Portals and Search Engines

Google Living Stories is the search giant's latest attempt to show that killing newspapers is only collateral damage. Sadly, the Living Stories themselves are barely alive, if update times are considered. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Internet search leader Google Inc. is teaming up with The New York Times and The Washington Post in its latest attempt to help out the ailing newspaper industry. Full Story »

SAN FRANCISCO - Even search engines can get suckered by Internet scams. Full Story »

Google's limited launch of its Goggles visual search app has plenty of people wondering when they'll be able to try out the new tool. Google Goggles, released to Android users on Monday, allows you to search on your cell phone simply by snapping photos: You point your phone's camera at a place or object, and it delivers detailed information to you within seconds. Full Story »

On Monday, Google announced innovations to real-time, mobile and social searches that point to the evolution of information access. The new features will be rolling out in the next few days. Full Story »

Google on Monday unveiled its real-time search capability, the latest salvo in its ongoing feature war with Bing. Microsoft's search engine already integrates real-time Twitter and Facebook results. Now, both search engines have released their initial real-time products, and there's a lot to like from the two major search brands. Let's take a look at how Bing's Twitter search matches up against Google's real-time search. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AFP) - Google search is getting eyes and ears, moving beyond typed key words to let people scour the Internet with mobile telephone cameras or spoken words in multiple languages. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Fresh information from blogs, news sites, Twitter and other popular hangouts will appear in Google's search results more quickly as the company aims to give people a more comprehensive look at what's happening on the Web. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (AFP) - Google has begun adding real time results to its Internet search engine, channeling feeds from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other fresh content into responses to queries. Full Story »

Mobile searching has just gotten way, way cooler. Google unveiled its new Google Goggles visual search tool for Android on Monday, bringing a high-tech twist to accessing information on the go. Full Story »

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc has revamped its search engine to allow results to be refreshed with up-to-the-second data increasingly churned out by the new crop of real-time Web products. Full Story »

As it promised in October, Google has now started to add search results in real-time to its engine, giving end-users the option of seeing relevant links that have just been added to its index. Full Story »

Just days after finalizing its search and advertising agreement with Microsoft, Yahoo on Monday rolled out a beta version of a new consumer tool it hopes will appease growing concerns from privacy advocates. Dubbed Ad Interest Manager, Yahoo said the tool takes online advertising transparency to a new level to build user trust. Full Story »

Google announced that it is expanding personalized search results. Google will provide tailored search results customized based on individual search history. It has potential benefits, but may also exclude newer Web sites or companies, and limit the diversity of search results. Full Story »

Glide version 4.0 goes live Monday, with a new search-based interface and Firefox plugin. Full Story »

It is not much of a surprise to find out that "Transformers" star Megan Fox and pop legend Michael Jackson were among the top 10 desktop searches of 2009. But it turns out that's true for mobile devices as well. Full Story »

Google hosted an event in Mountain View on Monday, demonstrating the future of its search algorithm, which now encompasses real-time and visually-assisted capabilities. Full Story »

Google's decision to expand personalized search to all users should be a wake-up call to those concerned about what the company knows about them and how it is used. Full Story »