Google searches get smarter

Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter in a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.

TV is More Important than Ever: The Living Room of the Future

We know from recent research that there is a huge spike in tablet usage (as measured through key-word searches) during the evening hours, specifically after 6pm. Now I know you're thinking: "there's nothing really surprising about that." Obviously the vast majority of workplace computing occurs on a desktop, while users opt for a more portable ...

Ecuador searches for Inca emperor's tomb

Is an Inca emperor buried in this corner of Ecuador?

Zeppelin Searches for California Meteorite

Gold Country is now meteorite country. On May 3rd scientists inspected the northern California countryside from the air for fragments of the so-called Sutter’s Mill meteorite . The minivan-size space rock streaked through the atmosphere over the West Coast on April 22nd. Witnesses saw a visible trail in the sky in daylight.   [More]

Apple Stops Censoring Word ‘Jailbreak’ Among iTunes Store Content

Apple seems to have addressed the issue by ceasing the censorship of "Jailbreak" word on its App Store effective from 18 May

Speed Up Searches--And Reduce Typing--With Drag and Drop Search

Drag and Drop Search is a Chrome extension that lets you quickly select text and search for it in specific search engines just by dragging and dropping.