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| Google Plans to Start Twittering At Last |
| Google recently declared at a U.S. press event this week that it has been thinking about making concurrent, Twitter-style updates to its search engine offering. Granted, it didn't make any direct "Twitter-style" append in its proclamation, but the insinuation behind their announcement reads loud and clear. Regardless, this was a savvy (although not exactly timely) move on Google's part, especially considering the prevalent adoption of Twitter by the social networking market. The current Internet trend nowadays appears to be real-time updates a la Twitter or Facebook. Marissa Mayer, a search executive for Google, discloses to the Los Angeles Times that she was thinking about providing "micro-blogging and micro-messaging" features to the search engine in order to add more value to their current services and get a piece of the real-time update pie. She acknowledges that web surfers have always been interested in witnessing live happenings, which is established by Twitter's ever-growing popularity. She also wants Google to specifically delve in "Blog Search and possibly in Web Search" but Google doesn't have any particular plans to announce such things at this time. Meanwhile, even as Google hitches a ride on the Twitter bandwagon, chairman and Twitter co-founder Jack Torsey is preparing his next startup that will allow Apple's iPhone to read credit cards and take payments. According to an article on TechCrunch that cites sources close to the burgeoning corporation, Torsey's new company, Squirrel, will concentrate on developing the important add-on for the iPhone and iPhone applications for merchants. In related news, Scoopler, a new search feature for Twitter, was released on Friday. It is a real-time search engine that matches Twitter's own real-time technology. It is also used by Digg, Delicious, and Flickr, and it allows users to see the listed page content without departing from the site they came from. At any rate, even as Google attempts to become a viable competitor to Twitter, the social networking site intends to stay one step ahead of the search engine giant. Nevertheless, it's obvious that Google is trying to keep itself relevant and abreast with today's current innovations and trends by ensuring everyone that it offers features that users want. It doesn't necessarily mean that it will depart from the conventional search format that made it so successful, but it will not allow itself be left behind by the times. |
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