bradKELLETT

Note: Opinions expressed here are my own, and not that of my employer, Cuil. Google is full of creative, smart, and innovative people, but above all else, they are a fantastic PR machine. Sometimes it’s because of a carefully executed PR plan; sometimes it’s just because they are such a household name; either way, anything [...]

I’m sure most of us have had the problem – search for something with Google, see a search result appear that is exactly what you’re looking for, only to find that when you click through to the page you get told that you must log in to see the content or (gasp!) pay to see [...]

Schmap.com, a local city guide and travel information provider, is all set to launch a very sexy looking iPhone interface in public beta on Monday. The Schmap iPhone interface encompasses the company’s City Guides and Local Search services, plus a unique feature that auto generates maps when the iPhone is turned sideways. The Schmap guys [...]

Greg Hughes writes about a great feature in Google where you can actually ask it what time it is in a certain place in natural language and get a response. This is cool, and something I’m sure I’ll be making big use of when traveling. Google keeps amazing me more every day. I also make [...]

Talk about your simplified interfaces – check out search.live.com (Microsoft’s replacement for the Current MSN search) – there is nothing but a Vista-looking box until you actually start a search. When it does reveal itself to you, Windows Live Search does look pretty nice though. And we all thought Google was minimalist when it launched, [...]