Archive for December, 2008
Google Starts Blending Web And Shopping Search Results Again
Looks like Google is rolling out more tests with integrating results from its Shopping / Product Search engine (former Froogle) in traditional web search queries, right before the start of the holiday period. This isn’t necessarily new (see this WebMasterWorld forum entry from November 2007), but it does appear to be more widespread now. Our [...]
Q: What Do You Get When You Add Karate Belts To a Q&A Service? Mahalo Answers
Mahalo is now answering your questions. The human-curated search engine/ condensed wiki guide is adding a Q&A service called Mahalo Answers
to its mix. It is a combination of Yahoo Answers and the long-defunct Google Answers, with some cute avatars and virtual currency thrown in. (Disclosure: Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis is our partner [...]
HOW TO: Get the Most Out of StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon has been around since 2001, and their tag line boasts “Discover your web” and, truly, that’s what this service does. It provides the unique feature of showing you a random website, anytime, anywhere, and also learns and adapts to your interests, showing you websites specifically tailored to your preferences. Here’s a guide for users [...]
Blogger Finally Allows Imports and Exports
Yesterday, Google’s Blogger team introduced probably the most long awaited upgrade to the system ever, the ability to import and export in and out of Blogger powered blogs. For people like me who’ve been running their personal blogs there since the system’s inception, we’ve all been tempted to migrate away completely, or go through our [...]
Gmail Enables SMS Messaging From Chat
Only a few days after the launch of its new task manager, Gmail has introduced a new feature allowing users to send free SMS messages through its integrated Chat. To activate the feature, visit the Gmail Labs page and scroll down until you see the appropriate listing (you may also want to activate a few [...]
Top Five Firefox Add-Ons for Mom Bloggers
Multi-tasking is something moms, especially those online, master pretty quickly. That doesn’t mean we can’t use a little help along the way. There are so many Firefox add-ons to explore that are extremely useful to Moms and some are just downright fun to use.
The following will help moms (and dads) be more productive, less stressed, [...]
HOW TO: Use Google Reader Like A Rockstar
Google Reader recently got a facelift; with a fresh look and features, a lot of people are buzzing about the service.
Knowing that new users are signing up and veterans are looking for some ideas to make their experience even better, we have put together a quick how-to that should offer something for everyone.
Make Giving Part of Your Business Strategy
Use charitable giving to increase sales, lift employee morale—and help out your favorite cause
Talk about great philanthropists, and the names of celebrated entrepreneurs—think Carnegie, Ford, and Rockefeller—are sure to come up. Those who’ve amassed fortunes but haven’t forgotten their hardscrabble beginnings have long formed the backbone of philanthropic giving in the U.S. In more [...]
What Small Business Can Expect From Obama
Small business owners are most concerned about taxes, health insurance costs, and getting banks to lend again
After an historic election, entrepreneurs, along with the rest of the country, await the inauguration of a new President with an ambitious agenda. Given the nearly unprecedented financial situation and two ongoing wars, entrepreneurs are understandably anxious that [...]
Refinancing Your Mortgage
We talk to a mortgage expert on the pros and cons of refinancing in today’s market
Applications for mortgage refinancing tripled in early December on news that the Federal Reserve will buy up to $600 billion of mortgage debt. BusinessWeek’s personal finance editor Lauren Young spoke to mortgage guru Keith Gumbinger of HSH Associates, a [...]
Google Chrome Claims Facebook May Be A Phishing Site (Update: Safari Too)
Conspiracy theory lovers are going to have a field day with this one: when you try to access Facebook using the Google Chrome browser today, you’ll get a warning that the social network may in fact be a phishing site.
You can still use the site if you click the button to continue, but you can [...]
Everything you always wanted to know about Google
But were afraid to ask. This is the title of this very interesting 34-slide presentation on Google prepared by FaberNovel, a french consulting firm. It is hard to realize the real nature of this just 10 years old giant given the number of services it has continuously released, updated (and sometimes shut down) or acquired.
Power.com: The Next Massive IM and Social Networking Aggregator?
There aren’t many sites with 5 million users that we haven’t heard of, but Power.com is just that, and it’s a name you might be hearing a lot more of after it launches in the US today.
Previously available in Brazil and India, the site bills itself as a “Meebo for social networking” of sorts, allowing [...]
The Free Speech Alliance Declares War on the “Censorship Doctrine”
A multitude of organizations, hundreds of thousands of individuals join together to defend the First Amendment from a reinstatement of the so-called “Fairness” Doctrine
Editor’s Note: You too can join the Free Speech Alliance. Click here and sign the petition, and stand at the ready for whenever any liberal again threatens the First Amendment with talk [...]
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The Huffington Post Raises $25 Million from Oak Investment Partners
We already knew The Huffington Post was looking for capital, but it turns out to be a little more than the $15 million the Times of London projected earlier. Kara Swisher says the political uber-blog network has in fact raised $25 million from Oak Investment Partners and will announce the news later this morning (press [...]
LinkedIn Reveals New Look, Better Navigation
Where the Credit Freeze Has Thawed
The Google Android Phone's Big Premiere
Google Answers Its Antitrust Critics, Sort Of.
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