Matt Hartley

Bing users will be happy to hear that Microsoft has released Bing Mobile for those looking to Bing while on the go. And from the looks of things, it appears that Bing Mobile provides the full functionality of the Bing search engine.
Where Bing really steps it up, is for touch devices. Likely being aimed at [...]

Apparently, even filling out paperwork is something that takes months for Yahoo! to complete. While this article is speculating that it is merely ironing out some details, it is insane to believe that it takes this long!
Further reading shows that apparently, the deal is not likely to be closed before 2010. Seriously, I am sure [...]

In today’s media, two terms that nearly everyone under the age of 35 knows is “Google it” and “There’s an app for that”. Apple, being the inventor of the latter saying, has seen amazing success with their iPhone app store. So much in fact, that some are stating that Apple is no longer a computer [...]

Are quality search results just too much to ask for? According to this article, one might easily come to this conclusion sooner rather than later. The problem is despite advancements given, some search engines remains better than others depending on the query.
Even then, those other search engines that provides results from everywhere are not really [...]

Yes, because clearly the solution to my search queries are going to come from the mindless updates from Facebook. Really? Is this a worthy addition to Bing’s otherwise usable search functionality.
I would point out that the same thing applies to Twitter as well. A great way to communicate, but there is no way that I [...]

Is Google losing its simplicity? Sometimes I feel like it might be. After looking into this article about how Google is beginning to feel more like a searchable Wiki rather than a search engine, I cannot help but wonder if they are putting emphasis on stuff that is actually not all that important.
Look, Google offering [...]

I think that by now, we are fully aware that even protected Tweets, are not all that protected. And as this article demonstrates, it sure seems like anything we Tweet these days takes only a small amount of time to become public record.
If anything, the above article should prove to be a reminder that even [...]

With newspapers continuing to swirl around the proverbial toilet financially, making sure that they are able to compete in the online space is no longer a nice idea - it’s critical.
As news came down the line of TownNews adopting the hnews format, I suddenly found myself wondering why this matters to the reader? Looking into [...]

Clearly it’s a good time to be a Web 2.0 CEO. While countless others deal with not being able to make money due to hurdles with the economy, others such as Twitter’s CEO seems completely disinterested with the idea of making up a sustainable fund to keep their company in the black.
Clearly living on kool-aid [...]

Hate it or love it, Google Wave is here to stay. And as I read in this piece from TechCrunch, it appears that we are looking at Google Wave working pretty well with the iPhone.
What is interesting about this is that there is a warning that appears when trying to use Google Wave on the [...]

In many ways, I see Moto going with Android as the only way they are going to remain within the market with the wars raging on with other smart phones. With the combined action of the iPhone, Palm Pre and Android on other handsets, Moto clearly is choosing the mobile platform that is open enough [...]

To say that Wikipedia provides facts is like saying that the TV news is pure and without bias. And in some areas, I see this as being where I hope that Factual will perhaps one day put the club know as Wikipedia to bed for good.
The differences are interesting. Where Wikipedia is editable by anyone, [...]

I really don’t believe that there is any way that Google is taking the news of the Yahoo!-Microsoft deal without a fight. Perhaps not so much in the public light, but behind the scenes, at some basic level.
The thing is that while Bing-Hoo is hardly a threat to the mind share that is Google, it [...]

Honestly, I’ve never really felt like the various startups out there trying to work around Twitter’s content were really worth my time. Sure, some of them provide the Twitter content we are looking for in a format that works. But others are just in the game for a chance to tap some VC capital.
As for [...]

I don’t think that there is any question that Bing is one of the best things that Microsoft has done in a long time. That being said, however, I simply do not feel that Bing is anywhere near being in a position to yet pose a real threat to Google. It just does not seem [...]

If you stop to consider the context of this article here, one might conclude this is the mindset of news conglomerates such as News Corp and AP. What makes this all the more funny is that this is actually an AP article that is linked above. How wild!
Sadly rather than working to evolve their perspective [...]

I really wish people would be more careful with their Windows PCs. Seriously, there is just no excuse to allow your machine to become a part of a botnet unwittingly these days. Yet despite my feelings on the matter, they are still very much a part of our lives.
In this article, we begin to see [...]

Based on what I have been reading in this article, it seems pretty clear to me that social media has got to be a massive pain for China’s censors. Imagine trying to censor on Twitter or Facebook posts in real time? Honestly am not convinced this is possible, but I might be wrong. Perhaps China [...]

So while the above title might sound a bit off, the fact of the matter is this is exactly what some people are wondering. Should search engines begin crawling Ajax pages?
Google maintains the argument that if we did support Ajax web crawling, it would significantly improve the web and search as we know it. After [...]

Never been a big fan of the idea behind the social search engine. However looking at what StumbleUpon (SU) has for its own capabilities, maybe I am being a bit harsh here. Or am I?
The problem is that most people using a search engine do so looking to find out about specific info. And while [...]