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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
Bing is stronger than ever, and it's finally starting to take a bite out of Google. New analysis shows that over the last year, Bing has consistently grown month by month, while Google is shrinking. More...
Microsoft's Bing scored a major victory this week, by becoming the default search provider on Amazon's upcoming Kindle Fire lineup. As Bing carves out its place in mobile search, could Apple be next? More...
Google have added a nifty feature that allows users to save their search settings and tie it to their Google accounts, regardless of which device or browser you're using. More...
Beyond the algorithims and indexes, it's up to people to make sure that search engines deliver the best results, and Bing is no different. Now, thanks to a former employee, we can see how they do it. More...
Despite some big gains on the desktop, Bing faces an tougher battle on mobile, as Microsoft struggles to learn what users want out of mobile search by rivaling Google's vast accumulation of user data. More...
Bing has grown by leaps and bounds since its release, but it's still got a ways to go before it can displace Google. But Bing is about to gain a huge advantage over Google, and it's called Windows 8. More...
Google has announced its new Knowledge Graph search feature, which it claims will allow users to find information about related subjects in a search query more quickly. More...
Google is reportedly going to make another major change in its search engine that will offer answers to a user's search inquires rather than offer just links to various web sites. More...
In an unusual move, Twitter has released a statement slamming Google for its newly announced search features that include using information generated by Google's own Google+ social network. More...
Google announced a major revamp of its Google Search service, adding new features that Google has put under the umbrella term Search plus Your World. More...
You'd think Google would know better than to pay for links that drive up search hits, but apparently not. The company is penalizing itself after it was caught violating its own terms of service. More...
Google has revealed the 10 biggest rising search results on its web site for 2011 with the so-called pop singer Rebecca Black named as the number one rising search result of the year. More...
The latest search results are in and Bing has managed to nab a bit of the search market share from Google and Yahoo. More...
Google is making a major change to its search algorithm in order to give users search results that are up to date and timely compared to its previous search models. More...
As Microsoft continues to lose copious amounts of cash on their search engine, it continues to innovate, hoping that consumers will eventually value quality enough to switch. More...
Search giant Google has pushed a new version of its search and image results to tablet devices in order to make the service more usable across the devices. More...
Straight off the back of Google announcing its brand new social networking website, "Google Plus," the company has started overhauling its other web services with its new interface. So far, we've seen a new global... More...
The Google Code team today have launched a new Chrome Experiment known as the WebGL Globe. Through any WebGL enabled browser, such as Google Chrome or Firefox 4, you can view geographic data on an... More...
Google has made changes to its search algorithm in the last day or so that they claim are so subtle many wouldn't notice, but will still help reduce the ranking of low-quality websites. They define... More...
Google has begun tweaking their social search results to include various social networking websites including: Twitter, Flickr, Reddit, Digg, Linkedin, YouTube and more. Prior to today, these social search results would only appear at the... More...
Neowin has been contacted by Google Global Communications Officer, Jay Nancarrow, who said in a follow up to this story posted two weeks ago: "I wanted to reach out to let you know that we... More...
Some of our members have noticed that the Google Chrome browser has begun using https:// encrypted.google.com as default in the United States, instead of the unencrypted http://www.google.com site. While this might not affect everyone using... More...
Google has come under fire this month for becoming victim to webspam which spoofs search results. The search giant wishes to assure their users that they are on it and working to eradicate the "webspam"... More...
Last month, Neowin reported that Google was testing Instant Previews to go along with Instant Search results, but today they have finally unveiled it for everybody. Google Instant Preview is combined with Instant Search to give... More...
In a move that will have more than a few people shaking their heads, Google has renamed text advertising that appears next to search results to simply ''Ads''. Previously, the AdWords listings were referred to... More...
Google Maps and search users can now get inside selected businesses without leaving the house. Starting last week, high-resolution photos of the interiors of businesses began appearing on Google Place pages after the search giant... More...
Google now has a market cap of more than $195 billion. To put that into perspective, Microsoft sits around $218 billion, while Apple is cruising along at $280. Google's growth is nothing short of impressive.... More...
Just weeks after changing the way we search in a web browser and rolling out Instant Search, Google is at it once again. Today, according to Patrick Altoft of Blogstorm, Google is testing full page... More...
This morning, Google CEO Eric Schmidt tweeted a hint as to what Google would unleash during today's big announcement. " I predict big things happening today at Google. We're already fast.. fast is about to... More...
The world's most popular search engine, Google, has confirmed it has begun limited testing of a new search results page that updates as you type your query. SEO consultant Rob Ousbey spotted the change and recorded... More...