New addition to Google's shopping list is like.com, which was launched in November 2006 by startup Riya. This acquisition is being seen as the competitive response to Bing, which has been labelled as the “decision engine for shoppersâ€.
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Yahoo! had started the transfer of the back – end technology of its search to the Microsoft Platform, in the US and Canada, last week.
“Keep an eye out for the “Powered by Bing†indicator at the bottom of our search results page, which will indicate that you are viewing listings from Microsoft.†, said the official Yahoo! Blog.
Google has announced, that it has acquired ITA, a Boston based software company for $700 million. ITA specializes in the collection and organization of the airline data, details of the flight timings including the price of the availability of the flights for the specified destinations.
Google has done some very interesting changes in the homepage of Google news. According to Google, they have replaced the old look of the google news homepage with a transformed version of an easier and understandable form, that is just easy to use and will help the users to guide through the relevant news, excluding the stale types and highlighting the amusing ones. This new homepage will have user friendly features, with which you can share the news with your friends and within your social circle. As of now, this unique feature is only available and can be accessed by the US users.
Larry Cornett, one of the recognizable faces at Yahoo, has announced to depart himself from Yahoo and said that it's time to move on to some other opportunities. Larry Cornett, Vice President of search consumer products at Yahoo, has always lead the company in their search advancements over the period of last 4 years. Some people are making rumors that, if Larry is leaving with his own wish or has been asked to leave right away, because Yahoo is cutting off positions in their organization, so this could be a reason for him to leave. He has started his own consulting business firm named as Brilliant Forge, where he will offer advisory services to other startups and more-established companies
With the launch of 'Health OneBox' in 2008, Google has been developing well structured integration of Health-related content so that they appear at top of the search results. For'diabetes' the search result looks like this on Health OneBox.
Yahoo! has passed over its search duties to Bing. The result has been greater focus on mobile search, and has it not been good so far!
Yahoo! Sketch-a-Search & Yahoo! Search app for iPhone are two cool new applications launched by the search-turned-into-search experience major. If one glosses over the superlatives and claims of them being very new, the new applications for iPhone and iPod touch are pretty useful.
Bing has launched its all new In-depth stock pages to do research about investments in US stocks and funds.
This new feature provides the user with all the information about the stock market and finance. Considering the recent downturn of the world economies, this new research information providing system is a great help. It might not predict trends or but goes a long way in getting all the data together in one place for those who are wary of compiling data.
Yahoo! is planning to launch its enhanced Sponsored Search with two add on features next week. Network distribution and AdWords Import features are aimed at providing the Yahoo! advertisers with more control and transparency.
Google Mobile has launched an all new localized search suggestions feature for the iPhone and Android phone system users. Based on the user’s current or last location, it makes searches on mobile devices easier and more relevant.
For example, if the phone user begins the Google search by typing a word like 'muse' while he is in New York then, this new feature will automatically provide the user with search suggestions like 'museums in New York' or 'museums of fine art in New York'.
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