Facebook’s New Twitter-Like Elements Highlight Real-Time Search Need

As previously reported, Facebook is set to launch changes to its news feeds that will give it more Twitter-like functionality. The changes are set to launch next week, and will update feeds in real-time. In addition to that, the status box is becoming a publisher box. Rather than only allowing users to update their status, it will now allow you to post content - links,…

Google Offers Money Saving Tips With Tip Jar

With the economy in a recession and people looking for more ways to save money, Google is offering help with a new money saving site called Tip Jar. Google says the site is an experiment that it hopes will offer users the most effective ways to save money. Tip Jar is powered by Google Moderator, which itself began as an experiment for the Google App…

Facebook Altering Pages and Feeds

Facebook announced today that it will be launching some changes next week. These changes are related to your home page and to pages for public figures and organizations. Pages for said figures and organizations will no operate like the profiles of the common folk. This should inspire greater communications between them and fans.

Import/Export Gmail Filters with New Labs Feature

Google has created a new feature in Gmail Labs that allows Gmail users to import and export filters. It lets you download a file containing some or all of your filters or upload one to create a set of filters. Software Engineer Luke Blanshard shares the following uses for the feature at the Gmail Blog:

Schmidt Shuts Door On Dividends, (Most) Acquisitions

Investors hoping for a little extra money - and small startups hoping for a lot - are going to need to find someone or something other than Google to provide it.  The search giant's CEO said yesterday that he intends to let his company's checkbook collect a little dust.