Category: Online search tools and services

Scour is a brand new meta social search engine that encourages voting and commentary on each of its query results drawn from Google, Yahoo! And Live Search. And they will pay you to use their site.

Evernote is a cool tool that allows you to capture information in any environment using whatever device you prefer, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere. Here’s an intro to some of the features and my verdict.

Evernote is a lot of fun and has potential to make the everyday lives of a lot of busy and often confused web heads a lot easier.

Next week, Sproose will launch apps for Facebook and Twitter that will let you benefit from the collective knowledge of your network of friends. The Sproose home page will be re-designed too. Sproose is a user powered search engine that allows you to contribute to the ranking of web pages by voting for pages you find useful. Sproose also lets you browse pages that have been voted for by other users. This way you can discover new and interesting pages in a social network environment.

On June 19, Joshua Schachter, the founder of del.icio.us, decided to resign from Yahoo. Why did he leave and what does it mean for del.icio.us?

Del.icio.us was among the first social bookmarking services to see the light of day. At the time it was acquired by Yahoo, it was a very exciting product. It was the leading social bookmarking tool with a large and active community and lots of cool tools to save and exchange bookmarks.

Since del.icio.us was acquired by Yahoo in 2005, this world class product has wilted on the vine.

Summize is a search engine that searches Twitter in real time. There are plenty of buzz options here for anyone interested in anything: Politics, music, sports… And when there’s breaking news, this will be a great way to stay on top of it.

Google Transit is a tool based on Google Maps, which lets you plan trips using public transport. Now it’s even easier to do your part to prevent global warming: Google Transit is part of the latest upgrade of Google Maps for Mobile.

If you already use Google Maps for Mobile, you know that this little app makes it easy to find directions on the go. If you don’t have Google Maps on your mobile but want to try it out, head over to the Google Maps for Mobile home page. It’s quick and easy to download and install. I was up and searching for directions in a couple of minutes.

Pandia takes a look at a people search portal that claims they can get you US public records for free.

Microsoft is abandoning its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects. We argue that this might be a sign of a greater cultural weakness of Microsoft.