Facebook takes on Google and Yelp with 'Graph Search'
Queena Kim Jan 16, 2013
Facebook is getting into the search business. On Tuesday, the social media giant had a press event where it demonstrated its new product, Graph Search. While the feature is still in its infancy, Facebook's announcement has a lot of companies has watching their backs.
What Google wants with travel guide Frommer's
Kai Ryssdal Aug 13, 2012
Mergers and acquisitions news today as Google adds guidebook company Frommer's to its travel and entertainment quiver. What does the search company want to do with the old-school guidebook?
Report: Google's search results protected under First Amendment
Jeremy Hobson May 11, 2012
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh discusses his report, which was commissioned by Google, on the search giant's rights to pick and choose the search results it wants to display.
Search what's now
John Moe Oct 20, 2011
The link shortening tool, bit.ly, just announced a new search service with something called "reputation monitoring". It's not really a search...
Google encrypts searches
John Moe Oct 19, 2011
The company announced that, starting immediately, it will encrypt the searches that users conduct but only if the search originates from the main...
Yahoo app search
John Moe Jun 16, 2011
Maybe this is a good niche for Yahoo to fit into since they can't really compete with Google or even Bing on search anymore. Yahoo has launched a...
PROTECT IP: Sharper claws, better name
Jeff Horwich May 13, 2011
Everyone in DC knows that if you want to give your bill a good shot at passing, you need two things:...
