Google Apps Update: Places, Maps, Music, Blogger

by Rob D. Young Google has added new features to the Google Places app, Google Maps, Google Music (beta), and the Blogger app. Here’s a brief outline of the key features. Google Places iOS App IPhone and iPad users will be getting some new filter options in the most recent Google Places release. Specifically, you can […]

Google Maps for Android Now Lets You Add Photos to Reviews

by Stan Schroeder Google Maps for Android has been updated to version 5.10.0, which brings two new nifty features: the ability to attach photos to Place reviews and the option to see Places you’ve rated with 4 or 5 stars in your map view. The first option is self explanatory — it just lets you […]

One Year Later, Bing-Powered Search Takes 4% Market Share From Google – Hitwise

Sep 8, 2011 by Matt McGee It’s been a year since Bing began powering the natural search results on Yahoo and the combination has gained a little more than 4% market share in the U.S. since then. Google has dropped more than six percentage points in the same time period. All of that is according […]

Americans: Y’All Love QR Codes

BY KIT EATON The QR code is an acquired taste. But just as the tech is primed to be overtaken, America is going nuts for all things QR. Forget the bad press, the QR code seems like such a clever idea: Like a smarter barcode for the 21st century, it hooks up through your smartphone […]

Oprah to Appear Live on Facebook, Invites Your Questions

by Charlie White Oprah Winfrey is coming to Facebook next week. On Sept. 8, the TV star will be the one answering questions rather than asking them, appearing on a one-hour Facebook Live streaming video interview at 4:30 p.m. ET. To see the live webcast, go to Facebook Live on Sept. 8 and Oprah will […]

Google Classifies Subdomains As Internal Links Within Webmaster Tools

by Barry Schwartz Google has changed the way they handle reporting links within Google Webmaster Tools. Instead of considering subdomain links as external links, they are now considered internal links. Google made this announcement on their Google Webmaster Blog, explaining that this applies to both the non-WWW and WWW versions and other subdomains on the […]

Who Checks Your Company’s Social Media Profile?

Social Media isn’t just for teenagers and techies anymore. Adults have long used social media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. But the number of adult Internet users who now claim they use those and other social networking sites has more than doubled since 2008, according to a new report released late last week. For […]

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