A new service called Search, Plus Your World will display more content for users who log into Google, providing access to items they may have put on Google+ or from friends’ posts, said Amit Singhal, who focuses on improving information retrieval at the Mountain View, California-based company. If someone searches for a dog, for instance, [...]
Based on the most popular 2011 Google search terms, people were most interested in getting information on Apple founder Steve Jobs, the iPhone 5, the iPad 2, and Google+. On the list of fastest-growing search terms, Google’s new social networking site, Google+, came in at a strong second, while the release of Battlefield 3, a first-person [...]
Google launched a new microsite – Good to Know – with tons of useful advice on how you can keep yourself safe on the Internet. Another section – Jargon buster – has Google engineers trying to explain technical terms like cookies, search logs, interest-based advertising, etc. in simple English. One idea I particularly liked is [...]
Google said today it has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, giving the search giant valuable intellectual property and getting it directly into the handset business. Google will pay $40 a share in cash for Motorola, a 63 percent premium over the company’s closing stock price on Friday. The acquisition will “mildly” add [...]
