Latest Google AdWords API Available to All

This week Google released the latest version of the AdWords API (v2009) to all advertisers after releasing it to a limited group back in June. The new version offers users some new features, and Google says it comes with greater speed at a lower cost.

Google Now Identifying Businesses in Street View

Google has now made it easier to view businesses in Street View on Google Maps. When a user conducts a local search, the bubble that pops up on business results will show a Street View link. Users can click on that link and see the business marked with a 3D marker in Street View, just like the one you'd find on the map. When you…

Real-Time Search Engine Attracts $7 Million Funding

OneRiot, one of the real-time search engines whose name we keep hearing again and again has secured $7 million in Series C funding from Appian Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, and Spark Capital, the company’s existing venture capital firms. "This commitment from our existing investors is a big vote of confidence in the realtime search market, OneRiot’s product offering, and our team’s ability to execute," said…

Executives See Value And Danger In Social Media

Social media has become a common communication tool in the U.S., driven by the fact that Americans' time on social networking sites has increased by 73 percent in the past year, according to a new survey from Minneapolis-based Russell Herder and Ethos Business Law. When it comes to using social media in a corporate setting, fifty-one percent of executives surveyed said they fear social media…