Tag: Search
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How To Remove All Google Activity
Recently, we posted an article about how to hear your OK Google requests that are stored on Google and today I am happy to announce that Google have expanded the info that they store on you and you can view it all here: MyActivity Once you have logged in and hit that address you will […]
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“OK Google.. How Do I Clear My Voice Search History?”
With facial recognition, voice search functions, location history tracking, etc., everyone can know everything about everybody else if they have the knowledge and inclination to do so. Voice search functions in particular are a very strange kettle of fish. There is a drive somewhere on the planet that contains everything you have ever asked Google […]
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The Google Star Wars Easter Egg You Have Been Looking For!
The fun-loving jokers at the internet search provider have become one with The Force Awakens in a rebellious act that will leave Star Wars fans in awe! Make a lightspeed jump to Google.com right now* and search for the phrase “A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Galaxy Far Far Away” (without the quotations) and […]
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EU Accuses Google Of Unfair Practices
The EU have been squaring up to internet search giant google for a number of months now, accusing them of monopolizing the search market and then prioritizing advertisements for their own products on their site. This spawned a recent antitrust lawsuit which is currently in debate in court. The EU are strict and very observant when […]
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Wikileaks Publishes Sony Pictures Emails
Controversial website WikiLeaks has published the entire archive of hacked e-mails lifted from the inner workings of Sony Pictures. The website has claimed that the information held within the archive warrants the entire collection to be maintained and protected for the public to see. One of the reasons behind the enshrining of the hack’s contents […]
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Twitter Adds Feature Explaining Hashtags
Twitter hashtags can get pretty obscure – the text limit and acronyms often leave users confused as just to what the topic is about. Often a quick Google search is in order, but sometimes you want to hear what the company itself has to say about a particular hashtag. Twitter’s now defunct Discover tab previously […]
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DARPA Testing Deep Web Search Tool
DARPA, the US agency responsible for many high tech projects used to defend that country, and the creators of one of the internet’s precursors back in the late 1970s, is turning their attention to the problem of the ‘deep web’, hard to access, easy to hide websites and services maintained outside of the normal domain […]
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Facebook Readying In-House Search Tool
Microsoft have reported that Facebook have officially ended their partnership with Bing and now the social network is ready to deploy their own search tool on their website following the new tool’s announcement earlier in the week. The new Facebook search tool is optimized for the site itself and features several unique features that […]
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Microsoft Ditches Clipart for Bing Images
Clipart is gone, finally. Microsoft’s dated and depressingly plain image library is finally departing from Office, replaced by an in-app version of Bing image search, which is specifically calibrated to bring up images that won’t get you in trouble for breaching copyright. Users on Office will now have to use the Bing Image Search feature […]
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Android Google Search Now Supports Music Apps
Google does make the best, most comprehensive search engine in the world. The uses of the engine and the technology behind it are staggering, from offering advertisements to indexing most of the internet for more convenient access. Therefore, it makes a lot of sense that Android customers should use Google to find the music they […]
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Facebook Introduces Graph Search in the United States
Stateside social networkers get a new feature today to connecting them on level by searching for specific terms & finding friends who share common interests.
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Retro Replay: Google Brings Back Atari Classic ‘Breakout’ as Search Engine Easter Egg!
Google blasts a hole in your productivity this morning with a super-cool and colourful homage to Atari arcade classic ‘Breakout’ which is now 37 years old!