Searching online is better than reading books for increasing the brainpower of middle-aged and older adults, new research indicates.A University of California Los Angles team of scientists found searching on the Internet stimulates parts of the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.The findings come from a study of 24 volunteers aged 55 to 76 who were asked to either search online or read while their brains were scanned using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Yahoo Improves Content Match Technology
Search Yahoo News for the term [advertising recession], and you’ll see about 1,200 results. But things could be worse, as another arm of the company is seeking to address the problem with some upgrades to its Content Match advertising product.
Google News Improves Timeliness, Context
News that’s not timely barely matters; news that’s not presented in context is irresponsible. Now, by changing the way it tracks updates and local coverage, Google News hopes to address both these issues.
Google Improves Apps On iPhone
It’s no secret that Google and Apple are friends on both corporate and personal levels. Prepare not to be shocked, then, that Google just released an improved interface for iPhone users.
Live Search Team Improves Product Searches
Back in October, LiveSearch introduced a feature called “New and improved product results in Web search“, thorugh this users could have more product information and informed decisions. Now, the official Live Search blog has a post called, “Summarizing user reviews for computers and electronics” which finds, analyzes and summarizes reviews from across the Web in […]
PeopleJam Improves Through Content Deals
If you want to lead a better life, PeopleJam is a social network that’s gung-ho about helping you achieve that goal. And Stream4 Media and Nightingale-Conant are presumably interested, as well, since they’ve just signed content deals with PeopleJam.
Google Improves Content Removal
Last week Yahoo announced they had improved the options for removing pages from their index.
SEO Improves Customer Service
A group blog I write for on occassion is hosting a carnival of customer service and invited the group to contribute.This is a business blog directed towards small and medium sized businesses on issues ranging from legal considerations to SEO. The invite made me think about how SEO can affect a customer’s experience with a site and it’s brand.
Updated Jabber Product Improves Messaging
Jabber, Inc. has launched an updated version of its Jabber Extensible Communications Platform (Jabber XCP) in the form of a 5.1 release. Features have been added and compatibility has been improved from the last generation of the software.
FileMaker Improves PDF Integration With Excel
FileMaker has worked to improve integration of PDF files with Microsoft Excel, and has done so with the shipment of its a new version of its database, FileMaker Pro 8.