Google has recently announced on its official blog new features and a new look for Google Translate, which now includes a text to speech function, real time translation functionality and phonetic transliterations for a number of languages including Chinese, Arabic

Studies are showing that the struggle online newspapers have faced for the past few years in getting paid for online content may be leading them towards just that. While many online publications have announced plans for paid models, another study

The Google team has been busy lately (well, they always are, aren't they?). They've got the blogosphere buzzing about some new items about to be unveiled, including its new Fast Flip, a neat new feature called Image Swirl, and the

For the first time since 2007, Adobe has updated its Air platform, released recently in beta with a slew of new features. The features include support for detection of mass storage devices, advanced networking capabilities, ability to open a file

A recent report by e-Marketer shows that Generation Y women are significantly influenced by blogs and other social media. The report was based on a study performed by PopSugar and Radar Research entitled "Why Y Women?".

Even though the economy has yet to make a full recovery, e-tailers have been found to be looking towards increasing their e-commerce capabilities in a recent report by e-Marketer. The report was based on a study by Internet Retailer and

Microsoft recently decided to enhance its internal answering engine, which among other things provides meteorological and flight information, with the results of Wolfram|Alpha, offering users an enhanced user experience with "zero-click" answers to many questions posed by users in natural

Newspaper titan Rupert Murdoch has announced that he will attempt to try to remove his content from Google's search results and other search engines as well. The purpose of such a move, he explained, would be to promote the practice

The question: how do you get thousands of links from social media that will impact your search engine optimization efforts? The answer? An explosively successful social media campaign. Here's how to kick-start yours.

A new report by e-Marketer shows that US paid social network revenues have increased significantly in 2009, and are forecast to continue such growth well into the next decade.

Two recent studies put forth by e-Marketer show that while some of Gen Y's online habits are changing, some are remaining steadfastly the same.

As the holiday season is approaching, Google has announced "Commerce Search," its latest online service aimed at searching online stores for products and allowing users to perform advanced searches, sorting products by price and displaying descriptive information along with each

Ever wondered what was the difference between a point-and-shoot and a DSLR camera? How about the difference between 'http:' and 'https:'? Or how about something that eludes many: the difference between 'cute' and 'hot'? Now you can find out just

In a few weeks, the first-ever non-Latin character internet addresses will be online, thanks to the recent approval of the fast track process for internationalized domain names. The move is an exciting one indeed. With a huge portion of the

The official newspaper of the Chinese communist party has accused Google of intentionally blocking access to its website by displaying an allegedly unnecessary malware warning telling its visitors that the site might contain malicious software, shortly after the newspaper published

New legislation, if passed in US congress next month, could drastically change how we use the internet. The bill, if enacted, would prevent websites from sharing information with unrelated third parties.

A recent study by The Diffusion Group shows that more than 70 percent of US internet users surveyed watched online video during the surveyed week, and more than half watched online TV programs, reports e-Marketer. Interestingly, a significant portion (22.6

Google's new custom search engine promises a lot: a tailored search experience that can be customized to reflect the user's point of view or area of expertise.

It's an interesting twist: Google has just announced that it will be teaming with Twitter, integrating Twitter public updates into its search results. The announcement comes on the back of Microsoft's recent announcement of non-exclusive deals with the two biggest

Google and Facebook have recently revealed they will soon partner with online music streaming and digital store Lala to offer a service that will be competing with the giants of online music — namely Apple's iTunes digital store and Amazon.