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Match.com taking over Yahoo’s dating service (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Mon, 24 May 2010 17:44:55 +0000

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AP - Match.com, the dating website owned by Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp, said Monday it will become Yahoo Inc.'s online dating site, replacing the company's own Yahoo Personals brand.

Facebook CEO: privacy controls “missed the mark” (Reuters)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Mon, 24 May 2010 16:28:59 +0000

Reuters - Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the Internet social network will roll out new privacy settings for its more than 400 million users, amid growing concerns that the company is pushing users to make more of their personal data public.

Canada privacy office launches new Facebook probe (AP)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:45:44 +0000

AP - Canada's privacy commissioner is once again probing Facebook over the online social network's privacy policies.

8 Amazon Kindle Apps We Hope to See (PC World)

Yahoo! News: Internet News — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:31:00 +0000

PC World - When Amazon's Kindle e-reader gets an app store later this year, app developers will have to get creative. Though the Kindle has a big screen and can surf the Web, it's no iPad in terms of capabilities. We've heard that the Kindle app store will include travel books with weather and news updates, simple games such as crossword puzzles, and a continually updating Zagat restaurant guide, but here are some other ideas:

Flower petals

Nicolae — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:25:19 +0000

Rainbow of pastel colors

Film made by Dan Alexoae

Quartz

Nicolae — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:13:41 +0000

Rock flowers

Filmed by Dan Alexoae

Walking through the forest

Nicolae — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:24:44 +0000

More at http://www.sfetcu.com

Silence, forest, flowers and bugs

Film made by Dan Alexoae

Google Health and Search Factory Tour

Nicolae — Wed, 21 May 2008 09:35:13 +0000

Google shows the latest research in various search-related fields and announced the official debut of Google Health.

R.J. Pittman, Director of Search Properties, showed some of the amazing advances Google made in image search, as well as how ads might work to enhance the user experience on image search. “There are over 300 million digital photos created each day,” said Pittman.

Carter Maslan, Director of Local Search Quality, talked about Google Geo products (Maps and Earth and their features) and the fact that they represent a considerable search problem. “Local search is a geographic lens to any place,” said Carter Maslan.

Johanna Wright, Director of Search Quality, emphasized on the search quality and the latest update on web search.

The Official Google Blog says that now Google Health is publicly available, offering to the users a safe and secure way to collect, store, and manage their medical records and health information online. Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience at Google, noted the challenges of dealing with myriad security and privacy concerns and making different record formats accessible.

Also, Google launched Go for Good campaign with the Cleveland Clinic.

TechCrunch has a very interesting overview with live notes on the presentations made by Google to the press to its headquarters in Mountain View.

Google has no immediate plans to monetize the Google Health site. “We don’t sell the information and we won’t share it unless asked to,“, said Roni Zeiger, a medical doctor and product manager for Google Health.

(See the video of the presentation by Google for their search properties)