StartApp’s growth explodes: 500 million downloads, more searches on Android than anyone but Google

"We're seeing a billion pageviews per month," CEO Gil Dudkiewicz told me on the phone this afternoon.

This search engine sequences the DNA of politics to determine whether you’re Republican or Democrat

"I think we've sequenced the DNA of Republicans and Democrats," Mintigo general manager and CMO Jason Garoutte told me today. "Based on words on someone's website, we'd have a very good chance of of determining who is a Democrat or a Republican."

BloomReach pulls in $25M to bring ‘big data’ to search marketers

BloomReach, the "big data" tool for marketers that is used by the likes of Neiman Marcus and Williams- Sonoma, has raised $25 million in a round led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

True for people, not for planes: Routehappy shows all flights are not created equal

Routehappy cruised into $1.5 million in seed funding today, for its flight search engine that prioritizes comfort and convenience over cost.

On popular sites like Kayak, Orbitz, and Expedia, flights are listed by cost and fly time. While information on …

Bing adds search for Facebook’s 300 million new daily photos (updated)

Facebook users are adding a stunning 300 million new photos each and every day. So Bing just added a new way to search and browse your friends' photos without all the clutter of status updates and friend requests.

Craigslist going thermonuclear on re-listers, reportedly blocking all search engines

Craigslist really, really, really does not want any of its listings showing anywhere else on the web.

Google+ catching Facebook in brand pages but not fans … and why that’s OK with companies

Would you do it just for the ranking?

A new study of Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ tracked the ongoing evolution of brands interacting with consumers and concludes that while growing, Google+ is still definitely playing second fiddle to Facebook and …

Apple diving into China with new stores, could add Baidu to iOS

Apple is strengthening its push into the Chinese market, and with that may come the iOS integration of China’s largest search engine Baidu.

Bloomberg‘s sources say Apple is going to announce that Baidu, China’s largest search engine, is a new …

Facebook-amplified version of Bing now live for all in U.S.

The socially-augmented, Facebook-laden version of Bing’s search engine is now live for all people in the U.S., Microsoft announced today.

The new Bing, first revealed in early May, features a three column design with search results on the left; a …

Yahoo agrees to sell back half of Alibaba stake in $7B deal

Yahoo and Alibaba have finally hashed out terms that will see Yahoo sell back half of its stake in the Chinese e-commerce site in a $7 billion deal, according to an AllThingsD report.

Yahoo will sell half of its 40 …

Search and browse simultaneously with Slikk

What if your search engine doubled as a web browser? Would you flit about the web and quench your queries in record speed? That’s the theory startup Slikk is testing with a two-for-one search engine that includes embedded browsing features.…

You can now access your Google searches on every mobile device you own

Continuing its desire for search domination, Google now lets you access recent local business and place searches across all your browsers and mobile devices. The feature was announced on Google’s Inside Search blog Monday.

All you have to do is …

Alibaba suspends public trading to buy back its stock from Yahoo

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has suspended public trading of its shares in Hong Kong as it prepares to buy back its 40 percent stake held by Yahoo.

The transaction is said to be worth between $10 billion and $11.5 billion.…

96 percent of Google’s revenue is advertising, who buys it? (infographic)

A whopping 96 percent of Google‘s $37.9 billion 2011 revenue came from advertising, but who is putting all that cash in Google’s wallet?

Google is best known for its web search product, which has completely overturned how we research and …

Yahoo revenue down 13 percent in Q4, CEO says better execution needed

Yahoo‘s revenue dropped 13 percent compared to the same period last year, the company reported today. In its quarterly earnings’ announcement Tuesday, Yahoo reported $1,324 million in GAAP revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011, while costs increased by 10 …