Report: Microsoft responds to Amazon Echo, Google Home with “HomeHub”
Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features.
Topic: Microsoft Surface
Google Suggesting Firefox Users Change Their Search Engine & Home Page
Yahoo won the deal to be the default search engine in Firefox in November; now after losing some search share, Google's fighting back.
Bing Brings Enhanced Mapping To Windows 8.1
Yesterday Microsoft announced “Bing Maps Preview” for Windows 8.1 (including tablets). The new mapping app offers a range of enhanced features and capabilities. It seeks to bring highly realistic, 3-D imagery together with a more intuitive UI. Google Earth and what used to be called Microsoft Virtual Earth have always been a bit slow and […]
Starting Today Bing For Schools Is Giving More Than 800,000 Students An Ad-Free Search Experience
Bing For Schools officially launched today, a program created by Bing to promote digital literacy to students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The program was initially announced in June, inviting school administrators to register for the free service that gives participating schools ad-free Bing searches, SafeSearch filters to remove adult content from all Bing searches […]
The Search Engine We REALLY Want To See Google (Or Microsoft) Build
When you sit down and think about it, search engines today have not changed all that dramatically in terms of depth-of-insight compared to their early days. Google recently added the Knowledge Graph for a subset of queries; but at its core, the level of insight available to the searcher remains primarily the Web links on […]
12 Top Search Trends To Kick Off 12/12/12 Google Zeitgeist
Don’t worry, Google’s year in review for 2012 isn’t that predictable for the once in a lifetime calendar event. On the official Google 2012 Zeitgeist website, you’ll find their biggest list ever published, with a total of 838 lists from 55 countries, covering 1.2 trillion searches done worldwide. Digging in deeper, Google has divided the massive […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 13, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: “Shortlists,” 360 Degree Product Views, And Promotions Added To Google Shopping As consumers prepare to get serious about their holiday shopping, Google is introducing new features to its pay-for-play Shopping search […]
Google Releases Search App For Microsoft Surface & Windows RT
Exciting news for Google users who have upgraded to the Microsoft Surface device & Windows RT operating system. You can now download the Google Search App, which is specifically optimized for the Windows Surface and Windows RT. Google announced this on their Google+ page saying: If you just got a new Windows RT tablet and […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, November 12, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Fined $208,000 In Australian Defamation Case, May Appeal Google has been told to pay the equivalent of $208,000 (USD) after recently losing a defamation case in Australia involving how it […]
Sorry, Microsoft Surface Users: No Google Search App For You
Got a shiny new Microsoft Surface with Windows RT and want to search with Google? No can do. The Google Search app is only for Windows 8, and it seems like — amazingly enough — that’s because Google hasn’t gotten around to making one. Postscript (Nov. 13): This is now finally available. See our story, Google […]
Google Launches “Get Your Google Back” Campaign For Windows 8 Users
Google has launched a Get Your Google Back site to teach new Windows 8 users how to restore or add Google Search to their devices and to get Chrome. It doesn’t help those with Windows RT devices who seem stuck without Google, however. Windows 8 was released today, which means a number of people will find Bing […]
Bing Previews Rich Search Experience For Windows 8
Windows 8 is almost ready to hit the market. When it does it appears that it will deliver a new more “immersive” search experience, via Bing. In the video at the bottom of this page, Microsoft’s Stefan Weitz demonstrates that new experience on a Microsoft Windows 8 tablet (presumably a Surface device). Windows 8 Bing […]
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 19, 2012
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing Ties Yellow Pages Sites For Most Accurate Local Data In April I wrote about a local data accuracy study preformed by a company called Implied Intelligence. The company offers data […]
Ballmer At CES 2011: “Whatever Device You Use, Windows Will Be There”
Today in his Consumer Electronics Show keynote, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared that Xbox is no longer a gaming device but an entertainment hub. And Windows will be everywhere, from your TV through Xbox, to your phone via Windows Phone 7, and on PCs of any type, especially through a forthcoming version of “Windows On […]
Google Buys 3-D UI Maker BumpTop
Google has bought BumpTop, a company that makes 3-D desktop UIs for the PC (Windows and Mac). The purchase amount was not disclosed of course, although the company had only raised a small amount of investor cash, less than $2 million. So figure the acquisition was less than $20 million — probably more like $10 […]
Microsoft’s Photosynth Opens To The Public
Microsoft’s Photosynth is morphing from a Microsoft Live Labs experiment — featured on the BBC’s “How We Built Britain” television series and in select other rarefied contexts — to what can only be described as a “totally cool” consumer application.