google
Google Shopper iPhone App Released, Of Course Not Available in Canada
Google Shopper is an app that has long been available for Android devices. It turns your iPhone into one handy shopping assistant getting you the latest prices and reviews. Google just announced the release of Google Shopper, but it's only available to users in the US and UK. Once again, Canadians get shut out again...
Google Latitude Now Allows Check Ins, iPhone App Update Coming
Google just announced on their Mobile Blog that Google Latitude now supports 'check ins'. This new feature is debuting on Android now, but will soon be coming to iPhone users through an update to the Google Latitude app. Not your typical check-ins Because you can use Latitude to automatically detect your location, we’ve added a...
Google Introduces Interactive Weather Results for iPhone
Earlier today Google announced Cloud Print Beta to print wirelessly from your iPhone for the US. Canadians, as always were shut out from the fun. But not with this next story. Google has just introduced interactive weather results on the iPhone when you search for the term "weather" on Google.com. We’d been wanting to build...
Google Doodles Now Viewable on iPhone
Everybody loves Google Doodles as they are just fun to view during special holidays and dates. The Google team announced yesterday mobile users on iPhone/Android no longer have to miss out on the fun: While we’ve had oodles of Google doodles on our desktop homepage since Larry and Sergey created our very first in 1998,...
Google Editions iPhone App Coming to Compete with iBooks?
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...
Gmail in Mobile Safari Improved for Native App Performance
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...
Google Mobile iPhone App Updated with Google Goggles
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...
Google Voice – A Blessing For Those Canadians Who Have It
Canadians try to reconcile how Google Voice is only available for some. For those who do have an account, the GV Connect app is a great asset.
Google Voice is Coming to iOS4!
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...
Google Voice – A Blessing For Those Canadians Who Have IT
Canadians try to reconcile how Google Voice is only available for some. For those who do have an account, the GV Connect app is a great asset.
The Google vs Apple War is On!
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...
Review: Reeder 2.0
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...