Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali is an avid follower of the search engine and Internet marketing industry for the past 10 years. When he is not working or playing with tech gadgets, you will find him swimming, biking or running.


eBay buys local shopping search engine Milo

eBay Inc. bought the local shopping search engine Milo.com in an effort to connect local businesses and eBay sellers to reach more buyers. Milo tracks products on shelf of every store in real-time to bridge between online and in-store commerce. The search engine currently delivers search results for some 3 million locally available products in [...]

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Bing lets you share your shopping list on Facebook

Microsoft updated its Bing shopping search with the ability to create shopping lists and share them with your family and friends on Facebook. With Bing Shopping, users can search, price compare, and now the option to “Add to List”. When you add an item to your shopping list, the list module will appear on the [...]

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Google to tackle the eBook market with Google Editions

Google is close to shake up the digital book industry with its new Google e-book venture, Google Editions, set to launch in the U.S. at the end of the year, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. Google Editions plans to offer an open “read anywhere” model. Unlike many of the current e-book [...]

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Google gets into fashion shopping with Boutiques.com

Google today announced a new fashion shopping site, Boutiques.com. The site was created by a team from Like.com, the visual search company Google bought last summer. The search engine was a collaboration between fashion experts and computer scientist. The site lets you find and discover fashion goods, by creating your own curated boutique or through [...]

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Google sues the U.S. Interior Department

Google says the U.S Department of the Interior is favoring Microsoft products in setting criteria for bids to provide a new email system. The suit, filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, argues the Department of the Interior request was written to exclude Google’s online services, Google Apps, by stating the system had to only include [...]

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Google enhances Gmail on the iPhone

Published on 28 October 2010 by in Headline News

Google enhances Gmail on the iPhone

Google released few enhancements to Gmail on mobile Safari. If you go to Gmail.com on the iPhone, the first thing you will notice is faster scrolling which now reflects the speed of your swipe gesture. This was an issue in the past which made me refrain from using Gmail directly rather than the iPhone email [...]

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AOL and Private-Equity Firms Explore Buying Yahoo

AOL Inc. and several private-equity firms are exploring making an offer to buy Yahoo Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported late yesterday. According to the report, one of the scenarios under discussion is a complex deal in which China’s Alibaba Group would buy back Yahoo’s roughly 40% stake in Alibaba, the people said.  Other scenarios [...]

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Google News is testing a new Twitter integration into their search results according to Search Engine Land. According the post, some people are seeing a friend box that lets you connect to your twitter account. When you enter your twitter user name, Google News will refresh with a list of updates containing news articles shared [...]

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Facebook now let you keep your data with you

If you were ever worried about all the photos you uploaded to Facebook via your mobile phone while you were vacationing in your favorite exotic place, or you just want to port over your friend list, then worry no more. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a feature that allows users to port their data from Facebook [...]

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Google Street View Now Covers All Seven Continents Including Antartica

Google has expanded Street View coverage to all of Earth’s seven continents including Antartica, Google announced in a blog post today. “we’re happy to announce that you can now explore Street View imagery on all seven continents,” Brian McClendon said in a blog post. ”with the addition today of Brazil, Ireland and Antarctica. You can now [...]

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Google Creates Android Phones Gallery

If you are looking for a new mobile phone and ready to jump on the Android bandwagon, then you might want to take a look at the new Google Phone Gallery. The new site is designed to help users find all the different Android powered devices and help make the selection process a little easier. [...]

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AOL Buys TechCrunch and 5min Media

Published on 28 September 2010 by in Headline News

AOL Buys TechCrunch and 5min Media

AOL Inc. today said it would buy technology blog TechCrunch Inc. one of the most influential technology blogs as the company tries to expand its coverage in technology. Also, earlier today, AOL announced its acquisition of the Web video-syndication company 5min Media. The struggling Internet company lately has been trying to increase its news coverage and original content. The [...]

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Apple’s iAd Quickly Taking Over The U.S. Mobile Ad Market

Apple’s new iAd mobile advertising network has been taking shares from the Internet search giant Google and Microsoft, according to recent report by IDC. According to the report, Apple will end the year with 21 percent of the market, while Google’s share will drop to 21 percent from 27 percent. Microsoft will drop to 7 [...]

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