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Twitter positions itself as a search product with new homepage

07.29.2009
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Yesterday, Twitter launched a new version of its homepage (you have to be logged out of your Twitter account to see it). Biz Stone wrote a blog post about the new homepage, noting:
“Today we’re trying a redesigned front page for folks who are new to Twitter.com. If you’re a regular around these parts, then you [...]

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Google adds Creative Commons image search, sort of

07.09.2009
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Why would Google release Creative Commons image search and not call it Creative Commons?! And why hide it under Advanced Search? And why doesn’t it return a good result for a search for Google FAIL?
Here’s what the Advanced Search functionality looks like:

Instead of calling it “Filter by Creative Commons license” or something else that would [...]

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Bing will be a success for Microsoft

06.01.2009
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I spent some time this morning kicking the tires on Microsoft’s new search engine Bing, which launched early after Google’s strategic move to derail its announcement with Google’s announcement of Google Wave, and I have to say, I’m impressed. I, like Loíc Le Meur, did an ego search first with some pretty good results. I [...]

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Fun with Wolfram Alpha

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Wolfram Alpha, a new computational search engine, launched last night. Instead of merely searching a corpus of information to present possible answers based on keywords (what Google does), Wolfram Alpha actually uses computers to attempt to answer your questions by trying to understand the question, interpret it, and give back helpful results.
I decided to do [...]

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5 Cool Things About Obsessable

09.24.2008

1. The comparators. They’re cool tools that take all the data that the curators have put into the product pages (like this one for the HTC G1 Google phone) and compare the specs in an easy to navigate interface. This Big and Beautiful HDTV Comparator is a good example of this:
2. The product pages. Again, [...]

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