OKF5 - quick refresh

Google “Insights for search” gets better

sandy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:56:04 +0000

Quick Take: Google has added new features in its insights for search, which throws in data in multiple languages, forecasting trends for certain keywords and new animated maps.

Google Blog

Facebook, Huffington Post comes together to make “NEWS” social

sandy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:36:47 +0000

Quick Take: The Huffington Post has launched a new social news feature which can be combined with Facebook, through “facebook connect”. As per the blog on Facebook, Arianna Huffington claims “The future of the news will be social”.

Facebook blog; Huff Post link

Bing gains from Google: ComScore July’09 US search rankings

sandy — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:17:52 +0000

Quick Take: Google lost 0.3% market share in July’09 ComScore US search ranking over its June numbers, moving from 65% to 64.7%. Meanwhile Bing(Microsoft sites) gained 0.5% finishing 8.9% in July. As per press release “Americans conducted 13.6 billion searches in July, down slightly for the third consecutive month as the summer months tend to see lighter overall search volume with people spending more time outdoors and on vacation. Google Sites accounted for 8.9 billion searches, followed by Yahoo! Sites (2.6 billion), Microsoft Sites (1.2 billion), Ask Network (536 million) and AOL LLC (424 million).”

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Alpha is launched

sandy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:24:38 +0000

Quick Take: Mozilla Firefox 3.6 is available for download, the new alpha one version boasts of faster javascript, added new supports(mostly CSS) and much faster overall speed

Mozilla Hacks Blog: Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 – web developer changes

Publicis to acquire Razorfish for $530 million

sandy — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:12:27 +0000

Quick Take: As anticipated, Publicis groupe will acquire Razorfish from Microsoft, at a cost indicated to be $530 million. Razorfish will continue to function with its brand name.

Yahoo, Microsoft finally Ink deal

sandy — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:53:21 +0000

Yahoo, Microsoft finally Ink deal

Pirate bay turns give and take, Kazaa will be back

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:39:09 +0000

Quick Take: It is reported that kazaa will be back in a legal format, with a monthly subscription fee soon. Also The Pirate Bay, with new owners will come as a give and take format, which rewards and pays users for sharing their material.

BBC: Pirate sites return in legal form

Moon lands on Google Earth

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:38:38 +0000

Quick Take: Now moon images will be available on Google Earth, the new feature will entail “ lunar imagery as well as informational content about the Apollo landing sites, panoramic images shot by the Apollo astronauts”

Google Blog: Explore the moon in Google Earth

Amazon remove Orwell books from Kindle

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:38:05 +0000

Quick Take: After much hype, finally Orwell books have been removed from Kindle devices, where customers had bought Orwell books, and the customers have been refunded. The reason given by Amazon is that, the company providing Orwell rights, didnt have them in the first place.

NYT: Amazon Erases Orwell Books From Kindle

Google Q2 results: Profit 18% up, Revenues 3% up

sandy — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:37:22 +0000

Quick Take: As per Google’s Q2 results, the profits are up 18% and revenues only 3%, this is mixed news, with revenue growth as clear concern, but rising profits, showing stabilizing models.

Revolution Magazine: Google’s Q2 financial results explained; NYT: Google’s Profit Surges in Quarter