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The last of Siri’s original bosses leaves Apple, as does ex-Topsy search exec
Departures likely a response to reorganization of Siri and AI units under John Giannandrea....
Apple Shuts Down Topsy & Redirects It To iOS Search Help Page
Without warning or explanation, Apple has closed down Topsy, the once-popular Twitter search...
WSJ Report: Apple Buys Topsy, A Leading Twitter Search & Analytics Company
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple has purchased Topsy, one of the leading Twitter search and analytics companies, for more than...
Communicators, Take Note: The Deplorable State Of Social Search Is Changing
The rate at which people share information (profound and profane alike) on sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube is staggering. 137 million...
How To Search All Your Tweets Via Twitter
It’s been one of the biggest problems Twitter has had for years, that it’s difficult to find your own tweets on the Twitter. The new...
Twitter Inching Closer To Giving You All Your Tweets, But Search Has A Long Way To Go
Twitter is working on a project that will give users access to an archive of all of their own tweets. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told the New York...
New Topsy Index Leverages Influence & Relevance For Google+ Search
Today Topsy Labs, a real-time social search platform, announced the addition of Google+ as a source in its real-time social search index....
Twitter Renews Deal With Bing; Google Deal Remains MIA
Twitter and Bing announced that they have extended their deal that allows Bing to tap into Twitter’s information in a cutesy exchange on...
Google Realtime Search & The Aftermath Of The Google-Twitter Split
Last Friday, Twitter quietly shutdown its “firehose” of tweet data that was being piped to Google. Like a gas station no longer...
As Deal With Twitter Expires, Google Realtime Search Goes Offline
Yesterday, we reported that Google Realtime Search had mysteriously disappeared. Today comes the reason why: Google’s agreement with...
Who Started The “Dear Yahoo, I’ve Never Heard Anyone Say ‘Let’s Yahoo It’ Sincerely Google” Twitter Joke?
As you might expect, I monitor a number of search-related topics being discussed on Twitter. Over the past few days, there’s been spike in...
An Illustrated Guide To Searching For Shared, Tweeted & “Realtime” Images
Looking for images that are being shared and posted in realtime? That image search space has gotten more competitive, as Nachofoto reenters the...
New: Topsy Launches Real-Time Video Search
Topsy has just launched a new search engine that surfaces hot videos that are being shared on Twitter. The company announced Topsy video search...
Topsy Social Analytics: Twitter Analytics For The Masses (& Free, Too)
There are plenty of social analytics tools, but the most full-featured ones are often too expensive (i.e., geared towards enterprise-level...
Topsy Launches Brand-Friendly Twitter Widgets
Topsy has launched what it’s calling Social Modules: embeddable widgets that bring Twitter content to any website. Topsy isn’t the...
What Social Signals Do Google & Bing Really Count?
Both Google and Bing have added many social search features over the past year. There’s also been talk about using “social...
OneRiot Passes Its Real-Time Search Partners To Topsy
Last week’s news that OneRiot had shuttered its search engine left something of a void in the real-time search space. Numerous developers...
Topsy: Now Searching Tweets Back To May 2008
Looking for old tweets? Look to Topsy. The service has just expanded to have what it claims to be the largest searchable collection of past...
Topsy Launches Twitter Expert Search; Better Options Exist
Topsy, the Twitter-focused real-time search engine, has launched a new tool aimed at helping users find the right people to follow called Topsy...