Moving Beyond Google
Explore alternative search engines beyond Google. Discover the benefits of Bing, Yahoo!, and DuckDuckGo for varied user needs.
Dell Attributes $6.5 Million In Sales To Twitter
Dell seems to have achieved a very good understanding of Twitter and social media in general. This morning, a representative shared some statistics regarding the hardware manufacturer’s achievements, and by most standards, they’re extremely impressive.
Offline Use Now Part of Everybody’s Gmail
Gmail’s offline feature has graduated from Gmail Labs, and is now a full-blown feature of Google’s email service. The feature emerged as a lab experiment nearly a year ago, but it has now been deemed ready for primetime.
Google the World from Your Phone By Taking Pictures
Google has introduced a very cool new feature for android devices, called Google Goggles. The feature is just a "labs" experiment at this point, but it can already do some very interesting things, and has the potential to do much more. The official description is as follows:
New Google Maps for Android Gets Experimental
Google released Google Maps 3.3 for Android today, which lets users find nearby businesses, try new experimental "Labs" projects, and report problems with map data from their phone.
Users can check to see what businesses are nearby at anytime, by simply long-pressing on the map, tapping the bubble, and going to the option that says "What’s Nearby?". Users will get a menu that shows a business, and it can be clicked on to see more nearby places. The feature can also be accessed from the "My Location" menu or from address search results.
How Marketers Can Find Success Via Search
Dive into the world of search engine marketing. Learn how SEO and PPC can boost visibility and ensure success for marketers.
Optimizing for Mixed Media Search Results
As Google’s search engine competitors often bring up, searchers want more than just "ten blue links" these days. Of course it has been quite a while now since search results from any of the big three were only ten blue links for most searches. We are well into the era of blended search.
Vevo Reaches Content Agreement With EMI
Online music video service Vevo, has reached a content agreement with EMI Music on the eve before its Tuesday launch.
EMI joins Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment in what is being called the "Hulu for music videos." So far Vevo has not reached a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group.
Amazon Working on Accessibility Features for Kindle
Amazon is making some enhancements to its Kindle electronic reader, aimed at improving the reading experience for people who are blind, visually impaired, or dyslexic.
"Kindle is for anyone who loves to read—in fact, we’ve heard from thousands of vision-impaired customers and customers with learning disabilities over the past two years who have been helped tremendously by Kindle," said Amazon Kindle Vice President Ian Freed, Vice President.
Online Holiday Spending Hits $15.3 Billion
Online holiday spending has reached $15.3 billion, a 4 percent increase over the previous year, according to the latest report from comScore.
The most recent week saw three individual days surpass $800 million in spending, led by Cyber Monday with $887 million in spending, matching the heaviest online spending day on record. The following Tuesday nearly matched the Cyber Monday total with $886 million in spending, while Thursday, December 3 reached $808 million in spending.