Microsoft to Unveil Kumo Search Engine Next Week
Microsoft will demonstrate its long-awaited next-generation search technology, code-named Kumo, next week.
Microsoft will demonstrate its long-awaited next-generation search technology, code-named Kumo, next week. For the past two months, Microsoft has been running an internal test of the search technology. However, some of the design changes that are part of that update are now in limited public testing.
Kumo, a name sources say is not final, is expected to include more than just changes to the look of Microsoft's search engine. Among the expected enhancements is the inclusion of semantic search technology Microsoft got as part of last year's purchase of Powerset.
The software giant has a considerable game of catch-up to play as it has continued to trail Yahoo and Google despite years of investment. According to March numbers from Nielsen Online, Microsoft had 10.3 percent of the U.S. search market, as compared to 15.8 percent for Yahoo and 64.2 percent for Google.
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