MC Hammer launching his own search engine.
Don't type Hammertime into it, you could break the internet. News emerged at this week's Web 2.0 Summit that the rapper is crafting his own search engine.
Called Wiredoo, Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell) says his search engine "will not attempt to compete with mainstream browsers like Google or Bing" (even though people can't touch him, he isn't ready to take on that kind of a challenge). The differentiator is the service will "add keyword relationship information to search results."
Google+ to add pseudonimity and app support
Taking the Facebook initative of a developer community, and treading on the toes of Anybeat, SVP of Social Vic Gundotra has announced that Google+ will support pseudonyms and add compatability with the range of other Google apps.
Sean Parker at Web Summit 2.0
Spotify investor and ex-president of Facebook Sean Parker spoke out at the Web Summit 2.0 conference yesterday, raising interesting points about the music industry and social media as a whole.