Google digs deeper into Internet search results Google on Friday said it has enhanced its popular Internet search engine to dig deeper into pages to uncover the exact tidbits of information people seek.
Twitter gets new round of funding Twitter received $100 million in funding on Friday, valuing the company at $1 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter, as investors bet that the Web company’s explosive growth will yield actual revenue or a lucrative deal.
Twitter close to $100 million funding Twitter is close to securing as much as $100 million of new capital from mutual fund giant T. Rowe Price, private equity firm Insight Venture Partners and five other investors, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Google introduces new commenting tool ‘Sidewiki’ WASHINGTON - Google unveiled a new tool on Wednesday which allows notes and comments to be posted alongside Web pages for others to read.
Startup rates people’s online clout A pair of French entrepreneurs has come up with a way to identify people whose Internet comments carry weight.
Date Check turns smart phones into ‘sleaze detectors’ SAN DIEGO, California - People in the dating scene will be able to use iPhones as ‘sleaze detectors’ to quickly check whether aspiring mates are creeps or gems.
Actual people physically gather to talk Twitter Twitter is officially the talk of the town as a two-day conference dedicated to the micro-blogging site gets under way in Los Angeles.
Date Check turns smart phones into “sleaze detectors” People in the dating scene will be able to use iPhones as “sleaze detectors” to quickly check whether aspiring mates are creeps or gems.
Delay sought in Google book case to hash out new deal Google and US authors and publishers are going back to the drawing board to revise their controversial legal settlement that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online.
China mobile search – the next battle for Google, Baidu As China ushers in a new generation of snazzy smartphones and 3G networks, Google and Baidu are shifting their battle from the Internet to China’s mobile search market, likely to become the world’s largest, with the promise of billions of dollars in revenue.