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Archive for September 6th, 2007

Public Search Listings on Facebook (Philip Fung/Facebook Blog)

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Public Search Listings on Facebook … Starting today, we are making limited public search listings available to people who are not logged in to Facebook.  We’re expanding search so that people can see which of their friends are on Facebook more easily.  The public search listing contains less information …

Source:   Facebook Blog
Author:   Philip […]

Google Reader Adds Search (Ionut Alex Chitu/Google Operating System)

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Google Reader Adds Search  —  As mentioned in the previous post, Google Reader is now mature.  But how could it mature be without having a search feature?  The wait is over: Google Reader finally added search.  —  You can search all your feeds, the feeds from a folder or the posts from a single feed.

Source: […]

Are Books Passé? Web Giants Envision the Next Chapter (Brad Stone/New York Times)

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Are Books Passé?  Web Giants Envision the Next Chapter  —  Technology evangelists have predicted the emergence of electronic books for as long as they have envisioned flying cars and video phones.  It is an idea that has never caught on with mainstream book buyers.

Source:   New York Times
Author:   Brad Stone
Link:   http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/technology/06amazon…

“We found it!” - Here’s a search box: - Search in Reader (Mihai Parparita/Official Google …)

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

“We found it!”  —  Here’s a search box:  —  Search in Reader  —  Doesn’t seem all that special, does it?  Most Google sites have it.  But let’s look at where it is:  —  That’s right, search is finally in Google Reader.  Now you can find that that apricot recipe you came across a few months […]

Q&A with Jobs: ‘That’s what happens in technology’ (USA Today)

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Q&A with Jobs: ‘That’s what happens in technology’  —  It’s not every day you slice the price of a popular product by one-third.  —  But Apple CEO Steve Jobs did just that Wednesday with the iPhone.  By the end of the day, the combination cellphone, iPod and Internet device was available for $399, down from […]