Turn-by-Turn Navigation added to Google Mobile Maps

Google had decided to add a new navigation layer to its Mobile Maps and a demonstration of this was given to the press on the 27th of this month at the Google office in Mountain View. The demo was carried out on Verizon’s new Android 2.0 Motorola ‘Droid’ phone.

Google Search Market Share close to 77 Percent

Yesterday, the search agency iCrossing bought out its list of market shares of top search engines and I must say the data provided was quite interesting. According to the data, the market share percentages and distribution of the United States search market is quite different when compared to the data provided by other major traffic metrics firms. iCrossing reported that its figures are based on an extremely large representative sample of all Fortune 1000 companies spreading across all the major verticals, all of which make use of various search engines and search tracking tools.

Stay Connected with Google Social Search

Google has launched yet another of its innovative tools, Social Search, which allows users to find material or search results written by people who they know and trust. This is a rather cool idea which only Google can come up with and it is quite effortless to start using this tool. Google Social Search can be accessed through Google Labs Experimental from the 26th of this month

Custom-Made Mobile Search Engine from Google

The Google Custom Search Blog recently announced the launch of a special and unique Custom Search engine interface which is designed to be compatible for high-end mobile devices like iPhone, iPod Touch, Android and Palm Pre.

Has Yahoo Search Become Extinct?

Yahoo seems to have hit a rough patch with its search engine but is still trying to convince everyone that it is very much ‘in search.’ In the earnings call that was conducted earlier this week, Yahoo’s CFO Tim Morse said that the company is planning to create a better, enriching and relevant search experience. According to him, Yahoo intends to differentiate themselves from the others in the rat race without investing billions, yet generating relevant search results