Neowin News Feed for: Google search

Google Search thinks "gayest" and "worst" are the same thing

Andy Weir — Sat, 25 May 2013 01:17:35 +0100

Google is throwing up interesting results for some searches including the word "gayest", equating the term with the word "worst" - but Google has said it's simply a function of its search algorithms. Read more...

Google Search app for Windows 8 gets new update

John Callaham — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:51:54 +0100

Google has released the first update for its Google Search Windows 8 app in several months, adding a few new minor features to the highly popular free app for Microsoft's latest OS. Read more...

Google shakeups continue as Maps and Search divisions merge

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 19:32:13 +0000

Google continues to shake up its organization as it merges its Maps team into its search division and its former Maps head, Jeff Huber, will now work in the Google X division. Read more...

Xbox SmartGlass still the most popular free Windows 8 app

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:05:08 +0000

The current list of the top free Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store show that Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass app continues to stay on top of that list, with the Skype app in the number two slot. Read more...

Google could make $5 billion from tablet search revenue alone

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:59:04 +0000

In a report today, Marin Software - who advise Macy's, Gap and others on web-search ads - predict that Google could make $5 billion from tablet ad clicks alone. Read more...

Current top 10 free Windows 8 apps list has few changes

John Callaham — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 23:50:00 +0000

A quick check of the current top 10 most downloaded apps for Windows 8 show little change from the same list in December, with only a few minor additions and alterations. Read more...

The current top 10 most downloaded free Windows 8 apps are ...

John Callaham — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 16:55:00 +0000

We list the current most downloaded free Windows 8 apps in the Windows Store, with Xbox SmartGlass holding onto the number one slot, followed by Skype, Netflix and Google Search. Read more...

Windows 8 Expedia app released; updates for Google Search and Netflix

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:42:54 +0000

The Expedia online travel service has finally launched its official Windows 8 app this week in the Windows Store, which has also seen new app updates for Google Search and Netflix Read more...

Google: No plans to release any more Windows 8 apps

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:36:28 +0000

The product management director for Google Apps says that the company has no current plans to release any more apps for Microsoft's Windows 8 although he did admit that could change in the future. Read more...

It will be harder to find porn via Google from now on

John Callaham — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:35:44 +0000

Google has now confirmed that it has changed its search algorithms today so that from now on it will be harder to bring up pornographic images in regular search results. Read more...

Google posts its annual Zeitgeist search report, here's what 2012 looked like

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 11:10:12 +0000

Google posted their annual report for searches called Zeitgeist 2012. Dive in and find out what the most searched for terms were and what events made the biggest impact this year. Read more...

Google running banner ads targeting Windows 8 users [Update]

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:24:43 +0000

Google has been running banner ads on a number of web sites that promote its recently launched Google Search app for Windows 8 and are targeting Windows 8 users. Read more...

Google Search app for Windows 8 adds Windows RT support

John Callaham — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:29:30 +0000

The Google Search app for Windows 8, released a few weeks ago, has now received an update that allows the app to be used on Windows RT devices as well, such as the Surface tablet. Read more...

Google updating its search result page design

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 11:03:29 +0000

Google is making changes to the results page of its search engine. The change in design begins its roll out to the US and should provide a better search experience, focusing more on results. Read more...

Google launches rival to Siri for iOS

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:00:59 +0000

Google has launched an advanced search app for iOS devices that will directly compete with Apple's Siri voice assistant. The app allows use to ask almost any questions and make specific requests. Read more...

Google posts "Get Your Google Back" Windows 8 page-video

John Callaham — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:41:21 +0100

Google has launched a website, getyourgoogleback.com, and a video that shows Windows 8 users how they can download the Google Search Windows 8 app along with how to put Chrome in the Start Screen. Read more...

Google Search app for Windows 8 launched

John Callaham — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:20:46 +0100

Google has quietly released a search app for Windows 8, offering users of Microsoft's new OS a number of Internet search options, including voice search and adding Google to the Windows 8 search charm Read more...

Searcher beware: Bing has twice as many poison links as Google

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:03:50 +0100

A new Sophos study claims that Microsoft's Bing search engine has twice as many 'poison links' as Google, with image searches in particular being plagued by Blackhole exploits and malware. Read more...

ComScore: Microsoft-Bing stay flat in latest US search results

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 08:06:31 +0100

Data from ComScore says that Microsoft's share of the Internet search market stayed flat in September 2012 compared to August, while Google's share rose slightly. Read more...

Gmail can now search inside attachments

Paul Ferson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:57:38 +0100

Gmail's latest addition might help you dig up documents you forgot you ever received, indexing .doc and .pdf files among others so they can be hunted down with a simple search in the web interface. Read more...