The Evolution of Search Engines: A Glimpse into the Future
Since the early stages of web 1.0 when we first starting navigating the web with the assistance of search engines, the search engine industry has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry. Search engine use has exploded through web 2.0. In 2022, Google saw 8.5 billion searches per day (Internet live Stats, 2022). Along this growth […]
Ad-free search engine Neeva closes down
Last October, we covered the launch of a new ad-free search engine known as Neeva. Founded by ex-Googlers Sridhar Ramaswamy and Vivek Raghunathan, Neeva was an advert-and tracker-free search engine that claimed users would receive ‘no tracking’ and ‘no bias’. As a result, the company claimed users could ‘search free from corporate influence’. However, although […]
Microsoft rolls out additional Search features for OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Bing
Microsoft has announced that Bing Search will be the default search engine on OpenAI’s ChatGPT service, providing users with more up-to-date and timely information. Initially, Bing Search will be available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers, with plans to expand access to free users in the future. The integration of Bing Search aims to enhance the search […]
Google launches new folding Pixel phone to compete with Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold series
In a raft of new announcements at Google’s I/O conference, the big hardware news was the launch of Google’s first foldable phone – the Pixel Fold. The Pixel Fold appears to set itself in direct competition with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip / Fold series. When the Pixel Fold is fully open, the interior screen […]
The ‘godfather of AI’ quits Google and warns about “existential risk” posed by technology
Geoffrey Hinton, the so-called ‘godfather of AI’ who won the ‘Nobel Prize of Computing’ for his trailblazing work on neural networks, has quit Google and expressed regrets and fears about his life’s work. The life-long academic joined Google after the company acquired a business he started alongside two of his students. One of these went […]
Shares of Alphabet plummet as reports reveal Samsung may choose Bing for its search function
Shares of Alphabet reportedly fell by as much as 4% when Samsung Electronics Co. announced it was considering replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing as its default search engine on its devices. This was the firm’s biggest single-day decline in more than two months. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Google employees had been […]
Latest search updates from Google finally launched
Google Search has released more tools and features to help users evaluate and trust the information they are searching for online. Below are some of the key updates released by Google this month. ‘About this result’ feature Google’s new ‘About this result’ feature helps users to evaluate the information they find on Google and understand […]
New Shopify and Google Cloud AI Integration set to vastly improve user experience
Shopify Inc and Google Cloud have announced a new integration that enables retailers to improve their Google-quality search capabilities. Merchants can now use advanced search and browse experiences using Google Cloud’s Discovery AI solution to enhance user experience and prevent search abandonment. About search abandonment New research has revealed that search abandonment can cost the […]
Google launches Bard AI chatbot
Google launches its Bard chatbot in the UK and US, but how does the chatbot fare in comparison to competitors Bing Chat and ChatGPT? Google’s launch of Bard is the tech giant’s ‘quick’ solution to preventing its highly profitable web search service from being outcompeted by artificial intelligence (AI) rival chatbots. Despite existing chatbots such […]
Microsoft has been working with chatbots since 2016
Although AI chatbots have burst into the news in the past few months, Microsoft has secretly been working with AI since at least 2016. Following the company’s early work with bots, Bing’s Sydney chatbot first appeared publicly in late 2020. It was then trialled in a small number of countries throughout 2021. However, the test […]
Google Deletes Large Amounts Of Local Guides Reviews
The Google Maps team have had to recently delete unusually high amounts of reviews from ‘Local Guides’, which led to Google launching an update in this specific area of Google maps based reviews. In coming weeks, Google will potentially reinstate some of these ‘Local Guide’ reviews that actually were legitimate. This activity could well have […]
Mercedes-Benz Teams Up with Google and TikTok to Create Ultimate Digital Experience
Merecedes-Benz have announced two new partnerships with Google and TikTok to create the next-generation digital luxury car experience. The firm’s new partnership with Google will make Mercedes-Benz the first car manufacturer to build its own branded navigation using new in-car geospatial data and navigation capabilities from Google Maps Platform. Mercedes-Benz & Google Mercedes-Benz has announced […]