A look at social media, mobile and web 2.0 by an MIT nerd

Archive for August, 2010

Posted Aug. 27 2010

Realtime search

We mentioned SearchAsana earlier this week.  Well today on Google’s blog, they announced realtime search that incorporates twitter, facebook and other sources into a search stream.  What a week for realtime search.  This is going to be a hot item for the next few years.  Not clear if Google will win in realtime but they …

Posted Aug. 25 2010

Facebook Search is here – check out SearchAsana

We’ve been talking about this a lot, how Facebook search could really change the game. Well here it is, check out http://www.searchasana.com – it lets you search Facebook updates, not just your friends but everyone’s. Updates from people, pages, events. This is a game changer.

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Twitter vs Google vs Facebook

Where do you go first when you begin your search. Interesting evolution in my user habits over the last several months. I use Google every day and not sure what I would do without it but I don’t go there for news. I go to Google when I am searching for something like a person, …