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Google launches 'Think Insights' website for businesses

Google has launched a new website and magazine that aims to help businesses, organizations, and marketers. The information-rich site provides marketing campaign advice, featuring articles, videos, case studies, infographics and other formats.

In the Media by Brian Rotsztein

Yandex passes Bing in search engine rankings

Bing is no longer the fourth biggest search engine on the Internet. Yandex, based in Moscow, has now become the fourth biggest search engine.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

What was the top Google search term in the UK this year?

According to Google, the most searched for term in the UK during 2012 was not the "Olympics". Instead, "Euro 2012" topped the list.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Search.XXX – The red-light district for Internet porn searches

Palm Beach Gardens - ICM Registry will officially launch Thursday a new pornography search engine: Search.XXX. For porn connoisseurs and enthusiasts in the world, searches will be much more secure, narrow and categorical.

In the Media by Andrew Moran

New search engine in development

A new type of search engine is being developed by a team of European researchers. What is different about this Internet search tool is that it draws its results from sensors such as cameras and microphones distributed around the world.

In the Media by Tim Sandle - 1 comment

Walmart announces new search engine Polaris

Walmart online shopping may be the route to go for those who are not the patient type when it comes to searching for items and long checkout lines.

In the Media by Tiffany Romine

20% of Motorola Mobility workforce to be cut by Google

New York - Google is expected to cut around 4,000 Motorola Mobility staffs with an aim to streamline the wireless business mobile-phone making business process.

In the Media by Jaffna Mohaideen

Today's Google Doodle lets you play synthesizer in Moog tribute

On Google's home page, you can play on a synth complete with a four-track recorder and the ability to save your freestyle musicianship. The front-page Doodle honours the 78th birthday of the late Robert Moog, the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

In the Media by David Silverberg - 5 comments

Google revamps its search engine

Over the next few days Google will roll out its "Knowledge Graph," a change to its search engine that will deliver results with context-sensitive information about the things people search for.

In the Media by Owen Weldon

Google encrypts search data against hackers, marketers 'howl'

Google has been steadily at work making a lot of changes in several of its divisions over the past few years, including recently cleaning house with a 'fall sweep'.

In the Media by Leigh Goessl - 2 comments