Microsoft Releases Optimized IE8 Browser for the Realtime Web, Powered by OneRiot
This new version of IE8 comes pre-loaded with OneRiot services including realtime web search, fresh video search and more.
Boulder, Colo. and San Francisco, Calif. (Vocus/PRWEB ) May 30, 2009 -- OneRiot, the realtime web search engine, today announced the availability of Microsoft (MSFT) Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Optimized for the realtime web, powered by OneRiot. This new version of IE8 comes pre-loaded with OneRiot services including realtime web search, fresh video search and more.
"Savvy internet users want to find the freshest, most socially relevant information on the web," said Tobias Peggs, general manager of OneRiot. "Microsoft just made that easier with the IE8 Browser optimized for the realtime web, powered by OneRiot."
The Browser includes the following services from OneRiot:
| | - Realtime Web Search - Search the realtime web, directly from the browser search box, to find the latest buzz on any term (e.g. a celebrity, technology, company, music group, etc.)
- Most Shared Web Slice - Discover the most popular news, blogs and videos that people are sharing on Twitter, Digg and other social sites as this Web Slice updates in realtime.
- Top Videos Web Slice - Watch the best new videos on the web (from popular online video sites like YouTube, Hulu, Metacafe, others) and search for your favorites all from within this Web Slice.
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"We're honored to be powering this new version of IE8, optimized for the realtime web," said Peggs. "It's a big vote of confidence in our approach to index the web, the unique search results we return, and our ability to scale."
The optimized IE8 Browser for the realtime web, powered by OneRiot, is immediately available for free download in the Microsoft IE Add-on Gallery here: http://www.ieaddons.com/en/browsers/OneRiot+Browser/
About OneRiot
Launched in November 2008, OneRiot is a realtime search engine. Users search with OneRiot to find the news, videos and blogs that are people are buzzing about right now on the social web. Uniquely, OneRiot delivers new search results as they emerge, ordered to reflect current social relevance. OneRiot is a privately held company headquartered in Boulder, Colo. with offices in San Francisco. For more info, please follow OneRiot at http://www.oneriot.com / http://twitter.com/OneRiot / http://blog.oneriot.com.
Contact:
Courtney Walsh
Director of PR, OneRiot
303.938.3054
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