A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
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Users of Microsoft's Bing search engine can now see a wider range of Facebook content from their friends appear alongside search results, part of an effort by Microsoft to make the site more social. When a person runs a query in Bing, the ...
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Facebook is rolling out a major new search engine designed to give users more options in sorting through topics and interests based on their friends. The social network is positioning the tool, dubbed "Graph Search," as a way to make the ...
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The social network is rolling out a free calling service to iPhone users in the US. According to The Verge, the updated app will allow users to make free voice calls to their friends on Facebook. To make a call, users just need to open ...
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Computerworld - With Facebook's new search service out in the open, the social network seems to be on a collision course with search giant Google. "It appears that's the path Facebook is on," said Jeff Kagan, an independent industry ...
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The social network has released the “graph search” which allows users to find information and new connections on the site by using key phrases. The Graph search will now allow users to do specific searches about friends on the ...
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CBR rounds up expert opinions on what Facebook’s new graphic search means for the future of the company and its search engine competitors. Jonathan Beeston, director of new product innovation at Adobe Facebook Graph Search is a ...
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Facebook yesterday unveiled its social graph feature dubbed Graph Search, which allows people to use the network as a search engine to find people, photos, places and interests. Further reading Facebook, Google attack MEP report ...
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Facebook is rolling out a major new search engine designed to give users more options in sorting through topics and interests based on their friends. The social network is positioning the tool, dubbed “Graph Search,” as a way ...
IDG News Service - Google plans to buy the travel guide publisher Frommer's, as well as other travel publishing assets, from John Wiley & Sons, as the search company continues beefing up its original content. The Frommer's content will be ...
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Computerworld - Google is upgrading its Search Appliance for the enterprise in an effort to help workers find information stored anywhere in their organizations. Google Search Appliance 7.0 was unveiled today and will be available Oct. 16 ...
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Google's latest attempt to add more content to its local business listings by buying travel brand Frommer has been challenged by the Consumer Watchdog. The acquisition – the financial details of which were not disclosed – ...
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Google will discontinue its Mini enterprise search appliance, as part of the latest batch of product closures the company announced on Tuesday. After co-founder Larry Page took over as CEO in April last year, Google began eliminating ...
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Today, search engine Metro5 has announced the launch of it's open BETA program. The idea behind Metro5 is to deliver a set of up to 50 relevant results for each web search query, while taking social influence into account when ranking these ...
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Leading provider of Web Search Optimisation Alchemy Viral has announced this week that it is to support the operations of one of the UK's leading children's charities - Educating the Children. The Richmond-based agency will help support the ...
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