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How Yahoo Smartly Redesigned Its Search By Not Changing Much
Yahoo search looks different today. It’s likely you haven’t noticed because, well, many, many, many, many people have moved on from Yahoo. To those remaining, or anyone rubbernecking in this morning, it sort of looks like just frumpy old Yahoo, slightly re-organised. But that’s by design. And keeping it visually consistent while improving the overall functionality actually requires more sophisticated tinkering than you might think.
Google’s New Trend Visualiser Is A Truly Beautiful Thing
Google has been logging data about hot trends ever since you started tip-tapping search terms into its front page, but now it’s gone and made it look damn pretty with it. The new full-screen visualisation shows off the data that’s been available as a staid list for a long time, but in glorious technicolor.
Google Thinks Gayest And Worst Mean The Same Thing
When you search for something on Google, Google knows what you’re looking for, even if you’re not saying it exactly. Google search is smart like that. If you search for ‘hilarious videos’, Google will also show you results for ‘funny videos’ too (words that Google equates as synonyms pop up in bold in Google search results). So it’s troubling that Google thinks ‘gayest’ and ‘worst’ mean the same thing.
Flickr’s Massive Redesign: Full-Res Photos, Free 1TB Storage
Sure, Yahoo just about killed Flickr, but today it’s trying to restore its former glory. Just after the company this morning announced its $1.1 billion acquisition of Tumblr, it showed off a completely redesigned version of Flickr with giant photos and more storage than you probably even need. Updated with video walkthrough.



























