But Google needs to feed more off the open source search community, which is both dynamic and innovative.
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And outside the open source search domain, companies like Rosslyn Analytics have developed a platform approach to complex data integration problems.
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By the end of last year, Zoom had enough computer power to open its search engine to the masses--and to process credit-card payments.
The report described responding officers crawling through the storm door before they could get it open and search the basement, which was empty.
For the time being, Google Now has no push notifications, which means you'll have to open the search app to see what it has in the queue for you.
By comparison, weekly visitors to the privacy settings page jumped by 600, 000 users per week immediately following Facebook's October announcement that user profiles would be open to public search engines.
"Help us turn Defcad into the world's first unblockable, open-source search engine for 3D printable parts, " says Mr Wilson in the video posted on the website looking for funding.
Bearing in mind that he recently revealed the development of a new "open source" search engine to compete for eyeballs with the mighty Google, he is going to need every ounce of optimism he can get.
Bringing this experience with search and the open source community to bear on emerging big data needs, LucidWorks launched in May a big data beta project.
It will ultimately allow Facebook users to search the entire Open Graph, which now consists of 1 billion people, 240 million photos and 1 trillion connections.
Today the same search shows 223 open positions.
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InsideView uses an aggregation of open source and proprietary technology for search and natural language processing to track social media related to the sales process.
Powerset, the search engine that Pell created in 2003 and plans to open to the public in 2008, is one of a new crop of "semantic search" start-ups that aim to introduce natural language to the process of finding information on the Web.
As smartphones come down in price and achieve greater penetration among the masses, Google says its free Android operating system will allow it to take advantage of the open Web to generate more advertising and search-related revenue.
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According to the Small Business Search Marketing Survey by American Express OPEN, U.S. small businesses can still count on word-of-mouth as a top way for shoppers to find them.
While Harrington may not necessarily be ready to unleash the eye-catching swing when he goes in search of his third consecutive British Open Championship title at Turnberry, Scotland next month, the technique may still have a place in the game.
Now makes use of the data that Google and your phone can gather about your daily life and uses it to serve up useful information, spontaneously, in a stream of cards that is accessed by tapping the search field, or swiping the open button up.
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Eimiller, the FBI spokeswoman, said the investigation overall remains open, with interviews continuing as well as the search for evidence.
"We are open to discussions ... and we will search for a solution, " union leader Luis Otzuka said, according to Andina.
Hopefully, they'll open up an area where rescue workers can get in and search.
Search engines such as Google have ushered in the era of open-source learning.
Facebook is also working on Graph Search implementation in mobile, all languages, Facebook posts and Open Graph integration (with apps).
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Some commentators, including blogger Jeff Jarvis, question the value of specialized search engines, likening them to fences that disrupt the "open prairie" of the Web.
The search query is also restricted to mining data from friends and open profiles on Facebook, and this is a much smaller pool compared to Yelp.
The re-imagined MiniPlayer makes it easy to control your music with a small tool bar, you can skip to the next song or search for something new to play-all without having to open your library.
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And the website's search facility throws up new research possibilities: Clive Emsley of Open University has spotted that an inspector from the Royal Mint gave evidence dozens of times during the 1840s, for example, which throws new light on the true scale of counterfeiting at that time.
Posner intentionally leaves open the question of where the line can be drawn of an intrusive cellphone search.
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