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SearchCap: Google’s Secret Translate Service, Animated 3D Maps & Bing Wake Times

April 30, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web. From Search Engine Land: Bing: The Earliest & Latest Searchers By CityMicrosoft Bing posted data on the earliest risers by city based on Bing usage data. Bing said they thought it would be interesting to look at Bing usage as a proxy for when people get online, start work or otherwise wake up. The earliest city to rise is San Francisco, reaching 50% of Bing traffic – How To Amp Up Your User Engagement (And Get More Links)People like to link to content that shows signs of life. If you have an active community, people are more likely to return often…

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SearchCap: Google’s Secret Translate Service, Animated 3D Maps & Bing Wake Times

Uninstall Preloaded Windows 8 Apps in Bulk With This Program

April 28, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Removing bloatware from a new PC is a rite of passage for most Windows users whenever they get a new machine. And for years, desktop users have turned to third-party programs such as PC Decrapifier to automate bloatware removal. But removing all those pre-installed “Metro” apps in Windows 8 hasn’t been so easy, and boy, does Microsoft pre-install a lot of them. (Around 20 in the Windows 8.1 Update, if you’re counting.) For the most part, the only option was to go through each modern app one-by-one, right-clicking the ones you didn’t want, and then selecting “uninstall”. Not too difficult, but very manual. A new, free program aims to change all that. Called Windows 8 App Remover, this desktop program automates the process of…

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CanIStream.It: Search Netflix, Hulu & More!

April 28, 2014 / / 0 Comments

How Can I Stream It? Works CanIStream.It is a free service created by Urban Pixels that allows you to search across the most popular streaming, rental, and purchase services to find where a movie is available. If the movie you’re looking for is not available, just sign-up, set a reminder and voila we will shoot you an email when your chosen service makes the movie available. It’s simple and fast. Can I Stream It? breaks down the services into five categories: Instant Streaming Subscription based and free instant streaming services. Streaming Rental Services that offer time limited rentals (24-48 hours) for a small fee. Digital Purchase Services that offer the ability to purchase a movie forever. DVD / Bluray Services that allow you to purchase or …

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CanIStream.It: Search Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Google Play, Amazon, Crackle, Redbox, XFINITY Streampix, HBO GO, Showtime, Blockbuster, Youtube Movies,…

What Google Knows About You

April 27, 2014 / / 0 Comments

Corporate is the WSJ’s business news blog. Follow it on Twitter, @WSJCorpIntel, or its editor, @tomgara

Let’s run through a little thought experiment. Imagine there’s a list somewhere that contains every single webpage you have visited in the last five years. It also has everything you have ever searched for, every address you looked up on Google Maps, every email you sent, every chat message, every YouTube video you watched. Each entry is time-stamped, so it’s clear exactly, down to the minute, when all of this was done. Now imagine that list is all searchable. And imagine it’s on a clean, easy-to-use website. With all that imagined, can you think of a way a hacker, with access to …

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What Google Knows About You

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