Google (search) is dying: former Google SA head - MyBroadband

5 February 2012, 1:13 pm

MyBroadbandGoogle (search) is dying: former Google SA headMyBroadband“The pie of search query volumes in the world, that business is shrinking,” he said. As an example, Masie pointed to Siri, the natural language speech interface Apple bundled with the iPhone 4S. Siri uses Google as a last resor... Read More »

Yandex Boosted by Facebook as Cheapness to Mail.ru Lures: Russia Overnight - Bloomberg

3 February 2012, 6:12 am

Yandex Boosted by Facebook as Cheapness to Mail.ru Lures: Russia OvernightBloombergThe operator of Russia's most popular Internet search engine, Yandex led gainers on the Bloomberg Russia-US 14 Index of Russian companies traded in New York, which was little changed at 105.82 yesterday as seven s... Read More »

Joomla 2.5 offers promise of multi-database support - FierceContentManagement

31 January 2012, 1:52 pm

Joomla 2.5 offers promise of multi-database supportFierceContentManagementLast week Joomla announced its latest version, 2.5, with what it called multi-database support, natural language search and notifications when updates to Joomla or an extension are available. The automatic notification system,... Read More »

Joomla 2.5 courts corporate, enterprise users - ZDNet (blog)

24 January 2012, 4:58 am

Joomla 2.5 courts corporate, enterprise usersZDNet (blog)24, offers multi-database support, notably Microsoft SQL Server out of the gate, and Oracle support in the near future, as well as an enhanced natural language search engine and automatic notification and delivery of updates and extensions.and... Read More »

Ask.com users are wordier than on any other search engine - AGBeat

24 January 2012, 1:17 am

Ask.com users are wordier than on any other search engineAGBeatChitika makes some assertions as to why there is such a difference in user behaviors, noting that Ask.com users encourage searches to be done in a user's natural language while we would note that AOL users have been groomed to search... Read More »

Evi arrives in town to go toe-to-toe with Siri - TechCrunch

23 January 2012, 9:47 am

AppAdviceEvi arrives in town to go toe-to-toe with SiriTechCrunchIt would need to be a search engine with natural language processing, but also behave in the manner of artificial intelligence and respond to voice recognition. One company that sprung to mind was True Knowledge. I pinged them.It's... Read More »

Now Search for the Cheapest Flights on Facebook and Twitter - PR.com (press release)

20 January 2012, 12:03 am

Now Search for the Cheapest Flights on Facebook and TwitterPR.com (press release)Gurgaon, India, January 20, 2012 --(PR.com)-- iXiGO.com, India's leading travel search engine, is breaking new ground with the launch of a natural language flight search tool for Facebook and Twitter. The tool will ... Read More »

MakeMyTrip-backed iXiGO Rolls Out Flight Search Tool For Facebook & Twitter ... - VC Circle

18 January 2012, 4:44 am

VC CircleMakeMyTrip-backed iXiGO Rolls Out Flight Search Tool For Facebook & Twitter ...VC CircleiXiGO.com, an Indian travel search engine has launched a natural language flight search tool for Facebook and Twitter. The tool allows Facebook and Twitter users to post a flight request on a wall or sen... Read More »

Wolfram Alpha and Stats Partner on NFL Data - Digital Media Wire

13 January 2012, 12:19 pm

Wolfram Alpha and Stats Partner on NFL DataDigital Media WireWolfram Alpha, which computes answers to factual queries rather than return typical search results, announced a partnership with sports information, content, and technology provider Stats LLC to incorporate statistics for every NFL team, g... Read More »

Nuance releases Dragon Go! voice recognition app for Android - androidandme.com

10 January 2012, 10:12 am

AppAdviceNuance releases Dragon Go! voice recognition app for Androidandroidandme.comBy using natural language recognition, Dragon is able to provide you with an answer or result for just about anything you can ask it. Want to make reservations for a certain restaurant? Simply tell Dragon Go!, “Ma... Read More »