Search Engine rankings – April
As Australian search engine data is not as freely available we look at the US market data courtesy of Neilson company. In April 9.72 billion online searches we run. Google had 65.7% market share at 6.4 billion searches. Yahoo had 13.4% market share at 1.3 billion searches. Microsoft’s Bing had 12.2% market share at 1.2 […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare growing FAST- 600,000 checkins per day
Foursquare is now getting 600,000 checkins per day from users worldwide. In March they were getting 400,000 checkins per day, and in February was generating 1 million checkins per week. Foursquare is growing fast. Apparently Yahoo has walked away from their previous to buy Foursquare for $100 million, but may be back with a lower […]
Read More | ShareFacebook to release new security features
Amid all the controversy of Facebook’s privacy policy lately – the company realises more and more scammers and hackers are trying to use the site for identity theft. With a globally user count of over 400 million is not surprising. As a result the Facebook security team have come up with a raft of new […]
Read More | ShareAnother day at Microsoft analysing tech market acquisitions
Many say Microsoft has been the most successful company in history. In both where they started out and what they have achieved today, not to mention how Bill Gates helps 3rd world countries through the Gates Foundation. Microsoft CFO Peter Klein notes that more and more tech deals are coming to the table now that […]
Read More | ShareBooyah! secures $20 Million in venture funding
Booyah! a rival to Foursquare in the Geo-location mobile application space has secured a further $20 Million venture capitalist funding. Booyah! has released the iPhone application MyTown and Keith Lee who is the CEO says the funding will gBooyah! secures $20 Million in venture fundingo towards hiring new staff and building new projects. MyTown has […]
Read More | ShareGowalla releases iPad application, Foursquare not yet
Whilst we cant get our hands on the iPad in Australia just yet, Geo-location social service Gowalla has released their iPad application last week. I would have thought Gowalla would priorities realeasing their Blackberry application, which is due out in about 2 weeks according to their CEO Josh Williams. Foursquare on the other hand is […]
Read More | ShareYoutube announces 2 Billion videos views per day
YouTube has announced that their website is getting 2 Billion video views per day. Youtube have also mentioned 24 hours of video is uploaded to the site every minute. The company is celebrating their 5th birthday this week and have complied a presentation on their history at – www.youtube.com/fiveyear and make sure you check out […]
Read More | ShareBing mobile app gets turn by turn navigation
If you use a Windows mobile phone or BlackBerry you can now download the Bing App which features turn by turn navigation on Bing maps. How much? Free. Go to: http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/learn.html Whats unfortunately however is that Bing still hasn’t reintroduced and iPhone app for the Australian market. Bing originally made their iPhone app available globally, […]
Read More | ShareBlackberry to launch Tablet PC
Blackberry has announced they will be launching a Tablet PC, no doubt similar to the iPad. Recently the iPhone has totally outstripped all Blackberry phone sales and it seems Blackberry is on the offensive. The company is not disclosing full details, but online rumors speculate that the tablet would be approximately 9 inches tall. Apparently […]
Read More | Share5 best uses for Real time search
With popularity of social media sites like Twitter becoming so great, users are turning to real time search engines to see the latest trending topics and stories. But which areas of current affairs can be most utilised by real time search? 1. Famous People – its always interesting to see what celebrities and media identities […]
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