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Malaysia gets its own Google Maps
News Localized site helps Malaysian business community better connect with customers as companies can add relevant corporate information, says search giant.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Web 2.0, SMB, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Small And Medium Business, Malaysia, local search, phone
Google trials Chinese business search site
News But will Bendi stop Google from losing market share to rival search engines?
Tags: Web sites, Search, Web services
Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator
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Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc., Location, Tool, GPS, Messaging, movie, local search, Verizon Wireless
Mobile data use still growing
News Mobile data usage nearly doubled in the last quarter, and data rises may be due to to better designed devices, according to Orange.
Tags: Storage, Data security, Database, Mobile, Mobile Internet, local search, mobile search, mobile social networking, Database, social networking
Thank God for Pacman
Blogs The recent year-end list released by search behemoth Google seems to validate a trend that has been proven over time--th...
Google giving U.S. small businesses local search data
News Small merchants wondering how Web searches impact their business are getting additional data from Google related to their local search results.
Tags: Market research, Search, Internet, Google AdSense, Google Inc., Small Business, local search, phone, San Francisco, Google AdWords
Google adds mapping to local offerings
News Google Maps, Google Local combine enhanced local search with maps, driving directions, business listings and satellite images.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Web services
MSN to offer local-search service
News Service integrates mapping and satellite images to help consumers pinpoint nearby stores and restaurants.
Tags: Service level management
Google reportedly buying mobile social network Zingku
News Zingku purchase would follow Google acquisitions of mobile services Dodgeball and Grand Central.
Tags: Mobile applications
AOL goes public with local search
News The service lets people personalize search results to their locale and review past queries.
Tags: Web browsers, Search
Google mapping enters the third dimension
News Search giant launches Google Earth, a satellite mapping service that lets people zoom in for 3D views of buildings and terrain.
Tags: Personal applications, Web sites
Microsoft to buy remote sensor firm
News Software maker hopes Vexcel will provide a boost to the company's digital mapping efforts.
Tags: Acquisitions
Chinese prefer Google to homegrown search
News Local search engine sites are cluttered, have too many ads and produce outdated or irrelevant results, say users.
Tags: Web sites, Search, Web services
Sex, MP3 music top Southeast Asian Web searches, says Catcha
News Sex and MP3 are among the top subjects of Web searches performed by Southeast Asian Internet users, according to search records revealed by one of the region's biggest search sites, Catcha.com.
