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Google Shopper for the iPhone

Finally! It’s here! Announced just recently, the Google Shopper app – which has been out for Android since November – is finally out for the iPhone!  

Better Gmail and Calendar for the iPhone

Earlier this week, Google launched enhanced versions of both the Gmail app and the Calendar app for the iPhone. Google is going to the extra mile for Android phones, as I expect they would, while they are keep legacy support for the iPhone to specific versions. “Please note, these web-based mobile products are only available [...]

Syncing Facebook to Google Calendar to the iPhone

This tutorial will teach you how to synchronize your Facebook events calendar to your Google Calendar and then to your iPhone. First off, you need to have a Facebook account and have events that you are attending. Step 1: Go to http://apps.facebook.com/fbcalendar/. You will see two images as seen below. Click “Allow” to add access [...]

Google Analytics: See Who’s on the iPhone

Here is a short tutorial on how to view your iPhone visitors, using Google Analytics. The Google Analytics blog recently made a public post about this new feature.

Google and iPhone Syncing

Google released a native method of syncing your iPhone and Google Services, such as Google Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts. Oh yeah, it syncs up to Windows Mobile now too. The syncing is done via the Exchange protocol. Overall, I think this is a great service. But, the problem I have with the syncing [...]

Google News for the iPhone [Now Relevant]

Already in production, there is a new version of Google News that you can get via your iPhone. What is so different about this version of Google News? This version is geared to be a lot more like Google’s Blogsearch. In a way like Blogsearch lets you see how many people are talking about a [...]

Gmail Mobile Task List

Recently, the Gmail team added mobile enhancements to the TODO, or task, list. Right now, the mobile version at gmail.com/tasks is optimized for both Android and iPhone platforms. There is also a Google Module version of the task list in case you want to see it on your iGoogle. The tasks feature also works on [...]

Apple Crushes IBM in Legal Battle

Mark Papermaster has secured his Senior Vice President of Devices Hardware role at Apple. IBM sued Apple trying to hire Papermaster just two months ago. “The litigation between IBM and Mark Papermaster has been resolved” says a press release on Apple.com. This secures Apple’s new “edge” in the industry. This guy is just a gold [...]

Apples Launches iWork.com, Google Docs Competition

This week at Macworld, Apple announced iWork ’09, but there’s a kicker: iWork.com has a new home at Apple. iWork.com is going to be a Google Docs [and Zoho] competitor. One of the coolest new features of iWork is the new Keynote iPhone Remote. This $0.99 app will let you cue your presentation over Wi-Fi, [...]

Google, Apple, and Microsoft All Being Sued

The latest law suit brought to Google’s doorstep is not targeted specifically at Google, but three of the major players in the industry. All three, Google, Apple, and Microsoft, are being sued by a small firm out of Michigan. This law suit came as an early Christmas present, on Christmas Eve. Here’s a short quote [...]

Google Sync to BlackBerry Services

Last week, Google Enterprise announced a native syncing system with BlackBerry. They are now offering contact syncing aside from just calendar syncing. Now, when will Google release a similar service for the popular iPhone? That’s ultimately what I’m waiting for.

Search by Saying with Google Mobile on the iPhone

Google recently released an iPhone app which will let you search the web, both the world wide web and the local web, by simply saying so. Google produced a video about the application, but I actually think the video is pretty lame. It doesn’t really dig into how the application works or give you any [...]

Apple Gambles with Papermaster’s Skills

Google might not have as much to worry about as I thought they would. Papermaster’s role at Apple won’t be directly in chip making. IBM, Papermaster’s previous employer, is throwing down a lawsuit against Papermaster to prevent him from going forward with the Apple employment. (Lawsuit PDF) Despite the non-compete agreement signed when Papermaster joined [...]

Google’s Opportunity to Gain Mobile Market Share

Google has a huge opportunity to gain market share with the G1 Android phone. In a short and simple sentence, open up an app store that will let developers create essentially whatever they want. Saul Hansell of NY Times’ Bits touched on Apple’s huge down fall. Transparency. John Gruber wrote this very clearly last month: [...]

Google Earth Now on the iPhone

Google has announced that Google Earth is now available for the iPhone. The Earth team has created a short video explaining how Google Earth for the iPhone works. Languages available: 18 Countries supported: 22 Where can you get it? iPhone App Store

Gmail for Mobile 2.0

Google has introduced Gmail for Mobile 2.0, the next generation of Gmail on your cell phone. Here’s a quick glimpse of what it looks like, Here are a few key features I would like to highlight about this release. Available in 35 languages Basic offline support Multiple mobile email drafts Multiple account management I’m personally [...]

Android Kill Switch

Coming from ComputerWorld.com, In the Android Market terms of service, Google expressly says that it might remotely remove an application from a user’s phone. “Google may discover a product that violates the developer distribution agreement … in such an instance, Google retains the right to remotely remove those applications from your device at its sole [...]

Google’s Next Move? Games Maybe?

Google is to [Internet] software as Apple is to hardware. In that pretext, I say Google is to software because Google really does not have any hardware products except for Google Mini for Enterprise. Google Games So why would Google be interested in gaming? More advertising space. We can clearly get past the point that [...]

Video: iPhone 3G – Will it Blend?

Watch it to find out!

Google Listens #2: Google Gmail Contacts

Case number two of when Google listens to the public. Which, I have to say, is pretty pathetic that this is only second case I’ve written about where Google has listened to the public and made a change. Look at Flock, for example, they listen, listen, listen, then change, change, change. Enough about that though. [...]

Dilbert Predicted the Future of Google Health

In march of last year, Dilbert came out with a Sunday’s comic talking about Google and health care. Essentially it was Catbert, the Evil Director of Human Resources, that switched their health care policies so that it forced all employees to use Google to diagnose their illnesses. It feels like Dilbert, well, rather Scott Adams, [...]

Google Data Flirts with iPhone

Reported on Friday by Greg Robbins of the Google Mac Team, the Google Data APIs are coming to the iPhone. The Data APIs will be coming to the iPhone via the Objective-C application development language, native to Mac OS X. The new source files for Google Data APIs are under version 1.4 and compile without [...]

World’s Ugliest Cell Phone by Alienware Using Google’s Android

There is not any solid source on this, but I found it pretty funny. Reported on dialaphone.co.uk, they have some “first images” of what Alienware could potentially be cooking up. Years ago, Dell tried to enter the cell phone market through PDAs, but failed miserably. So, could Dell be trying it again through their recently [...]

My Next Startup: ReadyToBeSold

So normally I wouldn’t write about this, but I think it’s important for everyone out there in the business world to realize something. (my opinion has a lot to do this with this article.)

MacWorld 2008 Keynote Continued

This is a pretty impressive Keynote by Steve Jobs. Please note that this it not the compete transcript but rather bits and pieces, liveblogging provided by http://www.macrumorslive.com/. I have highlighted a few of the parts I think are particularly worth looking at. 9:19 am: Full Airport Extreme base station with “server grade” hard drive internal. [...]

Gmail’s Love for the iPhone

Gmail has launched a couple new features. They decided to move to a more fluid design and feel to gmail. “To do that, we decided to use AJAX–a powerful set of web development techniques that make web pages more responsive. We also implemented two of the coolest and most requested features for this release: pre-fetching [...]

Google Seeks to Capture Mobile Market

Google released the iPhone interface for Google Apps products. “During Christmas (when nobody was at work!) iPhone browsing numbers even surpassed Symbian – which holds 63% of the world smartphone market – compared to the iPhone’s 2%. ComputerWorld.com” The surge in traffic to Google from Apple’s iPhone is very encouraging for iPhone users around the [...]

Google Supports iPhone Unlocking

I have discussed Google and Apple’s mutual love for each other already, but this one comes as, well, only a little bit of a surprise. The surprise comes in the form of an AdWords advertisement I noticed in my Gmail.

Apple has already come outrightly and stated that they will fight the unlocking and discontinue any support for those people that do unlock their iPhones. But Google is more than happy to take advertiser’s money in lieu of Apple’s position?

SNL: The iPhone

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the iPhone.

Apple’s iCar in the Works?

According to various sources around the web, Apple (”AAPL“) and VW (”VLKAY“) are in talks about co-creating the new iCar.
A Volkswagen representative confirmed to the German-language paper that talks were at an “early stage,” and that Steve Jobs met with VW CEO Martin Winterkorn several days ago to discuss the concept further.
So what’s the next move for the industry? For Google? Might this be the next rabbit trail for Google to try to get a piece of the action in? Apple has been able to focus on the music industry for quite some time. Already being a leader in the computer industry, the music hardware industry only seemed like their next logical move. Now Apple is involved with computers, music (iPod), mobile (iPhone), and now an emerging entrance to the automotive industry.

Google to Fight for Gmail.cn

A legal source told Reuters that Google was trying to buy the Internet domain name, held by Beijing-based ISM Technologies. It resembles Google’s internationally known e-mail service, gmail.com, and the colors in which the two logos are written are similar. The “.cn” suffix is commonly used for Chinese domain names. Google recently began offering free Gmail accounts in China to promote its brand. Another nasty trademark battle for Google.

The Apple and Cisco Battle

As it was the talk of the town on Wednesday, Apple released their new iPhone. Shortly after releasing the iPhone, Cisco stepped up and hit them with a lawsuit. …Cisco’s consumer arm Linksys had released a product called the iPhone earlier than Apple, and that the trademark name “iPhone” had been owned by Cisco for several years already… According to the article by DailyTech.com, judges may rule it

Apple iPhone iPod Released

This one I couldn’t pass up writing about. At the MacWorld Expo taking place right now in San Francisco, Apple unleashed their much-anticipated iPhone. Here are a few of the available features… WiFi 802.11b/g Cingular’s EDGE Data network Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) Running on OSX Visual-detection software Built-in Advanced Sensors iPhone’s accelerometer detects when you rotate the device from portrait to landscape,