No More Beating Around The Bush At Yahoo: Thompson Is Out, Levinsohn In As CEO, Effective Immediately

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Well, after days and days of nothing, suddenly things are moving at a fast clip.

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A Google-a-Day Puzzle for May 12

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Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to Google mastery. Each morning at 12:01 a.m.

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Baidu announces new smartphone partnership, stops short of saying who with (update: ZTE?)

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China's search giant Baidu has already got its foot in the mobile platform door , now it plans to wedge it open a little further. Reuters report that the firm will be announcing a new partnership next week that will involve a new smartphone running an updated version of its mobile operating system , this time called Baidu Cloud. There's no word right now on who is supplying the hardware, with vice president Wang Jing only going as far to say it's in talks with "global" manufacturers.

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Bing Gets Social in Search With a Little Help From Facebook and Twitter [Video]

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Microsoft rolled out a completely revamped version of its Bing search engine today that promises to provide better and more relevant results from a wider array of sources than Google.

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Microsoft search guru outlines big Bing changes

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Microsoft’s top search guy took to the Web today to show off a refreshed interface for Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Qi Lu, president of Microsoft’s Online Services Division, said the design better incorporates the user’s social media contacts in a new sidebar which brings in their Facebook and Twitter contacts’ relevant posts

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Search engines have same speech rights as New York Times says Google report

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Just as the New York Times can decide “All the News That’s Fit to Print,” search engines have a free speech right to choose who or what to put in their search rankings.

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Yahoo search committee head leaves board as CEO inquiry starts

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Patti Hart, the Yahoo director who headed the search committee that selected Scott Thompson as CEO, was supposed to be one of the board members staying on during a makeover. Instead, Hart, whose own credentials were questioned when activist shareholder Daniel Loeb unveiled Thompson’s claims of a degree he didn’t have, is leaving. The official reason : her own board asked her not to serve again.

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NYC Real Estate Startup RealDirect Adds Map Search And Compatibility Rankings

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RealDirect.com was built around a compelling proposition for home sellers — instead of paying the 6 percent broker fee , let RealDirect handle the listings and offer advice from agents, while only paying $395 a month or a 1 or 2 percent commission (depending on the level of services). Now, however, the site is also trying to be useful for home buyers. Specifically, instead of expecting buyers to find the listings through various real estate databases, RealDirect is launching its own map-based interface

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Report: Photo & Video Now The Fastest Growing Mobile App Category

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Ever since Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram, the search for the next “Instagram of [insert app category here]” has been on. One area many pundits have focused on in this context is video and according to the latest data from mobile app analytics company Flurry , that’s probably not a bad bet. Video & Photo is now the fastest growing mobile app category across the major mobile platforms

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Y Combinator-Backed Swiftype Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck

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In my four-plus years covering tech, I don’t think I’ve ever met another blogger who was happy with the search feature on their website. The options range from terrible to functional, but it’s never good , and I’ve always found that it’s easier to just search via Google.

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