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Dedicated Google+ Photo Importer App Will Save Shutterbugs Plenty of Time

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Google+ has clearly become the primary social network for many of its users, and chances are they’ve migrated across from other similar sites, which presents a problem if they want to upload all their existing pictures to their Google+ profile. Of course, there’s the good old-fashioned way of doing so individually, but depending on the [...]

UPDATED Google+ App Now Available for iPhone, But Forgets About the iPad and International Users

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

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*UPDATED* Google+ App Now Available for iPhone, But Forgets About the iPad and International Users

*UPDATED* The Google+ iOS app has been removed from the App Store, due to an early version of the application being made available. The new version is being seeded, however it’s not appearing in any store at the time of writing. According to Google’s Punit Soni, to see if you’re using the latest version of [...]

Why a Q4 iPhone 5 Release is a Strategic Win for Apple

Monday, June 20, 2011

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The final quarter of 2011 is all set to play host to the greatest smartphone showdown we’ve seen yet. Apple’s decision to delay the new iPhone until around the beginning of September – for announcement at least – ensures it’s going to do battle with not one but two of its competitors. The first is Google, [...]

Check-in with Google Latitude on the iPhone

Monday, December 13, 2010

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Check-in with Google Latitude on the iPhone

After a false start last week, Google Latitude is now available for the iPhone. If you’re not familiar with it, Latitude is a location service along the lines of Foursquare and Facebook Places, and is available for most of the major mobile operating systems. The main difference with Latitude is background updating, so all your [...]

Google eBookstore Opens, iPhone/iPad App Released

Monday, December 6, 2010

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Google eBookstore Opens, iPhone/iPad App Released

It has been quite a day for Google, with the unveiling of their latest Android firmware, a second Nexus phone and now, Google eBooks! An eBook store run by the search giant has been on the cards for a while, and its official launch will likely see some concerned faces at Amazon, B&N and Apple [...]

Google Docs Editing Comes to iOS

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

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Google did talk about editing Google Docs at a conference back in September, but having heard nothing since then, the possibility of doing so faded from memory. But today Google have made the announcement that Google Docs editing will indeed be going live over the next few days! It’s being rolled-out to ‘English language users’ around [...]

Google Voice iPhone app now available in App Store

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

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Google Voice is back in the App Store more than a year after Apple first began removing Google Voice apps in July 2009. Third-party apps like GV Mobile and GV Connect were re-admitted in September, but there’s now an official app from Google to load onto your phone. Android has had a fully-integrated Google Voice app [...]

Google Instant Comes to Your iPhone

Friday, November 5, 2010

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If you live in the USA, then fire up Safari on your iPhone, head to Google.com and you should see the option to turn on their beta version of Google Instant for Mobile! Introduced a short while back, Google Instant predicts what you’re searching for and automatically displays the results, with no other input needed [...]

Google Goggles Comes to iPhone App

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

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Google said that their visual search tool, Google Goggles, would be making it on to the iPhone soon, and here it is. Available as an update to their existing Google app, it’s symbolized by a small camera icon next to the search bar. Once you press this, you’re taken to a camera view and free [...]

In-Browser Google Doc Editing Coming to the iPad

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

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In-Browser Google Doc Editing Coming to the iPad

At a Google event in Paris earlier this week, the search giant broke the news that they would soon be offering iPad users the chance to view and edit Google Docs from within the browser. They’ve also been hard at work on collaborative editing of Microsoft Office documents via Google Docs too. Google jotted down the [...]