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Gmail has just updated its native Gmail iOS app and HTML5 web app to support sending of emails from an alternate address, as noted by iLounge. iOS users can now select from any of their configured "From" addresses when sending a new e-mail message or even replying to an existing inbox message. Like before, Gmail will...

According to a report by Business Insider, Apple earned well over $1 billion from Google in 2011 just by having it as the default search engine in Safari on OS X and iOS. Macquarie analyst Ben Schachter notes that Apple's decision to shift from Google Maps could eventually lead to moving away from Google as a...

According to the Wall Street Journal, Google and other companies have been secretly tracking iPhone users by circumventing Safari to 'trick' it into accepting cookies from third parties: The companies used special computer code that tricks Apple's Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users. Safari, the most widely used browser on mobile devices,...

According to a new corporate study by Harris Poll (via TechCrunch), Apple has scored a Reputation Quotient® (RQ) of 85.63 which is the highest ever achieved by any firm. Harris Poll RQ is basically a survey which measures corporate reputation for brands and companies in the U.S. Apple's RQ displaces Google's second-ranked score of 82.82 with only 8 companies ever crossing...

An email from Steve Jobs which was sent to Google'e Eric Schmidt in 2007, was disclosed on Friday in a court ruling against Apple, Google, Adobe, Intel and a couple of other tech firms (via Reuters). The proposed class action accuses these companies of conspiring to keep employee compensation low by eliminating competition for skilled labor. According to...

Apple finds itself under legal attack from Motorola again, this time over patents related to the iPhone 4S and iCloud. FOSS Patents today is reporting that Motorola would have liked to have added these new assertions of patent infringement to an existing action which it started in 2010 but, apparently that case is already too...

A recent report published by Global StatCounter (via 9to5Mac) suggests that even though Google's Android OS has been showing rapid growth since the beginning of this year overtaking BlackBerry and even surpassing iOS in August (though only for the remainder of that month), it hasn't been able to catch up with the growing popularity of iOS. The statistics...

The Gmail iOS app has made its way back to the App Store. A couple weeks ago it was introduced and turned out to be somewhat of a dud as pushed notifications did not work as advertised, and other users experienced bugs. The 'new' app now supports push notifications, and finally image HTML messages now...

Google’s former CEO and executive chairman Eric Schmidt told U.S. Senators that Apple’s voice-recognition system is an “interesting development,” suggesting the feature posed a “competitive threat” to its search business. “Google has many strong competitors and we sometimes fail to anticipate the competitive threat posed by new methods of accessing information,” Schmidt writes. Schmidt’s written...

Google earlier announced new features for its social network, Google+. They also mentioned upcoming support for the iOS app to support the Hangouts feature, which is group video chat for devices with front-facing cameras, such as the iPhone 4 or latest generation iPod touch. That update is now live in the App Store, and so...

Google+ today has gone public for everyone, and part of their explanation of what's new, Vic Gundotra mentioned Hangouts will soon be supported in the Google+ iOS app. Hangouts is a multiuser video chat and will be enabled for all front-facing devices such as the iPhone 4. The new feature will be available today for...

According to the latest report from London-based Brand Finance, Apple has jumped 33% in 'value' to land in the number two spot at $39 billion, surpassing Microsoft but remains behind leader Google. Earlier in the year, a similar survey by Brandz put Apple in the top spot. Both companies use different metrics to measure brand...