Bing is adding some new social features to its search engine, by letting users comment and "like" their Facebook friends' posts directly on the site. The new tools constitute yet another expansion to the Microsoft search site to make it ...
X1 has released the biggest upgrade of its desktop search tool in four years, adding the ability to query SharePoint sites and tap webmail accounts. The upgrade, called X1 Search 8, also runs in virtualized thin clients, a first for the ...
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Facebook is teaming up with the nation's attorneys general to launch a public awareness campaign aimed at keeping young people safer on the site. The effort, which includes public service announcements and other informational resources, ...
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Facebook could charge UK users over £10 to message people who are not within their social sphere, including celebrities. The site is likely to charge between 70p and £10 per message to those who aren't "friends", with the ...
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A Facebook tool that allowed users to view and delete their search history on the site disappeared, and some people were keen to get it back. The absence of the tool, which Facebook rolled out last September, was noticed by users last ...
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Talk that Facebook is developing its own smartphone is spreading again. Speculation about Facebook's hardware plans exploded yet again after the company late Thursday invited reporters to a press event on April 4 at its offices in Menlo ...
Tags: Facebook, Facebook Phone, Computer Products, software
As Google aims to expand search's ability to answer increasingly difficult questions based on contextual information, several key obstacles still stand in its way. Knowledge Graph, a feature designed to put users' searches in context and ...
Facebook has blocked Vintage Camera, an Instagram-like photo app, from accessing its API (application programming interface). The move follows the recent blocking of other apps by the social networking giant. Vintage Camera is an app for ...
Tags: Facebook, Vintage Camera, photo app
The Roof Coatings Manufacturers Association (RCMA) has partnered with the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (DSIRE) to create a database of current information on rebates and tax credits for installing reflective ...
Tags: RCMA, DSIRE, tax credits, reflective roofs
Facebook's engineers have many challenges ahead of them as they work to scale up Graph Search, the site's new social search tool. One stumbling block: an over-abundance of data to sift through. Take the example of searching for Japanese ...
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Microsoft says it has begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service. Microsoft's move follows a test phase in which it adapted the service to try and better serve lifestyles that ...
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Facebook is working hard to assure users that Graph Search, its new search engine designed to uncover all sorts of information buried within the site, does not compromise the privacy rights of minors. "As with all of our products, we ...
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Twitter has pushed out an update to its mobile app that has a new search tool intended to make it easier for users to find relevant content. The update, released Wednesday, includes several modifications to both the Android and iOS ...
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Facebook posted a revenue increase of 40 percent in the fourth quarter as the number of daily mobile users exceeded daily Web users for the first time ever, the company reported. Revenue for the social networking company rose to US$1.59 ...
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Facebook posted a revenue increase of 40 percent in the fourth quarter as the number of daily mobile users exceeded daily Web users for the first time ever, the company reported. Revenue for the social networking company rose to US$1.59 ...
Tags: Facebook, fourth quarter, mobile pips web