3 posts and columns on Paul Yiu

Google's Approach to Social: It Wants to Find the One True You

in Social on March 8, 2011 at 1:57 pm PT

For Google, social search hinges (somewhat ironically) on isolating people. The emphasis on identity aggregation is an interesting indicator of how Google approaches social as it rolls out further products on that front in the next few months.

Binging in the Holidays (With Donuts!)

in Mobile on December 15, 2010 at 9:42 am PT

Microsoft announced a bunch of new Bing updates, most notably deeper Facebook integration and a coming update for the iPhone app that allows users to upload their own panorama images.

Microsoft Strikes Bing Deal With Twitter, Facebook: The Official Announcement

in News on October 21, 2009 at 11:29 am PT

Here’s official confirmation of the search partnership Microsoft has struck with Twitter, first reported by BoomTown earlier this morning. It’s being distributed as Qi Lu, president of Microsoft’s Online Services Division, presents at the annual Web 2.0 Summit.
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