Twitter translates into Spanish

So how do you say “fail whale” en español? Twitter has launched a Spanish translation, according to a blog post Tuesday (in Spanish) by co-founder Biz Stone.
It’s the first of multiple volunteer-assisted translations for the microblogging site, the post explained. A look at Twitter’s public timeline will show that it’s used in many languages across [...]

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Report: Yahoo joins OneRiot for real-time search

Yahoo could be ready to add OneRiot’s real-time search results into its own search pages.
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Updated 2:40 p.m. PDT with responses from OneRiot and Yahoo.
Not to be outdone by the rest of the search market, Yahoo apparently has a plan for getting in on the real-time search game itself, according to a report.
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Reporters’ Roundtable: ‘Dangers’ of cloud computing

This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users–the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company–the whole idea of “cloud” safety has been brought front and center for consumers.
Businesses, likewise, are wondering if they are exposed to similar risks [...]

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Coming to Google Labs: Social search results

SAN FRANCISCO–Google Vice President Marissa Mayer made a surprise announcement at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday: “Social Search,” a new Google Labs experiment that will bring in search results from a member’s social-network contact circle.
It’ll be launching as an opt-in project in the next few weeks. Then, you’ll need to have [...]

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Facebook 3.0 for iPhone pours on the features

Facebook 3.0 introduces new navigation, notifications, events, and more.
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The third major edition of Facebook for iPhone has just crept into the iTunes App Store. It’s a huge update, with numerous advanced features that make Facebook more interactive than before and which bring the app as close to the desktop experience as [...]

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Report: Wolfram Alpha to offer API for data feeds

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Wolfram Alpha, the “computational knowledge engine” developed by Mathematica, will soon allow its dynamic search results to be queried and mashed up in a variety of new ways.
According to the Guardian, Wolfram will be opening its curated data to be queried via an application programming interface, or API. Currently, you [...]

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It’s time to go hyperlocal with these resources

Monday’s news that MSNBC acquired EveryBlock, a “hyperlocal” news service just a few months after AOL acquired a competing service, Patch, had me thinking about all the start-ups that are vying for your attention by targeting your neighborhood. Of course, many of these sites don’t work with every neighborhood, so your mileage will vary.
Regardless, [...]

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The Secret to SEO Search Engine Optimization

That’s the word from veteran SEO expert Heather Lloyd-Martin
SEO is not about creating a website sausage overstuffed with key words and phrases. It’s all about creating relevant and compelling content that transforms you into a thought leader who can become a trusted provider. You can, then, readily convert visitors into buyers
Of course, this is gospel [...]

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Search Google images on your cell phone

Google image search is no longer restricted to iPhone and Android phones.
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Last March, Google’s mobile team made it possible to search for images on your iPhone and Android phone. On Thursday, they rolled out image search for feature phones; that is, for pretty much any cell phone make and model with [...]

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Bing strikes licensing deal with Wolfram Alpha

Bing will start using Wolfram Alpha’s data in search results following a licensing deal.
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Microsoft’s Bing search engine is getting a little help from a very smart friend.
Wolfram Alpha and Bing have reached a licensing deal that allows Bing to present some of the specialized scientific and computational content that Wolfram Alpha [...]

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