Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Oh, that’s .. Cuil .. ?

July 28, 2008 - 8:51 am No Comments

It seems that a handful of Ex-Google employees have banded merrily together to create the next greatest search engine EVER, which for some reason they decided to pronounce ‘cool’. Claiming to be able to “Search 121,617,892,992 web pages”, developer Anna Patterson says it’s over 3 times as many pages as Google indexes.

Cuil Search Engine

The search results are presented in a kind of “magazine style,” and will apparently have better relevance and organization that will allow for more pertinent results as it goes down deep into the contents of the page, something Google has yet to master with it’s complicated ranking system.

Despite it’s high-ball A-list of Ex-Google developers and it’s over-exaggerated $33M venture capital behind the new website, I still have trouble finding important sites such as Gizmodo, Engadget and the Boy Genius Report — and not to mention myself. I’d say it still needs quite a bit of tweaking.

A revolver and plenty of quilted paper towels later.

Google.org throws $2.75M at Aptera

July 27, 2008 - 3:45 pm 2 Comments

Aptera

Google.org, the search wizard’s benevolent offspring, has thrown a hefty bone towards Aptera Motors — the people that are throwing convention out the door to bring you the bird-like, over-futuristic gas-sipper, to the tune of $2.75 Million dollars, adding another note-worthy notch to it’s belt with this investment.

Along with Aptera, ActaCell (an electric car battery maker) also received an infusion of $2.75 Million spearheaded by Google.org’s RechargeIT investment program. Hopefully, some of the money will be put to use bringing Aptera’s Typ-1 vehicle to the open market. It’s $30,000 estimated price tag and crazy 230+ MPG fuel economy will be a welcomed relief from rising fuel costs … and of course, our lack of a funky-fresh ride.

Plug to GoogleBlog, and a can of worms later.