The British conservative party have suggested that they will use Google or Microsoft to store and manage patient data for the National Health Service. This may come as a surprise to most web users who still think of Google as still being just a search engine. However, Google provides very secure systems for data...
“I recently published my first website” That says it all. How recently? How many pages? How many links coming in? Plenty of unique, well written content? Relevant to theme of site? It takes time. You may be in a very competitive market. There a millions of websites out there now. You need links. And...
Bing, Microsoft’s new search engine, has now been with us for a couple of weeks. There has been a lot of excitement throughout the webmaster world. Will Bing rival Google? Will it be another dud search engine? Some people are reporting that Bing’s Webmaster Tools are actually better than Google’s. Some are saying that...
Google’s social network, Orkut, has been overlooked by most Americans and Europeans, but is hugely popular in Brazil and India. The Orkut project was born as a result of Google’s 20% policy, which allows employees to spend 20% of their time developing their own ideas. One chap decided Google needed a better social network,...
Today I finally bought myself a new phone, and opted for the Google G1 phone from T-mobile. So far I am very pleased. The keyboard is actually much easier to use than I thought it would be. My thumbs could be a little thinner, but I am typing this with very few errors. So...
Rumours are strife that Google is on the verge or releasing its new cloud technology to the public – the Google GDrive. For several years now Google have been focussing new developments on software that runs off their own servers, and stores data on their own servers. They running blogging platforms, email, discussion groups,...
In the last few weeks we have seen some interesting developments coming from both the Google and Microsoft camps, which could indicate a shift for both companies in their direction, and therefore the future of the internet. Google has released its first operating system, Android. There are rumours that Google is creating a desktop...
Hot off the press – the Yahoo-Microsoft merger is on the cards again as partnerships are forming. Although there is unlikely to be a complete takeover of Yahoo by Microsoft, the wheels are in motion for Microsoft to have a controlling stake in Yahoo, and to operate its search engine. This means that the...
Google has this week published some details of its approach to increasing its Search services to a global audience. Although Google has been dominating the English and Spanish markets for some time, but it is aiming to improve the quality of search in all languages. Building a truly global search engine poses many problems,...
Google Inc.’s YouTube, the world’s biggest online video sharing website, has begun showing full-length programs such as Star Trek and Beverly Hills 90210. Google are aiming to build up a more loyal audience to help boost advertising sales. Currently Google displays its Adsense on YouTube, in addition to sponsors videos and trailers. Google hopes...
Ask.com, known as Ask Jeeves until 2006, has been in a state of decline for some time now. Google has really stomped over all the competition, and the like of Ask, MSN, Yahoo and Altavista, not to mention newbies like Cuil, are all now the minority in search. But Ask.com is planning a come...
“Set up in 2004, BlueLithium provides technology enabling websites to better match adverts with users’ interests. The purchase is the latest in a series of deals by Yahoo as it seeks to regain ground on market leader Google in the web search sector. In June, boss Terry Semel quit after concerns about the firm’s...
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