Topic: Search

Here's the GIF Search Engine You've Been Waiting Too Long For

Giphy

Just as the rebirth of the GIF was apparently ending, someone up and started Giphy, a search engine focusing solely on the soon-to-be-passé looping file format of Internet past.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 15, 2013

So What's Facebook Big Reveal Today?

Expectations are both extremely low and impossibly high under the "masterful" shroud of secrecy leading up to this afternoon's event, but everyone seems to have a relatively educated guess. Here's a reality check on the three big rumors.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 19, 2012

Debunked Facebook-Yahoo Search Rumor Begets a Facebook-Yahoo-Microsoft Search Rumor

One would think that sources ROFLOLzing in the face of a possible joint Yahoo-Facebook search venture would quiet the rumors that the two companies are thinking about working together, but it has only led to further rumoring.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 14, 2012

The Yahooization of Google

A recent resignation of Google engineer James Whittaker confirms Google's company culture has changed, shifting from a tech focused innovation hub to an advertising driven product manufacturing machine. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 7, 2012

Wolfram Alpha Upgrades, Becomes a Viable Google Replacement

This afternoon Wolfram Alpha will release an updated "pro" version of its search engine, just in time for us to give up our Google habit. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 13, 2012

FTC Is Officially Looking into Google's Self-Promoting Search Features

Google still doesn't think it did anything wrong, even as the Federal Trade Commission folds its new search features that promote Google+ into its anti-trust investigations of the company.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 10, 2012

Google's New Search Engine Assumes People Use Google+

Today, the search engine started integrating Google+ into the standard search engine, with Search, plus Your World, " transforming Google into a search engine that understands not only content, but also people and relationships," writes Google fellow Amit Singhal on The Official Google Blog.

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