Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer formally introduced Bing.com Microsoft new search platform today at the All Things Digital conference hosted by The Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal,  the search engine "is different from its predecessor and rivals' search engines, with search results displayed on the left hand side of the Web page.   It also allows users to access a range of … [Read more...]

Facebook today announced that Digital Sky Technologies (DST),  made a $200 million investment in Facebook in exchange for preferred stock, representing a 1.96 percent equity stake at a $10 billion valuation. In addition, DST has indicated that it is planning to offer to purchase at least $100 million of Facebook common stock from existing common stockholders that would facilitate liquidity for … [Read more...]

The New York Post (owned by News Corp) is reporting that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. are has assembled a team of executives to devise a system to charge for content on the Web. The team is said to be looking at creating a user-friendly device akin to Amazon's Kindle to deliver content from such News Corp. newspapers,  The Wall Street Journal, The Times of London and The New York Post, as well … [Read more...]

Wolfram Alpha. If you haven't heard about this new search engine, your about to. Wolfram Alpha, showcased at Harvard University in the US last week, is launching this month as the first search engine that understands and responds to ordinary language in the same way a person does. Wolfram Alpha will not only give a straight answer to questions such as "how high is Mount Everest?", but it … [Read more...]

According to TechCrunch, "Twitter handles are quickly becoming as desirable as domains". A new service just lauched this week called Tweexchange,  a marketplace which allows "Twitter members to exchange, buy or find Twitter usernames from other existing members." Tweexchange also lets you easily find what Twitter handles have been taken and recommends alternate usernames for your desired … [Read more...]

Its official, in just nine months after launching the revolutionary Apple App Store, the 1 billion downloads mark has been met. Connor Mulcahey, a thirteen year old from Weston, CT, downloaded the one billionth app, Bump, a free contact swapping app created by Bump Technologies. The teenager became the grand prize winner of Apple’s one billion app countdown contest and will receive a $10,000 … [Read more...]

For me today's action by the House of Representative is very scary. Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill which would tax employees of companies receiving bank bailout funds at 90%, if they made $250K or more. "We figured that the local and state governments would take care of the other 10 percent," said Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, chairman of the tax-writing … [Read more...]