All the articles of April, 2007

Apr 28, 2007 USA - A week-end in San Francisco and Napa Valley - [11 photos]
A week-end in San Francisco and the bay, up to Napa Valley.
Apr 23, 2007 Google Categories – if released – could become a threat for comparison engines / shopping engines
Some sites have reported Google is currently testing a new clustered result page in their main Search: Google Categories Prototype, published April 16th. Google Categories, published April 18th. The published screen shots on those two sites suggest the clustering is “intelligent”, as the clusters can change depending of the query. From a shopping perspective, the [...]
Apr 23, 2007 Windows Live Product Search: a few improvements (and a note regarding Google Product Search)
A few days after Google’s announcement regarding their new Product Search, the team behind Windows Live Product Search has posted some news regarding their product, mentioning improvements on image coverage, and relevancy. The Windows Live Product Search team rarely posts on their blog, and it’s quite surprising they posted a comment on such “small” and [...]
Apr 19, 2007 Google Product Search, replacing Froogle, is not really innovative
Google just announced Product Search, their new shopping vertical replacing Froogle. The news is important, as it’s Google… But the new product is not that impressive, nor completely different from what Froogle was. Basically, it’s very close from Live Product Search: Same name (“Product Search”) Same concept: search on listings (no product aggregation to compare [...]
Apr 17, 2007 Portfolio – a PHP application to manage photos
In 2003, I started the development of a PHP application, named Portfolio, to easily manage photo albums and photos. Similar PHP scripts existed, but I had lost my previous job, was looking for a new one… So doing some development at home was a good way to spend free time and try to do a [...]