Some big news coming out of Google today. Google has a new e-book ventured called Google Editions that will be coming soon. Google says that it's coming before the end of the year, and that the store will feature a massive library of books, similar to that of Amazon. From the WSJ: Google Editions hopes...
Google continues to update its web-based apps for the iPhone. For those that use Gmail in mobile Safari, you will have noticed some improvements to scrolling speed and toolbars staying on the screen. The only time I use Gmail in Safari is when I need to search for an archived email, as doing so in...
Some big news today from Google regarding their Google Goggles feature. In their latest blog update, they have announced that the Google Mobile iPhone App has been updated with Google Goggles (it already has voice search)! This amazing feature first launched for Android, but now it's available for iPhone users. Essentially, you search for things...
New hope arose last week when two new apps appeared in the App Store utilizing the Google Voice service. GV Mobile + and GV Connect were accepted by Apple for the first time since they removed such apps last summer (and yes, they are available in the Canadian iTunes store). With the new App Store...
The Google I/O Conference is currently taking place in San Francisco. Google is king when it comes to search on the web and the plethora of cloud-based programs they offer for free. I love Gmail and it's the best thing to ever come from Google (aside from their search). With Google's foray into Android, they...
Silvio Rizzi, creator of Reeder 2.0 for the iPhone, recently sent me a copy of Reeder to test drive. Until now, the best RSS reader on my iPhone was the Google Reader Web App, despite having tried a dozen or so RSS Readers I downloaded from the App Store. Reeder 2.0 by Silvio Rizzi has...
After the announcement of the iPad, Apple held a Town Hall meeting and Steve Jobs took questions from his staff. According to some sources from Wired, Steve had some interesting things to say about Google, Adobe, and the next iPhone. Here is what Jobs had to say about... Google: We did not enter the search...
MobileMe users, check this out. Google has dropped the price of their yearly storage fee and increased the amount of alotted space. This works out to Google's cheapest option of 20GB for $5 USD per year. If you're confused about why Google charges for storage, don't be. As a Gmail user, for example, you get...
Sometimes when Gmail's IMAP or Push interface isn't working properly within the Mail app on the iPhone, you can always fall back on the HTML5-powered web interface on your iPhone. If you're looking to search within your Gmail, the web version is definitely your best bet. The Iterative Web App: New Auto Expanding Compose Box...
If you haven't noticed, Google has released an improved beta version of their iGoogle page for the iPhone (after iGoogle abruptly disappeared). What's new? Well, this time around it's much faster, plus you will see more of your iGoogle gadgets and your tabs too. One major new features is the ability to read article summaries...
