A new collaborative approach to the field of search and potential rival to Google was launched on 7 Jan 2008 by the founder of Wikipedia.
 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the goal of Wikia Search is to let volunteers improve search technology collectively, the way Wikipedia lets anyone add or change entries, regardless of expertise.
Even as Wales tries [...]

As yahoo in recent years have fallen behind Google in terms of technology has just unveiled its mobile web platform to regain some position in this space.
Yahoo hopes the mini-applications, known as “widgets,” will help attract more on-the-go users, which will bring the company more money from advertising.
 Yahoo!, released an upgrade to its “Go” software [...]