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.

Google Zeitgeist 2012: Whitney Houston, Gangnam Style, and Hurricane Sandy top search terms

Google just released its 2012 Zeitgeist, its annual collection of trending search topics across the globe.

Bing spotlights celebrities and landmarks at center of search

Microsoft's Bing search engine hopes to help you find more about the personalities and places in your queries with an update that spits out relevant information at the center of your search.

Everything.me secures $25M because smart simply isn’t good enough

Everything.me raises $25 million to make smart phones "dynamic" by presenting apps you may need in real-time.

You’ll never guess which country asks Google for information about users the most

It's not Brazil, not Iran, and not Russia, which has expressed a desire to censor the internet.

‘Google Free Zone’ is how Google will gain its next billion users

Search engine giant Google unveiled a new project that will give free access to its services to people in developing countries, the company announced today.

5 months later, Facebook finally adds search to App Center

Most app marketplaces seem to be a black hole for apps that don't make it into the "top" lists. Facebook is no exception, and today the company began rolling out search to its App Center customers, helping people find cool, unknown apps.

Google uses its widely used products to help locate missing children

Google built Amber alerts -- the broadcasted warning system for abducted children -- into its search and maps products today, in the hopes that its huge user base could bring a lot more attention to local kidnappings.

Voice search shoot-out: Google’s new voice search vs Apple’s Siri, hands-on

Siri is an idiot savante, sometimes more savante, and sometimes more idiot: she doesn't know where Washington DC is. On the other hand, Google seems to have a bigger brain.

Roku adds universal video search feature for Netflix, Hulu, HBO Go, & more

For those of you who take advantage of the Internet when watching TV, Roku's new universal search feature could be your most useful tool the next time you sit down to watch a video.

Google launches funny ‘Get Your Google Back’ video for Windows 8 users

Just upgraded to Windows 8 and can't find that elusive "G spot"? Google's got some help for you at getyourgoogleback.com.

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).

New Gmail feature puts emails in normal Google search results

Searching Gmail sucks, and we all know it. Google knows it too, which is why the company released an "expanded" search feature today that not only helps you find emails within Gmail, but also pulls relevant results into Google searches.