Guess Who Owns Duck.com
Over the weekend I saw a few tweets referring to Duck.com, a domain name that I had never really thought about. Clearly it’s quite valuable, since four letter domain names…
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Ask.com Users are the Wordiest Web Searchers
When it comes to searching for things on the web, everyone goes about it in a different way. For example, I still know people who search for “YouTube” on Google…
If you Google Yourself, You May Get Nagged
I’ll admit it, I Google myself from time to time. There’s no excuse for it really, it’s pure vanity. I’m sure that I’m not alone in this practice, and apparently…
'Ask on Google+' Links Now Appear On Google Results
Just three days ago, the Google+ team announced a new social feature that let you start a conversation based on any search you did on the service. In my post…
Google+ Socializes Search Results
When you’re searching for something on Google+, you can comment on an existing post or share an item that you’ve found. To date, those are the only ways to interact…
Wolfram|Alpha Adds NFL Statistics to Make You a Guru
Natural-language search engine Wolfram|Alpha, which helps power Apple’s Siri, is notorious for allowing you to ask it questions about all types of geeky mathematical topics. With the NFL playoffs going…
Foursquare Turns Your Check-ins into Explore for the Web
If you’re a heavy foursquare user like I am, you know that your check-in data from over the years is pretty interesting to look at. While it’s extremely interesting, you…
Twitter Shares Example Google Search That Concerns Them
Yesterday we covered Twitter’s statement about Google’s new social search product. The company said it was concerned about how the results would be bad for users of Google search, and…
Google Social Search Release Failed On Execution
Parts of the Internet are enraged about Google’s newest search feature, “Search plus your world“, which I’d like to say is a god-awful name for a product. Regardless of this…
Twitter Concerned About Google's New Social Search
As we reported this morning, Google has thrust its social product into its most popular offering, search. Google+, which was once a social network for sharing things with your circles…
Nokia Lumia Out Of Stock At O2
When the Lumia 800 went missing from the O2 website, some assumed that the cellular provider had pulled the handset. As it turns out, according to company, the phone is…
Apple's Siri Shops for Electronics at Best Buy
A few days ago, Wolfram|Alpha announced that it had released a cool new feature that lets you shop for electronics using Best Buy’s API. In typical geeky fashion, the company…
Google Users Want to Find Their Local News
Every year, Google does its Zeitgeist, which compiles all of the trending topics based on what people searched for on its site. Some interesting trends showed up this year, but…
Kim Kardashian Reigns Ask.com's Trending List for 2011
As we wind down on 2011, one of the fun things that we get to do is look back at all of the social technology trends. Search engines are a…
Google+ for Android Gets Search
The Android team is rolling out a new version of Google+ for the platform, and it includes a few features to keep it in line with its iOS counterpart. Search…
