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Ed Gubbins
Though there’s a lot of activity around real-time search, structured search, and social search, nearly all the searching we do today is for text, with text. But there are some really interesting things happening in non-text search, as well, and their potential is just beginning to show. This week, I take a look at some of the latest in image, audio and video search. […]
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MySpace Views Facebook as ‘Fundamentally Different’ 
Knowing that it can't beat Facebook as a social network, MySpace is quickly trying to become something else.
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Eric Schmidt Gives Intern-Placement Network InternInc a Leg Up
Google's CEO has given an undisclosed amount to launch a social networking site designed to help students connect with companies, universities, mentors and others.
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BART Checks In on Foursquare for Mass Transit Promotion
The Bay Area Rapid Transit system has become the first transit agency to partner with Foursquare, the location-aware application.
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Microsoft Still Isn’t Making Money on the Web
Microsoft's online division reported a net loss of $480 million in the third quarter on revenue of $490 million.
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Mozilla’s Raindrop Looks to Make Your Inbox Personal Again
The open communication platform from Mozilla Labs is another attempt to evolve beyond the inadequacies of email.
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