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Google has to delete offensive autocomplete results, German federal court rules
www.computerworld.com
Google has to remove search suggestions from autocomplete in Germany if the results are offensive, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled Tuesday....
A faster, simpler Google Search app for iPhone
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Starting today, when you use the Google Search app on your iPhone, you’ll see a completely redesigned interface that gives you faster results, beautiful full-screen image search, and a simple way to access all your Google apps in one place. Search by voice, by typing, or with your camera Get...
Google Maps Gets Search Suggestions
www.readwriteweb.com
The list of suggestions that pops up whenever you enter text into the Google search bar has just been added to Google Maps, Google announced today. The feature, which has been in testing in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, has been added to 10 more domains in 8 additional...
SearchCap: The Day In Search, June 28, 2012
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Make Deal With French Anti-Racism Groups Over ‘Jew’ Search Suggestions Google in deal with French groups over ‘Jew’ suggestion via... Please visit Search Engine Land...
Auto-Ban: German Court Orders Google to Delete Offensive Search Suggestions
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Germany’s Federal Court of Justice has ordered Google to evaluate requests to remove potentially defamatory autocomplete search entries. In a Tuesday decision, the court said it is Google’s responsibility to remove autocomplete results that falsely imply “a factual link between [an individual] and terms … which have negative connotations.” At...
Google Gives Blackberry Users Fancy New Maps
www.blackweb20.com
Google has been rolling out a new version of Google Maps and the latest update for Blackberry is pretty extensive, including connections to Buzz and a search by voice feature. We’ve been rolling out new versions of Google Maps for mobile at a fast pace lately, and the first Google...
Hands-on with Articles for iPhone: Wikipedia in your palm
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Articles for iPhone is a brand new Wikipedia client for the iPhone and iPod touch from Sophiestication Software, maker of the popular Groceries, and Coversutra for the Mac. The app feels a lot like something Apple would create, but does it offer enough to set itself apart in the already...
Yandex launches tailored versions of its WebKit-powered browser in Turkey and Ukraine
thenextweb.com
Striving to increase its online search market share, Russian Internet giant Yandex has announced the deeply localized versions of its browser for Ukraine and Turkey, the company’s key markets. The two tailor-made versions of WebKit-powered Yandex.Browser have been released almost two months after the product was initially launched in Russia....
Pinterest for Android updated with push notifications, @mentions, search suggestions, more
9to5google.com
Pinterest is rolling out a big update to its mobile apps today that brings a number of highly requested features to Android devices. Some of the more notable updates include notifications and push notifications for comments and mentions, the ability to @mention friends from within the app, and improved...
Path boosts social discovery for its 5 million users with the addition of Search and Nearby features
thenextweb.com
Path is releasing an update to its iOS and Android applications. Starting today, users are going to notice Path Search, a new feature that the company says will help make it easier for them to rediscover, relive, and have serendipitous moments with their friends. With over 5 million users, Path has amassed...
Path boosts social discovery for its 5 million users with the addition of Search and Nearby features
Twitter Search Adds “Search Within People You Follow”, Autocomplete, Related Results
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Twitter has just implemented a massive set of improvements to search, allowing you to search just within tweets of people you follow, autocomplete, and related results including similar hashtags and usernames. These will all help you find what you’re looking for even if you’re unsure of the exact hashtag or...
Google Expands Search Suggestions, Real-Time Search & Adds Refinements To Local Searches
searchengineland.com
The Google blog posted their weekly, “this week in search” announcing small but important changes released on Google search. They include expanding the search suggestions user interface internationally, adding more language support to real-time search, adding refinements to local search queries and introducing lists for bookmarks. On Google.com, Google used...
Jury strikes down Eolas' 'Interactive Web' patent
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Patent-holding company claimed a host of Web giants owed it hundreds of millions in royalties for their use of online video streaming, search suggestions, and other "interactive" elements on pages....
Simpler search
blog.twitter.com
We’re constantly working to make Twitter search the simplest way to discover what’s happening in real time. To that end, today we’re introducing search autocomplete and ‘People you follow’ search results to twitter.com. In addition to recent improvements like related query suggestions, spelling corrections and more relevant search results, these...
Spotify update lets you create radio stations from playlists, share to Tumblr, & more
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Streaming music service Spotify is rolling out a new version of its desktop software for Windows and Mac today, adding a handful of new features and improved functionality. Version 0.8.3 of Spotify includes the ability to create custom radio stations based on a particular playlist or album, much in...
SearchCap: The Day In Search, September 10, 2012
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Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Google Removed The Pirate Bay From Instant Search TorrentFreak reports Google has removed The Pirate Bay from showing up in Google’s search suggestions... Please visit Search...
Concerned About Facebook? You're Probably Getting Old
www.readwriteweb.com
Shortly after Facebook announced a bevy of new features at its F8 Developer conference last month, the backlash began. Since then, the number of people looking for ways to delete their Facebook account has been on the increase to the point where it made the list of Google search suggestions...
Firefox browser betas out for desktop, Android
www.pcworld.com
Mozilla has released new beta versions of its Firefox browser, with an improved JavaScript engine for desktops, Retina display support for Macs, and optional search suggestions for Android. The Firefox 18 beta is available through Mozilla's website for desktops, and through Google Play for Android. Keep in mind that...
Twitter for Android updated with profile header photos, pinch-to-zoom, & photo streams
9to5google.com
Twitter for Android is getting a nice little update today that brings a few new features. The updated app includes new profiles with header photos, photo streams through Events and Profiles, and Pinch-to-zoom on photos. Other features include improved search suggestions, and other enhancements and fixes. Twitter explained two...
Reconstructing Users' Web Histories From Personalized Search Results
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An anonymous reader sends along this excerpt from MIT's Technology Review: "Personalization is a key part of Internet search, providing more relevant results and gaining loyal customers in the process. But new research highlights the privacy risks that this kind of personalization can bring. A team of European researchers, working...
Google has to delete offensive autocomplete results, German federal court rules
www.pcworld.com
Google has to remove search suggestions from autocomplete in Germany if the results are offensive, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe ruled Tuesday. The court upheld a complaint by the founder and CEO of a company that sells nutritional supplements and cosmetics on the Internet, who was only...
Google officially removes 'The Pirate Bay' from autocomplete search suggestions
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Google (GOOG) made the first big strike in its campaign to punish repeat copyright violators in its search rankings by deleting autocomplete suggestions for The Pirate Bay’s website. TorrentFreak reports that typing in the first few letters of “Pirate Bay” will no longer give an autocomplete suggestion for the popular file-sharing...
Wikipedia’s Mobile Apps Drop Google Maps for OpenStreetMap
techcrunch.com
In the world of online mapping, it feels like things aren’t quite going in Google’s direction these days: Apple switched away from Google Maps to OpenStreetMap when it launched iPhoto for iOS. Foursquare, too, announced a similar switch just a few weeks ago and today, Wikipedia switched to OpenStreetMap in the latest...
Google Removed The Pirate Bay From Instant Search
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TorrentFreak reports Google has removed The Pirate Bay from showing up in Google’s search suggestions within Google Instant Search. Google Instant Search will auto-complete the search phrase based on search popularity and other factors. Prior to today, Google would auto-complete for the... Please visit Search Engine Land for the full...
Netflix site search and other features down for some due to technical issues (update: problem resolved)
www.theverge.com
Adding another name to the list of web services having trouble today, Netflix is partially down for some users. While it's possible to get to the home page and play selected videos, but features like search, suggestions, and recently viewed titles aren't showing up. The problem doesn't appear to...
Netflix site search and other features down for some due to technical issues (update: problem resolved)
This week in search 3/26/10
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This is one of a regular series of posts on search experience updates. Look for the label This week in search and subscribe to the series. - Ed.This week we're highlighting a few recent internationalization projects, as well as some improvements to the way you conduct your searches. Here's a...
New Version Of Safari Adds Gestures, iCloud Tabs & Twitter Integration
techcrunch.com
Getting Retina-ready isn’t the only big change coming to Apple’s web browser Safari today, it’s also getting a revamp which introduces a number of new features. Included in the list are faster search suggestions, a new unified smart search field, iCloud syncing (this one we knew about already), a new...
Firefox 14 rolls out: Google searches default to HTTPS, OS X Lion users get fullscreen support
www.engadget.com
The changes in Firefox 14 may not be quite as immediately noticeable as those in the recently released Firefox 13, but they're still fairly notable nonetheless. One of the biggest is Mozilla delivering on its promise to move to HTTPS for all Google search results and search suggestions, giving...
To Ease Small Screen Nesting, Pinterest Mobile Adds Search Suggestions, Mentions, And Notifications
techcrunch.com
Pinterest works best on the web, with its big images and pinning from other browser tabs. But mobile is the future and Pinterest is trying to play catch up there. Today Pinterest mobile added search suggestions which should make single-screen pinning easier. Its iOS and Android apps also got basic features like...
Google loses case in Germany over autocomplete search suggestions
news.cnet.com
The company will not have to remove autocomplete in Germany, but it must evaluate potential defamation claims when they are brought to its attention. [Read more]...
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