Posts filed under 'The Future of the Internet'

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 24, 2009
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A couple of weeks ago, I watched the awesome, albeit long, Google Wave demo graciously provided by, well, Google. Now that's an hour and twenty minutes well-spent! I really encourage you to saddle up, lay back, and watch the Google Wave demo.The folks...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 24, 2009
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On Wednesday, Doug Caverly reported with WebProNews.com that Microsoft's spankin' new search engine, Bing, is, according to Caverly, "starting to look somewhat like the Energizer Bunny."At first, it seemed as if Bing was soaring sky high. Then,...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 17, 2009
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Many of us were present when Microsoft's search (er, "decision") engine, Bing came bounding into the World Wide Web two Thursdays ago. In an environment where Google is the household name in search, and a verb often interchangeable with "research," I...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 16, 2009
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On Tuesday, Mashable.com founder Pete Cashmore reported that the "once... undisputed leader in social networking" is having a hard time staying afloat. What's to be done? Toss whatever, or whomever you can, overboard.Yes folks, I'm talking about...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on June 5, 2009
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Early this week, Twitter was a buzz with talk about Bing, Microsoft's latest web venture. The new search service made quite a splash on the social scene, trending quickly on Twitter and popping up on industry news aggregators left and right.On Friday,...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on April 22, 2009
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On Monday, Google introduced two new features into Google Labs. I wrote about Google News Timeline earlier today and now I'll discuss another nifty doodad, Similar Images.If I'm ever in the middle of a heated argument and need an image from the web to...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on April 22, 2009
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On Tuesday, Stephan Shankland reported with CNet.com that Yahoo's 5% layoff "is going to be different this time."Quite the cryptic opening statement... but straight after, Shankland dove into the statements made by new Yahoo! CEO, Carol Bartz, and the...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on April 6, 2009
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Two weeks ago, Ori Allon, Technical Lead, Search Quality Team, and Ken Wilder, Snippets Team Engineer posted in the official Google blog that the lead search engine has implemented two new improvements for its SERPs.The first improvement features an...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on February 25, 2009
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Twitter me this, Twitter me that... this free-to-join, fun-to-use, completely addictive and equally versitile microblogging service has swept social networkers by storm, and I'm happy to report that (at least in my opinion), Twitter is not a passing...(more)

By Lauren Litwinka, Posted in The Future of the Internet on February 13, 2009
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Okay, here's a new one... on Tuesday, Chris Crum reported on the disconcerting possibility that search company Yahoo! is Looking to Offer SEO Services. "A Search Engine Offering Search Engine Optimization?" Crum asked. A recently submitted patent...(more)