by wildcherry on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

Apple is seriously considering replacing Google search as their default search engine on the iPhone with Bing. And why not? Bing has turned out to be a big hit for Microsoft, which is no small feat considering the competition.

According to Businessweek, Apple is in talks with Microsoft to drop Google search as the default on Mobile Safari on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The move would place Bing, Microsoft’s recently rebranded search, at the top of the mobile browser. The reason would be twofold. One: Microsoft would offer more money for users who click on ads from search and two, because Google’s Android is a much bigger threat to Apple’s iPhone than anything Microsoft can muster.

Interestingly, Apple may also add Bing as an option in Desktop Safari as well, according to their sources. The deal, if finalized, may not be a long one however. Businessweek closes by saying that Apple is working on a skunkworks search product of their own and they don’t want to ‘outsource the future’.

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by bintangkecil on Saturday, November 21st, 2009 | News, Tech/Gadget | No Comments

Type in a search term on Mystery Google, and you get back “what the people before you searched for.”

Mystery Google Website is a fun new site that delivers real mystery Google results every time you attempt to use it.

Mystery Google works on a simple premise: what ever the person before you searched for, you get in your results. The results are delivered through Google proper, so perhaps not smartly the folks behind the site might not be making much off it by using Google custom search.

The Mystery Google website offers a seriously strange riff on the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button: instead of taking you to the number one result for your own query, it takes you to the search results for the user who searched just before you.

If you’re in the mood for discovery or just plain randomness, Mystery Google might just teach you something new.

I just tried entering “mystery google” into the Mystery Google search box and received the following answer: “That is the site you are on.”

If you type in “Google” …

It insists to search for Mystery Google! - LOL

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