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Phlo for Mac is a quick and useful search utility

by Mel Martin (Apr 4th, 2013)

If you are like me, you do a lot of searching every day. Not just Google, but IMDb for movie info, Amazon, TED talks and even TUAW. To help out people like you and me, Cynapse Software has introduced a nifty utility called Phlo. It provides a pop-up search field that be assigned to a global ...

Google explains why iTunes search results were missing in action

by Yoni Heisler (Apr 3rd, 2013)

As of Tuesday morning, searches for iOS apps on Google weren't resulting in overt links to Apple's iTunes Store. Direct links to apps on iTunes appeared deeper within Google's search results than usual. Reports of the quirky search results were first made public on Facebook by AppsFire ...

Origin Stories: Dunno

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Mar 22nd, 2013)

Dunno is an odd little free app that allows you to take a note about something and have Dunno "research" the topic for you. After typing in a few words, perhaps about a car model or a book or author, or maybe something esoteric like the meaning of life, Dunno performs a search in the ...

Google Now for iOS? Promo video appears, removed

by Michael Rose (Mar 12th, 2013)

Users of Android's recent editions have been exposed to Google Now, the "before you know you need it" search tool. Google Now tries to look ahead at your schedule and physical location to let you quickly access the most relevant results -- traffic for your commute, flight schedules for your ...

ACLU: court document shows how invasive cell phone searches can be

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 27th, 2013)

The American Civil Liberties Union stumbled upon a document submitted to the court during a drug investigation headed up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The document lists the data that ICE officials were able to pull off an iPhone, and it's striking how much information that one small ...

Apple may be earning up to $1 billion this year from Google search on iOS devices

by Michael Grothaus (Feb 11th, 2013)

Apple and Google have a...complex, but mutually beneficial relationship. In Apple's case, it's a relationship that could earn the company up to US$1 billion from a single agreement this year alone. Analyst Scott Devitt at Morgan Stanley follows Google closely and put out a new report titled ...

Izik is a great little internet search app built for your iPad

by Mel Martin (Jan 9th, 2013)

When I think of search I pretty much think of Google. I have tried Bing, and while it is pretty, a lot of my searches just don't turn out as well as they do on Google. If you'd like to try something completely different, let me suggest you get a look at Izik, which is free. Izik is not a front ...

Apple products top Bing's 2012 top search list

by Mike Wehner (Nov 27th, 2012)

Microsoft has just revealed Bing's top search terms for 2012, and while the company's own products only make a couple of appearances, Apple dominates the list with five of the top 10 keywords. Unsurprisingly, iPhone 5 tops the list, followed closely by iPad in second place. The "iPad 3" pops ...

Daily iPhone App: Lovely is real estate searching made easier

by Mike Schramm (Nov 26th, 2012)

I've been apartment hunting lately (I want a little bigger place, with the option to finally get myself a dog), and here in LA, it's not an easy thing to do. Craigslist is usually the listings tool of choice, but it's so gummed with spam and vague listings here that it can be hard, especially ...

Where To? will make you feel better about Apple Maps

by Mel Martin (Sep 30th, 2012)

Apple's Maps app has been a bit of a mess, as we all know. One of the biggest complaints is the lack of solid local search. There are plenty of alternative apps (including Google+ Local, the updated version of Google Places); one of the classics, Where To?, has just been updated. Where To? now ...

Concept video shows a better Spotlight for iOS

by Mike Schramm (Sep 17th, 2012)

Designer Cody Sanfilippo put together this concept video of how Spotlight on iOS could work, and it's quite impressive. The current implementation of Spotlight for iOS (accessed by swiping left on your iOS device's homescreen) is fairly useless; while the search is very thorough, the list of ...

Updated TV Guide app includes celebrity watchlists and guest-curated channels

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 23rd, 2012)

Last night the TV Guide app for iOS was updated to include a few new features, plus a few bugfixes and performance tweaks. I spoke to TVGuide.com's GM Christy Tanner about the update and learned a few interesting stats about the service itself. If you're already a fan of the app, this is a great ...

Mac 101: Use Spotlight for quick review of Calendar events

by Dave Caolo (Aug 10th, 2012)

Here's a quick way to browse Calendar events (I still want to say "iCal") in the Finder with Spotlight. Simply enter your search keyword into Spotlight. The results are sorted by type, as usual. Move your cursor over a matching Calendar result and a pop-up appears, showing the event's ...

Google to challenge Siri with its updated Google search app

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 8th, 2012)

Google's Search app for iOS will soon receive an update that'll improve the voice assistant component and bring it on par with its Android Jelly Bean counterpart. The upcoming version of the search app takes advantage of Google's experience with speech recognition and its Knowledge Graph, which ...

Fanhattan for iOS adds HBO, NBC, more

by Mike Schramm (Jul 31st, 2012)

Fanhattan is a video aggreggator with an app on the iPad and iPhone, and as of today, that app became a little more useful. The service has added HBO Go, Cinemax, NBC, and CW content to its service, which means that you can now find those videos in the Fanhattan listings and follow the links ...