready to be downloaded for mobile. … [Read more...]
In a bid to become the number one search engine on the internet, a new concept has arrived in the shape of “Blekko.com." Fighting off stiff competition against the likes of already present Google and Bing, the new search engine is hoped to give it's users something a little more unique. … [Read more...]
Yahoo, one of the biggest search engines used worldwide, has now updated the way in which people can look for information. Incorporated in the change, is a more sleek and eye-catching interface along with a list of hot search topics. … [Read more...]
Search engine giant Google are filing a civil lawsuit against advertisers it believes has intentionally breached its policy in regards to gaining prescription medication. Swarms of bogus online pharmacies have been set up and offer to illegally sell prescription medicine over the internet. … [Read more...]
We recently reported on the new way in which we can search information within “Google". The latest development named “Google Instant” will give its users the advantage of faster search results. It works by knowing what you are about to type within your search and will automatically bring up … [Read more...]
It seems that Ask.com, the internet search engine, is seeking to differentiate itself from its rivals by tapping into social networking. It’s testing a new service called, “Ask the Community,” whereby users can ask questions to other Ask.com users, thereby giving Ask.com more of a position on … [Read more...]
There are three search engine giants, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, but in a strange twist Yahoo Japan Corp. has agreed to use Google’s Internet search technology. This move is seen as a huge blow for Microsoft and could have a number of implications when it comes to the mobile-search business. … [Read more...]
