Yearly Archive
for: ‘2010’

Mitsubishi said today it is hosting an online test drive of its new 2011 Outlander Sport starting November 1st through November 10th .  People in the U.S. who are over and 18 and have a valid driver’s license, can start signing up on October 15 on the Outlander Sport microsite to get a code that …

There’s good news this morning for individuals with an interest in world events.  Google’s made it possible to search for World Bank Development Indicators in more languages, and integrated data from Eurostat for the first time ever. A little background info: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, was created in 1953.  It collects …

Rackspace has just launched Appmatcher, a "matchmaking engine" for businesses to locate apps tha can assist them in their duties. Businesses can use AppMatcher to find apps for everything from accounting to project management and human resources.  It’s interesting because it aims to match apps to businesses based on their profile information. RackSpace tells WebProNews …

Yahoo has introduced new search features with an emphasis on helping users access  entertainment and news content in a more streamlined fashion. Yahoo has added slideshows above search results for topics on its Trending Now lists, an app for Netflix members to add DVDs to their queue directly from the search results page and shortcuts …

With the help of Sprint and T-Mobile, Yahoo is moving onto Google’s turf.  The company announced late yesterday that it intends to make Yahoo products and services more accessible to users of certain Android devices. Let’s address the deals in alphabetical order.  With regards to the Sprint pact, Yahoo explained on the Yodel Anecdotal blog, …

Twitter has changed its entire search architecture, and nobody noticed for weeks until they pointed it out. It must be successful right? It’s supposed to be so powerful that it can index about 50 times more tweets per second than Twitter is currently getting. That’s a lot.  Twitter is no longer using the technology it …

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple will begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of the year that would allow Verizon to sell it in early 2011. It would be similar to the iPhone 4, but would be based on a different wireless technology – CDMA, which is used by Verizon. …

Love it or hate it, a huge number of people are more familiar with PayPal than with any other online payment system.  And so the Android Market may soon seem more much accessible to them, as a new rumor indicates Google is about to reach a payment-related agreement with eBay. That would represent a significant …

As you may know, Facebook made three major announcements today: a new Groups feature, a way to download all of your Facebook profile information, and a Dashboard to see how apps are using your data. For as simple as these things are, the company took a great deal of time explaining them and their thought …

Most modern software offers users dozens of ways in which they can customize and optimize everything.  The average person probably does little more than pick a pretty background photo or font before abandoning the options menus forever, though.  So it’s potentially quite important that Bing will be included as a standard search option in Firefox …

Connected TV isn’t a new concept anymore, but it’s about to get way more interesting, courtesy of Google TV. WebProNews was there for the unveiling of the product at Google I/O back in May, and having seen it in person, I can tell you it’s pretty cool.  Will Google change the web or is it …

Facebook made three major announcements today. These include: a way to download your Facebook info, a new dashboard for applications you use, and a new Groups feature. The theme each of these was presented under is that of giving users more control. Download All Your Facebook Info in One File Facebook announced the launch of …