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Google runs Super Bowl Ad

February 7, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Google runs Super Bowl Ad

If you watched the Super Bowl, or just like most of us watched the Super Bowl for the commercials, then you’ve probably seen this Google ad. This is the first ever Super Bowl ad by search engine giant.
The ad is one of Google’s short stories series about its search product. The video called “Parisian Love” have [...]

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There May Be More to Google China Issue than We Thought

February 5, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

There May Be More to Google China Issue than We Thought

A recent Reuters article reports that thorny legal issues have created high stakes in the recent announcement by Google that it may pull out of China.

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Google and NSA to Probe December’s Cyber Attack

February 5, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

Google and NSA to Probe December’s Cyber Attack

Don’t think for a second that Google is going to forget about those corporate espionage attacks that it may have incurred from within China. The search engine giant has teamed up with the US National Security Agency to further investigate the crime.

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Google improves its Arabic Search engine, but does it work?

February 4, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Google improves its Arabic Search engine, but does it work?

A recent post by Moustafa Hammad and Mohamed Elhawary, two engineers at Google search quality group, captured my attention. The post discusses recent improvements to Google Arabic search engine.
The improvements involve searches where users repeat the same letter or forget to add spaces between words.
“Our algorithm employs rules of Arabic spelling and grammar along with [...]

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Monster picks up HotJobs from Yahoo for $225 million

February 4, 2010 by Tariq Ali

Monster picks up HotJobs from Yahoo for $225 million

Yahoo has been trying to unload its jobs search portal for a while now and it finally came to a deal with Monster for $225 million in cash. As part of the deal, Monster will operate the Yahoo job search site for three years in the U.S. and Canada and Yahoo will receive annual payments [...]

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Bing’s Top Execs Say the Search Engine Will Become Profitable

February 4, 2010 by Kaila Krayewski

Bing’s Top Execs Say the Search Engine Will Become Profitable

Senior vice president of Microsoft’s online audience business, Yusuf Mehdi, says that Bing will be a credible number two search engine, once the Yahoo-Bing deal is closed.

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