Bing – A new search engine from Microsoft
Posted on May 29, 2009 - Filed Under Industry News | 3 Comments
Heard enough hype about new search engines? Recently, I wrote about Wolfram Alpha, a computational search engine, and previously I wrote about Cuil, the definitely-not Google killer.
So now we have another new search engine to unveil, this time from Microsoft. But doesn’t Microsoft already have a search engine called Live Search? Yes they do, but they’ll be killing that off in the next few days.
Bing is the hope and prayers of all Microsoft employees, especially Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. According to Microsoft, it’s a “decision engine” that will help you make decisions about travel, health, and shopping.
Wolfram Alpha – The best computational search engine ever
Posted on May 14, 2009 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
When Google released their search tool to the world way back in the days, everyone knew it was going to be a game changer. Why? Because it was simply awesome compared to everything else out there.
Today I am pleased to say that there is another tool releasing soon that will be just as big of a game changer. It’s not a competitor to Google, but it does something Google cannot do right now.
It’s Official: Microsoft buys Yahoo and Google buys Facebook
Posted on April 1, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | 7 Comments
Holy crap! It looks like it’s a done deal. Last night Yahoo agreed to be acquired by Microsoft for $47.2 billion, only $2.6 billion more than Microsoft’s original offer on Jan. 31st. This is huge news!
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There have been many speculations circling around about the buyout for the last two months and what it would mean for Google and the rest of the Internet if it happened. I guess we can stop guessing and just start praying!
Goodbye, Expensive SMS and Calls; Hello, Mobile VoIP from Samsung
Posted on January 30, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP will not only rule the personal computer scene but also the mobile telecommunications scene, too, thanks to Samsung Network’s launching of a VoIP service for mobile phones.
Starting up the struggle between networks to cut phone charges, the Samsung Wyz 070 service allows phone calls using WiFi (or Wireless Fidelity) wireless Internet connection. WiFi is the most widely used
Through WiFi connections, Samsung Wyz 070 charges a caller 83.75 per cent less than it would for an ordinary call. That’s one big discount, if you ask me!
Servers – Coming to a Home Near You (Maybe Even Yours!)
Posted on January 20, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment
If you are a fan of old movies then you have no doubt seen the flicks from the 50s and 60s where servers were depicted as these massive machines that only a special few got access to. With their tape drives whirring, lights flashing and occasional odd noise they were marvels kept in climate controlled rooms and costing millions of dollars.
What a difference a few decades makes. Today, servers are becoming as commonplace as the microwave – and just like the microwave, they may soon be coming to a home near you!
Adobe Share - Access and share files and documents online
Posted on January 7, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | 3 Comments
It seems like everyone and their grandmother is coming out with some kind of online Office or online document management suite these days! Just today, I wrote about the new Microsoft Office Live Workspace service that allows users to store and share Office documents online.
Before that, I wrote about a cool web service called DocSyncer which takes all of the documents on your computer, stores them online for free and allows you to open them online using Google docs!
