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eBay to change business model
With operations in more than six major countries and a growing user base, eBay is one of the most iconic and ...

Google creates web browser
To much hype and fanfare, Google released its first ever web browser Chrome. The culmination of an open sourc ...

Live Workspace hits 1 million users
Microsoft’s online document processing solution, Microsoft Live Workspace has now completed 1 million user re ...

Youtube launches journalism contest
The video sharing site Youtube has just announced that it is offering $10,000 in prize money as part of a new ...

Goodrec makes debut
Making a debut this week is GoodRec, a web-based recommendations engine. The system allows you and your frien ...

Yammer is Launched
A new online startup has just been launched with the sole purpose of allowing co-workers to share work status ...

Google turns 10
This September, Google celebrates its 10th birthday. One of the most conspicuous success stories in the histo ...

Live Search to show more ads
In response to increasing advertiser demand for more clicks on their Pay Per Click ads, Microsoft Live Search ...

Facebook's original interface gone for good
Facebook has launched a wholly new user interface for its popular social networking application. With over 10 ...

Google Android Price Revealed
TechCrunch has revealed that the first Android-enabled mobile phone will retail for about USD $200. This is t ...

MySpace Music is coming soon
MySpace, the world’s most popular social networking site visited by millions of visitors from a multitude of ...

Google Android is Launched
Android is finally here. The UK’s first mobile telephone to feature Google’s much anticipated new operating s ...

Google recommends dynamic URLs
In a development that has rocked the SEO community to the core, Google has announced that it is recommending ...

Google provides UK traffic information
Google has just added a great new feature to its very popular web-based geographical information system (GIS) ...

Google Toolbar for Firefox version 5 released
Google’s popular toolbar for Firefox has now included many of the features in its fifth version that were ava ...

Microsoft rewards regular Live Search users
 In a move that has drawn attention from industry circles, Microsoft is introducing a new incentive to Live S ...

The Re-launch of Hakia
Hakia has re-launched with a new user interface and an enhanced functionality. Hakia commenced operations in ...

Yahoo investor wants Microsoft takeover
According to industry sources, one of Yahoo’s shareholders is urging Microsoft to reconsider buy up the Inter ...

Yahoo launches Web Analytics solution
Yahoo is making waves with their first ever web analytics package intended to rival Google Analytics. After t ...

Google allows gambling ads in the UK
Google has reintroduced bidding for gambling and related terms on its online advertising network. First menti ...

Android source code made public
Billed to be the largest repository of open source code ever released, Google has now made public the Android ...

YouTube enables video deep linking
YouTube has announced that it is adding deep linking to videos. Until now used only within online web pages, ...

AOL launches When.com
America Online has just launched its latest venture, When.com. An advancement in local search, When.com repre ...

Google patches Android
Google has released a much awaited patch for its Android mobile operating system. Android currently runs on T ...

Google analytics launches enterprise class features
Google has taken its popular website analytics package Google Analytics a step further by now offering enterp ...

Microsoft makes foray into social networking
With what many observers see as the creation of a new social networking service, Microsoft has launched an am ...

Yahoo CEO resigns
Jerry Yang, until now the CEO of Yahoo, has resigned from his position. Leaving the top job at the Internet g ...

Google launches SearchWiki
After much anticipation, search giant Google has finally released an end-user modifier to its search results. ...

Yahoo launches Vertical Lens
In partnership with TechCrunch, Yahoo has launched Vertical Lens – a new way to search for websites in specif ...

Chinese search engine Baidu in trouble
Chinese Internet giant and Google competitor Baidu has terminated the services of several employees after it ...

Youtube introduces search boxes
Google has added search boxes to all Youtube video embeds. The decision came after the recent expansion of th ...

Google Fixes iframe algorithm
According to Matt Cutts of the Search Quality group at Google, the search giant recently fixed a bug in their ...

Google Reader gets new look
Google has revamped its RSS reader with a whole new look and feel, much to the delight of a large number of l ...

Mobile ads for Android
Google has introduced specially formatted Adwords advertisements for Android and iPhone. Faced with a smaller ...

Google Chrome to come out of Beta
Google Chrome, the new web browser by Google based on Webkit and powered by Google Gears, is all set to come ...

Yahoo slashes agency discounts
In what many observers are regarding to be an impulsive move to save costs, Yahoo has announced that it will ...

Live Search unleashes new crawler
According to the Live Search Blog, Microsoft’s search engine is launching a new robot. Named msnbot/2.0b, the ...

Google rolls out Adwords Editor 7
Google has launched version 7 of Adwords Editor, its pay-per-click advertising account management software. T ...