Industry News

Facebook utilises poll position
Social networking site Facebook is intending to release a tool allowing market research polls to be displayed to its users - which will result in real-time feedback for the corporate brands behind them.

Wikia wants some of the answers business
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales launches Wikianswers site with a distinct lack of fanfare.

Google and NASA get behind the University of the Future
Google and NASA, among others, show support for Singularity University.

Google to introduce date search to site command?
Have eagle eyed searchers here at Bigmouthmedia been the first to notice a significant change on search results when the site command is used on Google.com?

Google expands internet into remote African villages
While billions may have been sitting comfortably behind their computer screens for years now, not everyone is lucky enough to have that luxury However, Google believes the time has come to bring even the most remote villages up to technological speed

Earth, Sky and now Mars - where next for Google?
This week's beta release of Google Earth 5.0 shows just how far the search engine is willing to extend its horizons.

Latitude sparks a Google Backlash
Privacy critics have attacked Google's Latitude saying that it could be abused by those who have too much information available at their fingertips

Google Video, delicious or malicious?
The rise of video on the web has inevitably resulted in the rise of those willing to exploit it.

Amazon and Google to bring more books to your mobile
Google and Amazon announce new plans to bring electronic books to mobile phones.

BBC changes UK data collection after complaints
The complaints of privacy watchdogs have been taken on board by the BBC who has now changed the way its website collects and distributes user data