Keyword: Social Search

Yahoo shuts down Buzz, is the tech startup world in trouble?

Yahoo shuts down Buzz, is the tech startup world in trouble?

Rest in peace, Buzz After months of anticipation and rumors, Yahoo has announced that as of Thursday, they will no longer support the three year old Yahoo Buzz product which is a social sharing tool that allows readers to rank stories. Although Yahoo Buzz never quite reached its potential, the web design community is just now getting around to designing ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/04/18  | 8 Comments Social Media

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter – How 2007 of Him

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter – How 2007 of Him

What a coincidence Last month, Google announced “social search” and today announced “real time search,” both showing Google’s attempt to regain some of the market share they are losing to social networking as the source for answers. Ironically enough, Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined Twitter and within hours, real time search was announced. I suppose you have to be part ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/12/07  | 11 Comments News

Forget Everything You Know About Social Media & Google

Forget Everything You Know About Social Media & Google

The Google kool-aid We’ve been working on a series about Google’s new Social Search function and we’ve experimented with it and tried it on for size, and have noted in our research that there is an appalling lack of critical thinking by bloggers and even journalists who are doing nothing more than cheerleading for Google’s “innovation” or regurgitating information, press ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/11/04  | 24 Comments Social Media

Yahoo shuts down Buzz, is the tech startup world in trouble?

Yahoo shuts down Buzz, is the tech startup world in trouble?

Rest in peace, Buzz After months of anticipation and rumors, Yahoo has announced that as of Thursday, they will no longer support the three year old Yahoo Buzz product which is a social sharing tool that allows readers to rank stories. Although Yahoo Buzz never quite reached its potential, the web design community is just now getting around to designing ...

Lani Rosales | 2011/04/18  | 8 Comments Social Media

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter – How 2007 of Him

Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Twitter – How 2007 of Him

What a coincidence Last month, Google announced “social search” and today announced “real time search,” both showing Google’s attempt to regain some of the market share they are losing to social networking as the source for answers. Ironically enough, Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined Twitter and within hours, real time search was announced. I suppose you have to be part ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/12/07  | 11 Comments News

Forget Everything You Know About Social Media & Google

Forget Everything You Know About Social Media & Google

The Google kool-aid We’ve been working on a series about Google’s new Social Search function and we’ve experimented with it and tried it on for size, and have noted in our research that there is an appalling lack of critical thinking by bloggers and even journalists who are doing nothing more than cheerleading for Google’s “innovation” or regurgitating information, press ...

Lani Rosales | 2009/11/04  | 24 Comments Social Media