Make Google Search Real-Time With This URL Hack. Google web search results can be limited by timeframe using the “search options” link on every page, but one startup company CEO discovered today that searches can also be limited to results indexed minutes or seconds ago by making a simple change to the search results page URL. Startup search engine Omgili’s CEO Ran Geva wrote on his company blog today that time-limited search results pages include a parameter called QDR – perhaps standing for Query Date Range. You can change the number following the letters qdr and change the timeframe for your search. By default when you click on “search options” and limit a search to the last day, the qdr appears as “d.” Change that to “n” and you’ll be limited to results from the last minute, to “n10” and you’ll see results discovered in the last 10 minutes – or “s30” to see results from the last 30 seconds.
It couldn’t be simpler. Le Web Mobile: Mobile Apps Roundtable (LeWeb09) Mobile Roadie DIY iPhone App Huge Hit At Le Web. Le Web: Mobile Apps. A good chunk of the morning has been taken up with talking about mobile, and its role in the future of the web. Jack Dorsey's talk was about Square, his platform for mobile payments. The Le Web iPhone app is a pretty good example of how mobile can add real value against the paper product. It can be updated at 2am the night before the conference, for example (as Loïc admitted on stage). But it's more than just listings - it allows aggregation of content created around the conference. It's built on a platform called MobileRoadie. And onwards to a panel about mobile. So, many of the network providers are rubbish and hard to deal with, and Nokia still ships more phones than Apple. I think the two key issues that seem to be coming out of the discussion are these: In-app purchasing is going to be big, because it's the major path to on-going revenue for app developersDiscovery is becoming a bigger and bigger issue.
Le Web 2009: Appsfire Announces iPhone App Star Award Winners. Here at Le Web in Paris, Appsfire just announced the winners of the App Star Awards, which were handed out by the startup to developers of iPhone applications who came up with some innovative tools for the platform. Caveat: since these are upcoming apps, they aren’t available on the App Store yet. On the upside, we have demo videos. You can find the videos of all 35 finalists of the awards here, but the three main winners are: 1. Sketch Nation Shooter allows users to create their own games by drawing a player, enemies and a level on a piece of paper and taking a picture of the drawing with their iPhone camera. Runner up: Extreme SheepDog Trials (YouTube video) 2. Here, File File! Runner up: Baby Bubbles (YouTube video) 3. Ever had a fridge full of food and nothing to eat? Runner up: ISSUU mobile (YouTube video)