Google has released a Translate version for iPhone. The program is optimized to work faster and supports all language pairs that are available with desktop versions of Google Translate.

All translations are stored in the device and accelerate the work of the translator, allowing to find the correct phrase even if the iPhone is disconnected from the Internet.

Annex is written with the help of AJAX Language API. When any of the languages get updated, all the changes become available to the users.

Source: Google Translate now for iPhone

The Committee of Energy and U.S. Trade organized investigation on users' privacy and use of their personal data by advertising agencies. To clarify the matter, the Committee has sent 33 questions regarding the methodology of target advertising to companies working in the field of IT and telecom. Microsoft, AOL, Yahoo and Google have become such companies.

The letter contains 11 questions regarding targeting of advertisements for certain groups of users. Particular attention is paid to behavioral targeting.

"Privacy is a cornerstone of freedom. Online users have a right to explicitly know when their broadband provider is tracking their activity and collecting potentially sensitive and personal information", commented the letter one of the representatives of the Committee.

In addition to Internet companies the object of the investigation will be providers Bright House, Cox, Comcast and Time Warner, as well as the telecommunication companies AT&T, Qwest and Verizon, announced publication Beta News

Quintura search engine has acquired a new partner - a female entertainment site LeLuxe.ru, women-oriented, which monitores the fashion world.

LeLuxe's audience is 50 000 per month. The site belongs to the women's magazine WomanJournal. The Quintura site search is used by about 20% of the audience of LeLuxe.

Quintura is also the search engine for sites of popular magazines such as Maxim and Cosmo.ru.

Last month the search engine Yahoo opened SearchMonkey gallery - a directory of applications. Every user can add these applications to the system of his own search engine. Yahoo has integrated three of the gallery applications into the search as default.

Search results from social site of feedback and comments Yelp, a professional social network LinkedIn and local search Yahoo Local SearchMonkey will be available to all users.

According to Yahoo, these applications have shown their effectiveness in test mode by lifting the clickable rates of results at 15%.

In addition, Yahoo added social function of sharing search results by e-mail, reports Yahoo Search Blog

AOL continues to reorganize its division to focus on Internet advertising. Next to the decision on the closure of several services, AOL transfers the advertising company Tacoda to the advertising department Platform-A, entitled Ad.com. The behavioral targeting technology proposed by Tacoda, is now being applied to the advertising product of Platform-A.

In addition, Platform-A offers mobile advertising to third parties. Third Screen Media, which is a partner of Platform-A, will provide access for mobile advertisers to multiple mobile Internet networks

The next AOL's step is the purchase of SocialThing, which allows to manage RSS of social networks. Earlier this year the company has bought a popular social network Bebo for $850 million.

According to Search Engine Watch