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Book Review: The Google Way to be Calmer, Happier and a Better Listener

Steve Kettmann | Posted 05.27.2012

Steve Kettmann

Longtime Google engineer Chade-Meng Tan's new book Search Inside Yourself, with the subtitle, "The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (And World Peace)," is based on a program of the same name the author helped implement at Google.

Online Mortgage Scams Face Increased Government Crackdown

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 01.21.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — A criminal investigation into mortgage swindlers has expanded beyond deceptive advertising on Google's Internet search engine to...

The Verdict On Google's Redesign

Ty Fujimura | Posted 09.10.2011

Ty Fujimura

Google produces exceptional interfaces, but their aesthetic is famously unhip. It's not surprising: They're an engineering-first company that took 7 y...

China's State News Agency Launches 'Sanitized' Search Engine

AP | JOE McDONALD | Posted 05.25.2011

BEIJING — China's main government news agency launched an Internet search site Tuesday, giving its own sanitized view of the Web following Googl...

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Qwiki Founder: How I Launched A Talking Search Engine -- And Why You Should Avoid VCs

HuffingtonPost.com | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 08.08.2011

The tech world has been buzzing ever since judges at TechCrunch Disrupt named Qwiki 2010's most disruptive company. Qwiki's on-stage demonstration ...

New Search Engine Launches

The Huffington Post | Bianca Bosker | Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: Read our Q&A with Blekko CEO Rich Skrenta. -- There's a new search engine in town. The newly-launched Blekko is hoping to harness the hum...

Bing On iPhone: Apple, Microsoft In Talks To Make Bing iPhone Search Default

BusinessWeek | Peter Burrows and Cliff Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Apple (AAPL) is in talks with Microsoft (MSFT) to replace Google (GOOG) as the default search engine on its iPhone, according to two people familiar w...

Microsoft, News Corp Have Talked About De-Indexing From Google

Financial Times | Matthe Garrahan, Richard Waters, Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Microsoft has had discussions with News Corp over a plan that would involve the media company's being paid to "de-index" its news websites from Google...

Search-Engine Keywords Violate Privacy Laws, Suit Claims

AP | DINESH RAMDE | Posted 05.25.2011

MILWAUKEE — A lawsuit in Wisconsin is bringing a fresh challenge to the practice of paying for keywords on Google and other search engines to bo...

Bing Often Better Than Google

nytimes.com | DAVID POGUE | Posted 05.25.2011

For the last 15 years, Microsoft's master business plan seems to have been, "Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it."...

Cuil: The Latest, Baddest AntiGoogle Looks Like A Magazine

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to...