Search Engine Wars

Europe Proposes Antitrust Settlement To Google, Gives Just Weeks To Comply

BY Kit Eaton | 05-21-2012 | 9:49 AM | INNOVATION

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Microsoft Overhauls Bing With Social Media Suggestions

BY Kit Eaton | 05-11-2012 | 6:16 AM | INNOVATION

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3 Ways That Google Is Searching To Secure Its Future

BY Kit Eaton | 03-27-2012 | 3:30 PM | INNOVATION

A new commenting platform, an enhanced Google+, and a higher-profile Play are all in the mix. What does this mean for the Google we know and use?READ MORE›

Is Google Siriously Nervous About Search Innovations?

BY Kit Eaton | 03-15-2012 | 10:15 AM | INNOVATION

Seems Google is going to release sweeping changes to its flagship search functionality. Big news. So big it hides what's really going on here: Google's afraid of Apple's Siri. READ MORE›

"Your World" Or Their World? Google's New Feature Controls Personal Info In Search [Updated]

BY Kit Eaton | 01-10-2012 | 11:50 AM | INNOVATION

Google's new Search Plus Your World initiative is not a full-frontal assault on making search social, but it is insinuated throughout the search experience. And there's a potential problem here: It's all about Google+. Is Google abusing its monopoly again?READ MORE›

Vudu's iPad App, Groupon Revises S-1, Walmart Shuts MP3 Store, Bing's Search Market Share, Anonymous Plots Against Facebook

BY Kit Eaton | 08-10-2011 | 6:14 AM | INNOVATION

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Twitter Buys BackType, Eminem Drives 1M Downloads, Google's 12 New Lobbying Firms

BY Fast Company Staff | 07-05-2011 | 4:36 AM | INNOVATION

Slim Shady sets a new digital sales record with "Recovery." Google's missing Realtime search. This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.READ MORE›

The Potential Downsides Of Google's New Faster-Than-Instant Results

BY Kit Eaton | 06-14-2011 | 1:36 PM | INNOVATION

Google unveiled plans to make Net searches lighting quick with Instant Pages. This is possible only because Google's "very confident that we know what search results you want." Sure, you'll shave five seconds or so off all your searches--but it's not without some complexities. READ MORE›

Google Now Promoting Patents Searches

BY Kit Eaton | 04-29-2011 | 7:32 AM | INNOVATION

By locating them on the sidebar, Google gives patents searches the same heft as "news," "places," and "blogs." READ MORE›

A Google a Day Keeps the Trivia Away--Puzzling PR by the Search Giant

BY Kit Eaton | 04-11-2011 | 2:06 PM | INNOVATION

Google's launching a new quiz powered by its search engine, with questions published in The New York Times right above the skill-requiring, brain-taxing crossword puzzle. Either this is some weak-sauce PR, or Google's positioning itself as the puzzle arbiter of the next generation.READ MORE›

iFive: Microsoft: Google Cheats, Amazon's Cloud Music Deals, Fox vs. Time Warner's App, Zite's C&D, Apple Pays More in Japan

BY Kit Eaton | 03-31-2011 | 5:54 AM | INNOVATION

Catch up on today's early tech news with our iFive summary, the fastest way to start your morning (apart from strong coffee).READ MORE›

Microsoft Chases Google, Ups Bing Search Speed to Instant

BY Kit Eaton | 03-07-2011 | 8:57 AM | INNOVATION

The next stage in the search engine battle has arrived: Microsoft is boosting its Bing system with a similar "instant results" feature to Google's, aiming to speed up the process significantly. READ MORE›

Microsoft Hopes Daily Deals Make Its Cash Register Go "Bing!"

BY Kit Eaton | 03-03-2011 | 1:16 PM | INNOVATION

Microsoft dials up competition in the search-engine wars with its introduction of a daily deals facility on Bing. READ MORE›

Google Gives More Prominence to Social Search

BY Kit Eaton | 02-17-2011 | 11:58 AM | INNOVATION

Google's just raised the stakes for its Social Search, peppering your search results with links from your pals, adding context, and giving you control over whose links you see. READ MORE›

iFive: Egypt Online Again, Bing Copies Google, Google's Hotpot Goes Global, Smartphone Market Wars, E-Book Price Fixes

BY Kit Eaton | 02-02-2011 | 7:27 AM | INNOVATION

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Search Engine Wars: Yahoo, Twitter Tweaking Their Code to Rival Google

BY Kit Eaton | 10-07-2010 | 9:06 AM | INNOVATION

Google may be the market leader, and innovating frantically, but the search engine wars rumble on all the same: Yahoo and Twitter have just tweaked their own search offerings to improve things, and some of it's pretty clever.Yahoo ...READ MORE›

Google Testing Significant Redesign: Full-Page Search Preview Pop-Overs

BY Kit Eaton | 10-06-2010 | 10:18 AM | DESIGN

Google is very careful with the design of its search page--though the look and feel may not be to your taste, Google usually only adjusts it incrementally. Now there's news it's trying something actually big--pop-over full page result previews.READ MORE›

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