Google's Latitude is their application for location aware services, including finding your friends and using GPS. Currently, it's only available for the iPhone as a web app, apparently due to request by Apple. TechCrunch says that Google is considering submitting a Latitude app for iPhone OS 4. The … [Read more...]
According to sources at TechCrunch, Bing might replace Google as the iPhone search engine. They claim that Google has been paying $100 million a year for these search rights, but the increasing animosity between the companies has meant Apple is looking to shift to Microsoft. However, All Things … [Read more...]
At the big Google I/O conference, Flash on Android was promised, causing howls of appreciation from the assembled crowd. So how well does it work? Unfortunately, it's not great. While this is still a beta plugin, the guys at PocketNow compared Android 2.2 (Froyo) on a Nexus One, Opera Mobile 10 on … [Read more...]
Perhaps that rumor about Verizon working on an ad campaign for the new iPhone weren't true as we've got news via everythingAndroid that the wireless carrier is working with Google on an Android tablet to rival the iPad. If Apple were working with Verizon on a new iPhone, what's the likelyhood that … [Read more...]
To prove that the Apple/Google relationship isn't a complete hatefest, iPhone OS 4 is adding a new feature to tweak user's experience when accessing their Gmail accounts. If you use Mail on the iPhone to get to your Gmail, the delete function has gone missing — to be replaced with something … [Read more...]
While it still uses the Google search engine, it doesn't say Google any more. See those two screenshots above? The one on the left is from iPhone OS 3, the one on the right is from iPhone OS 4. Notice the little button on the bottom right no longer says "Google", now you just search. Most … [Read more...]
Good news for fans of Google services like Gmail and my favorite Google Reader. Google today announced the release of "an experimental user interface for the iPad". It's an HTML5 web app, but optimized for the larger iPad surface. To take advantage of the display, Google has created a two-pane … [Read more...]
Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray, we love you, but this? This is kinda BS. Jeffrey wrote a letter to investors, saying that Apple will build a search engine to go against Google. He said: We believe Apple could utilize data unavailable to Google, data generated by the company's App Store, to create a … [Read more...]
Nothing like a few billionaires meeting up a local coffee joint to discuss things. In a TMZ for tech moment, the two CEO's were spotted at Calafia in Palo Alto. While their two companies have been involved in well publicized disputes, let's just say that most us would like to be a fly on the wall … [Read more...]
Pretty bold statements from Joe Wilcox of Beta News, who is saying that Apple's suit against HTC is designed to scare off competition, but should do exactly the opposite. He thinks that by targeting HTC instead of Google directly, Apple is on shaky ground with a number of the patents, and Apple are … [Read more...]
