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  • Google to Disconnect GOOG-411 Service

    <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/search?qt=google">Google</a> is shutting down 1-800-GOOG-411, a directory-assistance service that uses voice recognition to connect callers to businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Launched in 2007, <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/goodbye-to-old-friend-1-800-goog-411.html">GOOG-411</a> was advanced for its time--yep, all of three years ago. Today, however, it appears positively quaint, particularly when stacked against Google's newer, more sophisticated <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/203156/google_expands_voice_search_with_new_actions.html?tk=rel_news">voice-search tools</a> for smartphones.

  • Google street view gets grisly

    Google sure does capture a ton of interesting stuff when it sends Street View cars around the world. Sometimes its 360-degree cameras pick up a disturbing image or two.

  • Can Yahoo pump new life into a dead horse?

    It takes more than an exclamation point at the end of your name to create excitement. Maybe Yahoo! is finally waking up to that. At least there were signs of it at the company's press event held today at its headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif.

  • Bing beats Yahoo in search, a symbolic win

    Bing's vault over Yahoo in U.S. search volume should come as no surprise to anyone who's been following the horse race, but it's a symbolic milestone for a baby search engine whose prime directive is to take some of Google's advertising pie.

  • Google Instant could evolve into ultimate universal search

    The new Google Instant search reveals streaming Web search results as fast as you type. As awesome as the concept might be, though, the results are confined to the Web. Google has the elements -- combining Google Instant with Google Desktop -- to develop a universal search capability that can drastically improve productivity.

  • 'Google Instant' on smartphones may be wishful thinking

    Google officially introduced its new "Instant" search for desktop search at an event today in San Francisco, but I couldn't help looking forward a little bit toward using Instant on a mobile device. Google already has a prototype, and says the new functionality will become available for mobile devices this Fall.

  • Google goes loco with logo

    With the frothing anticipation usually reserved for an Apple press event, the Web has been buzzing in recent days about an announcement Wednesday by Google that will change search as most people know it.

  • Google speeds up search with Google Instant

    Google morning raised the stakes in the search space on Wednesday with the introduction of Google Instant, which will provide faster, more intelligent searching and results on the company's site.

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