How Graph Search really works: a tech tutorial from the friendly nerds at Facebook

Want to know how Graph Search works and how results are sorted? They're different for every person! Here's a peek under the hood.

We love showrooming: Google adds new globally available Product Listing Ad to mobile

Google's ramping up mobile monetization today with a new sponsored search result ad type, a product listing ad. It also reduces the mobile search presence of the showroomer's biggest ally: Amazon.com.

Google’s awesome ‘Field Trip’ app launches for Apple’s iPhone

Google already has five of the six most popular apps in America, with Google Maps, Search, Gmail, YouTube, and Google Play. But that is apparently not enough for the search-and-mobile-and-everything giant.

Google revamps image search to be ‘faster, more beautiful, and more reliable’

In other words, the perfect blend of old Google (fast, reliable) and new Google (usable, pretty).

Larry Page on Google’s Knowledge Graph: ‘We’re still at 1% of where we want to be’

Google's Knowledge Graph has a long, long way to go. At least according to Google CEO Larry Page.

Why, why, why did you have to call it ‘Graph Search,’ Facebook?

And here I thought Google was supposed to be the geeky company.

Facebook’s new Graph Search and Google: This means war

Facebook's new Graph Search is the first service that has the potential to eat Google's lunch.

Hands On: Facebook’s Graph Search is handy, for now

We played with Facebook's new Graph Search for ourselves. Check out how it works and what it looks like before it's released to the public.

Bing powers web search within Facebook — Microsoft’s $240M investment pays off

In what could be a major boost to Bing, Facebook users will now instantly be able to perform Bing web searches.

New apartment rental marketplace lets hunters search for shelter in packs

RoomHunt integrates a rental directory with social networks to simplify the process of finding a place to live and roommates to live with.

Google’s Gmail integration with search trial adds purchases, reservations, and events

Google's unified search dreams are beginning to take shape.

FTC’s Google antitrust decision pushed to 2013

You'll have to wait a bit longer to see the end of the FTC's Google antitrust investigation.

Grokr hands-on: It’s not just Google Now for iOS — it’s better than Google Now

Today Grokr is releasing a Google Now for iOS. Except ... not exactly. Actually, it's much better than Google Now, and it is likely to stay that way for a long time.