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Apple Building Search Engine To Clobber Google, TechCrunch Hears
Silicon Alley Insider —
... * Apple building search engine, TechCrunch hears. "We've received multiple (if thin) reports that Apple is working on a search engine of some sort. At first glance, the rumors make sense. Apple's Safari browser has ...
Would an Apple Google Split Mean an Apple Yahoo Acquisition?
Search Engine Journal —
... Apple may be working on their own search engine technology and search advertising format according to TechCrunch and some other rumors floating around the web. ...
Apple Rumor Mill Working Overtime
WebProNews Feed —
... Search Engines? Yahoo Deals? Apple Michael Arrington at TechCrunch asks if Apple is building a search engine , pretty much creating rumors and squashing them all within a few paragraphs. The story is interesting to note, though. "At first glance, the rumors make sense," explains Arrington. "Apple s Safari browser has 6-7% market share, and currently uses Google as the search engine for both the standard and iPhone/iPod versions (unlike other browsers, you don t have a choice). They also have a suite of personal productivity tools through Mobile Me that bring some hard core ...
RUMOR: Apple building a search engine
MacDailyNews —
... We’ve talked to a ton of them at all the big companies, and while some of them heard the same rumors, none have lost search employees to Apple, or heard of any specific hirings." "Here’s what we think is really going on: Apple doesn’t like the search experience on its mobile devices, and may be building a radically different user experience which is much more visual than exists today," Arrington reports. "It will likely still be powered by Google..." More in the full article here . [Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Jonathan G." for the heads up.] ...
Rumor: Apple is Building a Search Engine
AppScout —
... According to some rumors uttered via TechCrunch, the company is looking to take advantage of Safari's 6-7-percent browser market share and the Web browsing capabilities of the iPhone/iPod Touch by creating its very own search engine, thus forgoing its current dependency on Google--who, of course, has since gone and done its own thing in the phone space. ...
Apple Search Engine Rumors
I4U News —
... have the same issue. Apple could buy Yahoo tough. It gotten really cheap now after this back and forth with Microsoft and Apple has a huge pill of cash lying around.. TechCrunch has looked into the Apple Search Engine Rumor more closely and checked if Apple is hiring Search engineers, which i did not so far. TechCrunch rather guesses that Apple is building a new interface for search for the iPhone that is more attractive, but would use still Google results. More details on TechCrunch . Posted on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:54:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr ...
Apple could be tailoring its own search engine wrapper
AppleInsider —
... Published: 11:00 AM EST Apple is unhappy with the search experience on its mobile products and may be looking to develop a more approachable interface that could be grafted on top of existing technologies like Google search, according to a published report. High-tech blog TechCrunch claims to have picked up hints from multiple people "that Apple is working on a search engine of some sort." However, the publication almost immediately discounts the notion, citing little evidence to back up the claim. "If Apple were building a search engine, theyd be hiring search experts ...
Apple building a search engine
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
According to TechCrunch and their multiple sources, Apple is building a search engine to take on Google and Yahoo. While it seems far fetched at first. (little expertise, no advertising model, etc.) Tech Crunch does raise a good point that Apple may be trying to enhance the experience for their users and could just be putting some Apple window dressing on another serch engine's backend.
But one important fact that isn’t checking out - if Apple were building a search engine, they’d be hiring search experts and ...
Apple Working On Enhanced (Visual) Search Results?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... TechCrunch claims that they’ve received multiple reports, leading them to believe that Apple is working on a search engine. Additionally, they are reporting that Google CEO Eric Schmidt may be leaving Apple’s board. ...
Around the Web 11.13.08: Today's coffee talk: Who broke venture capital? Discuss amongst yourselves.
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... -- Is the venture capital model broken? Yes, it is, says journalist/entrepreneur Matt Marshall. VentureBeat
-- Ha, the model has always been broken, says venture capitalist Fred Wilson. A VC
-- The real reason for the epic fail this time? Venture capitalists don't get advertising. HipMojo
-- Is Apple building a search engine? TechCrunch
-- Citi's Mark Mahaney stops drinking the Google Kool-Aid. TechCrunch
-- The Dane ...
Apple possibly working on a search engine?
Boy Genius Report —
File this one under kinda, maybe, probably not - but the rumor du jour on this fine Thursday morning is that Apple may well be toying with the idea of taking on the Big G in the search game. On the surface, yes, this sounds patently ridiculous. Why would Apple enter a market so firmly dominated by a huge companies like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft? Oh wait, yeah, Apple kinda went there with the iPhone and that seems to be working out ok. Can lightning possible strike yet again as Apple enters yet another market and makes big waves? Maybe. Safari currently ...
p2pnet headline roundup: Nov 13, 2008
p2pnet news —
... producer. The feature allows anyone who has a video on YouTube to promote it on a search-results page. An advertiser — or a video maker who wants to promote a work — can bid on keywords like “silly cats,” “financial crisis,” “James Bond,” or anything that strikes one’s fancy. The promoted videos are featured on the right-hand side of the YouTube search-results page with a small image and some text.
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Is Apple Building A Search Engine? - TechCrunch
We’ve received multiple (if ...
Apple’s search engine? It’s probably not what you’re thinking
VentureBeat —
... Is Apple building a search engine? That’s the question TechCrunch poses after hearing several (thin) reports along those lines. The likely answer is no. At least, not like you’re likely thinking if you just read the title of that post and the first few paragraphs. ...
Apple working on own search engine or just a new search portal for iPhone?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... and intuitive search experience.
So, just what is Apple doing? Another interpretation of the rumor could be that Apple is working on a new search engine UI that utilizes Google’s underlying search engine but displays the search results in a more Apple-esque manner. We may just see Apple rolling out a new search UI for its iPhone and iPhone 3G that boasts minimalist design, playful icons, and possibly multi-touch integration.
Stay tuned…
[Via: TechCrunch]
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Afternoon Linkage for November 13th, 2008
GEARFUSE —
... DESIGN: Halloween: Mac-O-Lanterns Afternoon Linkage for November 13th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani November 13, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features Q: What is the difference between a child and a bag of cocaine? A: Eric Clapton wouldn’t let a bag of cocaine fall out a window. Saturn gets its own Northern Lights Nutty Peanut Butter Caramel Bars About fucking time I want to iBoogie Obama is a Mac guy Yeah, right Boner party! BRABUS tunes a Tesla Roadster!!! And oh yeah, a little expansion ...
Will Disney or Apple Buy Yahoo Before Microsoft Does?
Search Engine Journal —
Well, I started a little speculation this morning that Apple might be buying Yahoo, which was piggybacked off of TechCrunch’s rumor that Apple may develop its own search engine. Now the Motley Fool is sticking their fingers in the Yahoo pie, especially since Yahoo Stock has dipped below $10, saying that despite some analyst predictions, Disney will not buy Yahoo.
OK, let me start of by saying this, Disney buying Yahoo is much more hairbrained of an idea than Apple buying Yahoo. I mean, I already named reasons why Yahoo would be a ...
The Apple Search Engine? I Hope Not
Today @ PC World —
... this week about a possible new search engine in the works by Apple. Let me be the first to say I hope they're not true. A story published by tech blog TechCrunch Thursday cites "multiple (if thin) reports" claiming the Mac-maker is developing its own search competitor. The story notes that Apple's ...
Apple rumored to be working on search engine
Obsessable News Feed —
... Unsubstantiated rumors have been trickling across the internet, suggesting that Apple may introduce its own search engine. Bloggers point to Safari's market share and the popularity of mobile searches from the iPhone as factors backing up the idea. The consensus at large seems to be that there's no way Apple's making the time and resource investment to compete with the well-established search giants. What do you think? Considering its knack for reinventing the wheel, would Apple have a shot at working its way into the search engine game? ...
Apple Vs Google in Search Engine War perhaps?
Phones Review —
... step forward for Apple, after all hasn’t Google stepped into Apple’s territory with the Google Android?
The one small thing that doesn’t substantiate this possible search engine war is that there is no sign of Apple building a search engine team incorporating search engine specialist and engineers, not that we’ve heard anyway, unless it’s a secret op by Apple.
So what do you think; should Apple take on Google for search engine supremacy?
Source – techcrunch
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Rumorama: Apple Not Building Search Engine
Homotron.net —
There have been some faint rumblings from sites like TechCrunch that Apple is working on its own search engine to help bring funds to the 6-7% market share of its Safari browser, not to mention iPhone applications.
But the hiring practices at Apple don't reflect such a reality - no search experts or engineers have been poached from other big search companies, and nobody's heard of any search-specific hirings. So barring the emergence of some search geniuses inside Apple, they don't have the people to pull off a search engine.
Besides ...
