Tag Archives: search

Get more out of Google search – infographic

By Julie Starr | Published: November 27, 2011
An infographic from hackcollege.com on smarter ways to find things using Google. It’s aimed at students but is useful for anyone.   Created by: HackCollege
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Search & social wrap: Google wallet, Twitter user data, Bing, Baidu and RenRen

By Julie Starr | Published: May 27, 2011
Some more catch-up reading, this time about search, social and floats. Google: Coming soon – make your phone your wallet Today in our New York City office, along with Citi, MasterCard, First Data and Sprint, we gave a demo of Google Wallet, an app that will make your phone your wallet. You’ll be able to [...]
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‘Distinctions between TV, radio & web will go’

By Julie Starr | Published: August 7, 2010
Via RWW come some thoughts on what’s ahead from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Five years from now the internet will be dominated by Chinese-language content. Today’s teenagers are the model of how the web will work in five years – they jump from app to app to app seamlessly. Five years is a factor of [...]
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How Google works – the graphic

By Julie Starr | Published: July 3, 2010
I came across this via a link on Twitter (can’t remember who, sorry) and thought I’d post it for my students.
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Twitter search has its limits

By Julie Starr | Published: March 18, 2009
Another reality check for the "real time search" idea. At the South By Southwest geekfest this week, CNET's Dan Terdiman reports that trying to find anything useful out of Twitter search with the standard #sxsw hash tag has been almost impossible.
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