ChaCha, a search engine that connects people in real time to produce search results, is partnering with blinkx, a comprehensive video search engine. ChaCha will provide its users with video search results from blinkx’s index. Results can either seen instantly or seen by using the support of a human “ChaCha guide” who will assist you in real-time. [Read more…]

IAC has launched Ask Mobile GPS, a mobile application that combines Ask.com, Citysearch, and Evite.com along iwth an instant location finder–and turn by turn navigation. This is the first mobile application to combine local content, social networking, and GPS navigation. You can now check it out by downloading it at GPS.Ask.com. [Read more…]

Yahoo! has issued a challenge–to find the greenest city in America. The winning city will get a fleet of hybrid taxi cabs–or a cash donation to be used towards “city greening projects. Yahoo! is helping you be more green by offering green-related content on their sites. By participating, you help your city earn points that helps your city. [Read more…]

Yahoo! has hired some world-renowned authorities in Sociology and Economics to their staff–all in an effort to shape the future of the internet. Yahoo! is expanding the Yahoo! Research organization by adding two leading scientists, Dr. R. Preston McAfee and Dr. Duncan Watts to their team. [Read more…]

WebSideStory has won the 2007 Codie Award in the Best Enterprise Search Engine category for the second time in a row. WebSideStory Search 4.0 was one of six finalists in that category. The award was presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) at the 22nd Annual Codie Awards Gala held on April 17, 2007, in San Francisco, California. [Read more…]

Google has announced an agreement to acquire DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in cash from San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman along with JMI Equity and management. The acquisition will combine DoubleClick’s expertise in ad management technology for media buyers and sellers with Google’s leading advertising platform and publisher monetization services. [Read more…]