Did you know that Google isn’t the only search engine out there? So what recent news is there of other search engines? Well over at Ask.com there have been a few changes. Last week, the Ask.com blog highlighted the popularity of Ask’s Related Searches function. This feature examines what keywords or phrases you have tapped in the search box and then suggests further searches. Other… Read more…

Today (Monday, May 31st) if you weren’t aware was Quit Facebook Day. It seems like quite a few people weren’t aware of this momentous occasion (will it be an annual event? Or perhaps held every four years like the Olympics? How about getting sponsorship like Jif Lemon Day). An American survey found that only 11 per cent of Facebook users realised that there was a campaign… Read more…

Remember our earlier blog where we mentioned reports that the German authorities had discovered that Google were collecting individual’s personal data through wi-fi networks which weren’t protected by passwords? The sensitive information was being retrieved by cars which were supposedly mapping and photographing streets for Google’s Street View website. A German audit of Google’s records uncovered that the Street View vehicles were ‘harvesting’ more information… Read more…