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Article | 20/07/2010 Facebook user satisfaction 'abysmal'
While Facebook is expected to announce this week that it's grabbed its 500 millionth user, a new study shows that not everyone is so happy with the so...
Article | 21/07/2010 Yahoo profit up, but revenue falls short of forecasts
Yahoo's second-quarter revenue was US$1.60 billion, coming in on the low end of the company's expectations and falling short of analyst predictions.
Article | 21/07/2010 Yahoo profit up, but revenue falls short of forecasts
Yahoo's second-quarter revenue was $US1.60 billion, coming in on the low end of the company's expectations and falling short of analyst predictions.
Article | 21/07/2010 Google revamps its photo search engine
Google has given a major overhaul to the layout of its Images search engine's results page and introduced a new advertising format specific for this s...
Article | 21/07/2010 Google to end services for two online products in China
As Google restructures its operations in China, the company announced on Tuesday that it would end technical support for two services belonging to a p...
Article | 20/07/2010 Google making strides in emerging businesses
Google's second-quarter financial report last week provided further signs that, after years of trying, Google may finally be seeing material results f...
Article | 19/07/2010 Google buys Metaweb, chases more complicated search
Google on Friday said it acquired Metaweb, a company that maintains a database of information that it offers to website operators wishing to aggregate...
Article | 19/07/2010 Google updates News site following complaints
Nearly two weeks after rolling out a Google News redesign, Google has added a new feature to the page in hopes of placating complainers. The feature l...
Article | 16/07/2010 Apple iPad OS update fixes Wi-Fi, adds Bing
As operating system upgrades go, Apple's iOS 3.2.1 patch for the iPad may not break new ground, but it does fix a few nagging problems, most notably a...
Article | 16/07/2010 Google tops revenue, misses earnings expectations in Q2
Google grew its revenue and profits in the second quarter, but while revenue topped Wall Street's expectations, profits fell short.
Article | 15/07/2010 Microsoft Bing grabs search share from Google
After struggling for a few months, Microsoft's Bing search engine showed growth in the U.S. in June.
Article | 14/07/2010 Bing client for Android due within weeks
Microsoft will release its first full-featured Bing search client for Android in the next six weeks, matching the search capabilities that Microsoft o...
Article | 10/07/2010 Restored Google China search site very limited in features
Google's recent restoration of Google.cn may have helped the company secure a renewal of its Internet Content Provider (ICP) license in China, but the...
Article | 10/07/2010 Twitter catches cybercriminals and Google foots the bill
Google is paying for research to shut down spammers on . . . Twitter and Facebook?
Article | 10/07/2010 Google, China look for way to coexist
The Beijing government's decision to renew Google's license to do business in China could be a big step in a long process of negotiations between Goog...