North Oaks asks Google to remove their images from Street View

North Oaks asks Google to remove their images from Street View
North Oaks residents are asking the search engine giant Google to remove the images taken in their locations from their Street View service on Google Maps.
The city has a unique distinction as the roads are privately owned by the residents. They also enforce a trespassing [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7744-north-oaks-street-view

Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com

Ask.com acquires Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com
Search engine company Ask.com has announced that they are acquiring Lexico Publishing Group.
This acquisition gives them access to popular online destinations including Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com and Reference.com.
This deal would further broaden their range of services as they aim to generation more revenues from online advertising.
Company representative Jim Safka spoke about these [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7657-lexico-publishing-group

Sphere acquired by AOL

Sphere acquired by AOL
Time Warner has said that their AOL division has now acquired Sphere.
Sphere is basically a web service providing contextual search solutions.
Web publishers are able to connect their content with related material on the web using their solutions.
The two companies did not reveal the financial aspects of this acquisition deal.
This is going to [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7461-sphere

Twingly promises a spam free blog search engine

Twingly promises a spam free blog search engine
Market research has shown that majority of the blogs online are solely created for spamming purposes. They have become a potent tool in the hand of search engine optimizers.
As a result, most blog search engines today are full of non relevant posts from such useless blogs.
Twingly is a [...]

Source: http://news.techwhack.com/7388-twingly