Search just got a jolt as Microsoft and Yahoo pull together in a 10 year deal to combine search efforts. Yahoo reported that with the Microsoft’s success with Bing, the two of them will work to divert ad revenue from [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Seattle Area Breaks All Records in Heat Wave
I could have told you it was hot, my thermometer inside the house reads 86 degrees (that is with an air conditioning unit upstairs) but I had no idea that we are having the hottest day on record EVER in [...]
Bing Rocks When Searching for Travel
I’ve become almost blind to my use of Google. Anytime I need to search for something, I use the built-in search tool in either Safari or Firefox that automatically defaults to Google without even thinking about it. Google had certainly [...]
The Worst May Be Over for the Tech Industry
At least according to Forrester Research. “The research firm nonetheless revised its forecast for 2009. It now expects the U.S. technology market to shrink by 5 percent this year. In March, Forrester had predicted a smaller 3 percent decline in [...]
Happy 4th of July
I’ll be taking a break from technology over the weekend and enjoying some sunshine. Regardless of the complaints I think I share with many others about politics and laws in our country, we are very fortunate to have it as [...]