Baidu-Google Rivalry Continues

Baidu has a huge share of the Chinese search market.  Google does not.  And as if that wasn’t bad enough (from the American company’s perspective), people are once again noticing that Baidu has made fun of its Mountain View-based competitor.

Online Banking Paying Off

Financial institutions of all sizes are opening virtual branches that offer higher savings yields and lower interest rates in an effort to lure more customers.

Speedgeeking Spins Off Google Maps Mashups

“Speedgeeking” is an odd term - it apparently relates to speed dating - and yet, when a bunch of Googlers engaged in this activity, the end result was a number of interesting Google Maps mashups.

Monster Rampages With New Pricing

The job classified competition with CareerBuilder has heated up, with Monster.com readying new strategies to fight back against the news publisher/Microsoft-controlled site.

MSFT Live Search Books Adds Copyrighted Material

I’ve come to think of book search as Google’s specialty - there have been weeks in which the search engine giant made as many as two or three separate announcements about its various literature-related projects.  Yet Microsoft’s also in this game, and the Redmond-based company has just expanded its Live Search Books collection.