Google is offering a $25 incentive for users who don’t mind having their browsing habits tracked over the course of a year. The search giant launched the controversial opt-in scheme, named the “Screenwise Project”, on a low-key page spotted by
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A new survey has revealed that most British small businesses are now using social media, Fresh Business Thinking reports, but opened up the debate on the need for dot.com websites. Online freelance employment agency, PeoplePerHour.com, found that 91 per cent of
An Italian professor who was the inspiration for Google has launched his own search engine called Volunia, searchengineland.com reports. Massimo Marchiori devised an algorithm in the early 90s for HyperSearch that paved the way for modern search engines including Google and Bing.
Search engines have proven to be more popular than ever, registering 2.3 billion visits in January alone, ibtimes.co.uk reports. New research by Experian Hitwise found that over January, search engines were visited 2.3 billion times, a 100 million rise on
The Greenpeace Cool IT Leaderboard has been announced, with search engine giant Google named number one in the rankings. Gary Cook, Greenpeace International IT analyst, told Business Green that the search engine achieved this position thanks to heavy investment in renewable
Holidaymakers are increasingly turning to search engines to conduct their holiday research and bookings, new research shows. According to poll of 5,000 people by TravelSupermarket, half of Britons now research their summer holidays online (52 per cent), reports Breaking Travel News. Not
In a hotly anticipated rematch between the New York Giants and New England Patriots in this year’s Superbowl, search engine giant Google has revealed the top trending search during the game was, in fact, Madonna. Search Engine Watch cites the
Facebook advertising is to appear on handheld devices ahead of the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) in the coming weeks. The Financial Times reports that the social networking behemoth is in active discussions with advertising agencies trying to figure out
Excited Superbowl XLVI viewers took to Twitter during the final three minutes of the game to fire off a record 10,000 tweets per second, reports AFP. Smashing the previous record (9,000 per second) held by pop star Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement at the
A list of rules to Tweet by has been released, following reports that many users find what they read on the social network uninteresting. Research published jointly by Carnegie Mellon University, MIT and the Georgia Institute of Technology found that users find just
