You Can Almost Get Real-Time Results with Google

Whether you think to use them or not, you probably remember that Google launched its "search options" a while back. Within these options is an option to search by timeframe. Does Google need real-time search? Tell us what you think. You can choose results from any time, recent results, the past 24 hours, the past week, the past year, or a specific date range.

Consumers Want Nothing to Do with Mobile Ads?

Just on the heels of survey results from Compete indicating that many smartphone owners are open to targeted ads, Chitika has shared some findings of a study that suggests mobile users are "extremely ad-wary."

Yahoo Will No Longer Support Old Versions of Messenger

A while back, Yahoo announced it would be retiring old versions of Yahoo Messenger - versions 6.0 through 7.5. They have now set a date for it at the end of the month - September, 30. Yahoo Messenger users who are using anything older than 8.0 will no longer be able to sign in and use the service. Obviously, that means it's time to upgrade,…

Survey Finds Many Smartphone Owners Open to Targeted Ads

Compete has shared some data from its Smartphone Intelligence survey. The findings indicate that smartphone owners prefer personal and social apps, and that they're open to targeted ads. According to Compete, entertainment, games, music, social networking, and weather are the most popular app categories across all platforms. Findings include: