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AdaptiveBlue places SmartLinks in context

AdaptiveBlue is making its SmartLinks available to bloggers and others site creators to embed on their Web pages. SmartLinks offer a top-down semantic layer on Web pages, automatically identifying object types (such as books, movies, recipes, restaurants, people, etc.) and then providing links to more in-depth, relevant data. Clicking on...

Tags: Web, Link, AdaptiveBlue, SmartLinks, SmartLink, SmartLink Search, Channel Management, Blogging, Marketing, Internet, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-10-22

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Microsoft puts more muscle behind its potential 'Kumo' search brand

After a weekend of "it's on-again/no it's not" rumors regarding Microsoft doing some kind of search deal with Yahoo, it's worth noting the Redmondians are still pushing ahead with their plan to rebrand Live Search as "Kumo." by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Brand, Yahoo! Inc., Domain, Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., Kumo, Investment, Finance, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-01

News to know: Mumbai attacks, Microhoo, Holiday shopping, HDTVs

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jennifer Leggio: Mumbai attack coverage demonstrates good and bad maturation point of social media Social media marketing opportunism during tragedy = fail Oliver Marks: Mumbai Attacks...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Attack, Digital Video, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Open Source, Personal Technology, Internet, Security, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Your guide to disabling SearchWiki

SearchWiki is one of those features that should really have a built-in mechanism for disabling it. Many people are finding the new feature a bit annoying which makes me think that it's going to be a short-lived feature -- at least as a permanent default. In...

Tags: Google Inc., SearchWiki, Web Browsers, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-29

Icahn: 'I like Jerry'; Yahoo needs Microsoft search deal

Carl Icahn says he likes Jerry Yang and notes the former Yahoo CEO is a "charismatic guy," but Yahoo needs to do a Microsoft search deal since the company can't afford to fight Google. Icahn's remarks, made in an interview with Barron's subscription required a few days...

Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-29

Cyberchondria or did Microsoft miss market again?

Getting out the message that it's usually nothing would be a great start toward bringing the mass market of medical search online. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Mass Market, Microsoft Corp., Market, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Hapax CEO recognises importance of shared infrastructure moving forward

I had an enjoyable conversation with Mark Redgrave recently, ahead of his company's unveiling of their 'meaning platform,' Amplify. Mark is CEO of London-based Hapax, a company that has been applying patented technology to natural language processing NLP since 2000. According to the Press...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Advertisement, Brand, Ontology, Amplify, Branding, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Microsoft still fighting a losing battle against Google

New Comscore data was released today which clearly shows how Google's search share is continuing to rise, and despite Microsoft's best efforts even giving away prizes to searchers, they are at best stagnant. Year-over-year, Microsoft's search share went from 9.7% down to 8.5% while Google rose from 58.5% to...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Financial Accounting, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Finance, Marketing, Software, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Microsoft's Live launches malware detection service for webmasters

Playing catch-up with Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google's warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo's SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft's Live Search has updated their Webmaster tools to offer detection for embedded malware. Moreover, as a late entrant they simply had to differentiate, and they did it...

Tags: Webmaster, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Best Apple iPhone, iPod touch apps

Just about everyone seems to have either an iPhone or iPod touch these days and the companion App Store is chock full of over 5,000 great gift ideas. From powerful databases to file storage to music, this list has something for you. Can't decide? Give your special someone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Database, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., Apple iPod Touch, Apple iTunes, US$5, BeatMaker iPhone, Intua, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-26

2% of Web searches are health-related

2% of all Web queries were health-related, Microsoft said, and about 250,000 users, or about a quarter of the sample, engaged in a least one medical search during the study. by AM

Tags: Web, Internet Search, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing, AM

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Text analytics helps find what you're searching for

As search becomes more and more of a commodity, many people are beginning to ask “what’s next” for the enterprise search industry. The answer may lie with the fast-evolving area of text analytics, says Lexalytics' Jeff Catlin. Commentary--Enterprise search is still growing, evolving and improving....

Tags: Enterprise Search, Financial Planning, Cloud Computing, Finance, search, analytics, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet, Jeff Catlin, Lexalytics, Special to ZDNet

News items 2008-11-24

Two paths for information management pros in an economic downturn

There's nothing like an economic downturn to catalyze change in information management IM strategies. Someone asked me recently, "Isn't information management a discretionary spend that will likely get cut in an economic downturn?" He cited the fact that tools for collaboration, content, and business intelligence are traditionally difficult to financially...

Tags: Information Management, Business Technology Team, Strategy, Management, Matthew Brown

Blog posts 2008-11-24

Would you 'Kumo' it?

A few months back, I noted Microsoft had been exploring some new possibilities for rebranding its search engine -- among them, Kumo. The LiveSide.Net folks are reporting tonight that Microsoft has taken control of the Kumo.com domain and has started redirecting internally some of its servers to it. by Mary...

Tags: Microsoft Live Search, Microsoft Corp., LiveSide.Net Folk, Mergers & Acquisitions, Workforce Management, Corporate Law, Search, Investment, Finance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-11-23

Google Chrome to be pre-installed on PCs in 2009?

Google is reportedly thinking about cutting deals with PC makers to have its Chrome browser pre-installed on new computers, a move that could position the Internet giant to not only boost its presence in search but also put some of its branded apps - Gmail, Google Docs, Google Reader and...

Tags: Google Inc., PC, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone vs. Android development: Day 5

Today is the last day of a 5-day course on iPhone programming class led by Joe Conway from Big Nerd Ranch. During the course I've been taking notes on how development for the iPhone compares to development for Android. By the way, BNR also offers Android courses if you're interested....

Tags: Program, Apple iPhone, Web Service, Android, iPhone API, Settings App, Android Preference, Cloud Computing, Web Services, XML, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-11-21

iPhone 2.2 firmware released

As expected, Apple released iPhone firmware 2.2 today. The 246MB update includes the following published features: Enhancements to Maps Google Street View Public transit and walking directions Display address of dropped pins Share location via email ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Firmware, Apple iTunes, E-mail, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Student Technology Day: session videos now online

Last month I attended the Microsoft Student Technology Day 2008 full coverage here in London, with Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, Andy McLoughlin, CEO of Huddle.net and many others. It was really quite an eye-opening day to some of the work at Microsoft, and from the many emails I got...

Tags: Multi-touch, Steve Ballmer, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Enterprise 2.0 solution reduces email abuse

We now live in a day and age where we can expect to get dozens, if not hundreds of emails a day. Most of these you'll find are replies and forwarded emails - emails which you have already responded to and are following up, or emails which have been passed...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise 2.0 Solution, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Go ahead...Hang out on MySpace. Wait, what?

The MacArthur Foundation just released a study suggesting that, not surprisingly, given the integration of social media into business and modern culture, the time kids spend with so-called new media, is generally neither wasted nor particularly harmful. In fact, as one of the lead researchers points out in the...

Tags: Youth, Media, Social Media, MySpace, Barack Obama, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-21