• Tweet Google has quietly retooled the closely guarded formula running its internet search engine to give better answers to the increasingly complex questions posed by web surfers. The overhaul came as part of an update called Hummingbird, which Google has gradually rolled out in the past month without disclosing the modifications. The changes could have [&hellip

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  • Tweet Facebook has begun feeding select news outlets real-time social network chatter about hot topics to weave into story coverage, wading deeper into Twitter territory. A pair of software tools, Public Feed and Keyword Insights, lets Facebook’s media partners tap into comments posted on the service. ‘Selected news organisations can begin to integrate Facebook conversations [&hellip

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  • Tweet Facebook could be spreading unhappiness through society as well as keeping people connected, research has shown. The number one social networking site is strongly associated with declines in well-being, psychologists claim. Scientists found the more time people spent on Facebook over a two-week period, the worse they subsequently felt. In contrast, talking to friends [&hellip

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  • Tweet Ignoring the internet was the biggest mistake media company Fairfax made, Liberal MP Malcolm Turnbull says. Mr Turnbull was commenting at the launch of Fairfax: The Rise and Fall, on the same day that Fairfax news websites introduced a paywall. He said the company once had total domination in the classifieds market. But it [&hellip

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  • Tweet Apple has unveiled its hotly anticipated iTunes Radio Service, as the iconic maker of the iPhone moved to challenge streaming music operators such as Pandora and Spotify. The free internet radio service features over 200 stations ‘and an incredible catalogue of music from the iTunes Store’, Apple said in a statement as it opened [&hellip

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