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Google search app for iPhone, iPad re-designed

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

For some reason I hadn't quite relegated the Google Search app on my iPhone to a folder, where most apps go to die. But it should have. The old Google Search app was atrocious -- a seemingly willful expenditure of effort on something so terrible it would serve to dissuade people from using it ...

New Maps for iOS? It's not exactly a surprise

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 11th, 2012)

The latest rumor to get everyone talking is that Apple will drop Google Maps for their own proprietary software. Sources told 9to5 Mac that a new Maps app will debut with iOS 6 with an Apple-created backend that will resemble the current Maps app, but with a more amenable solution. This really ...

Potter Voice Technologies sues Apple, Google over voice patent

by Steven Sande (Apr 26th, 2012)

The latest in a string of patent lawsuits has just been announced: a relatively unknown Colorado company named Potter Voice Technologies claims that all major smartphone vendors, including Apple, are infringing on a patent on natural-language voice control of a computer. Apple's in good company ...

Why Google Drive matters but APIs matter more

by Erica Sadun (Apr 24th, 2012)

Today, Google Drive finally made its debut, offering what has become the industry-standard 5GB of free space. Its purchase model is similar to Apple's, Amazon's, and other leaders in this field. We posted earlier about its introduction. Expect to pay US$48/year for 20GB. This is $4/month versus ...

Google launches Google Drive

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

Google launched Google Drive, an online service that lets you create, share and store your documents online. You can use the desktop client to upload videos, photographs, Google docs and more to Google's cloud. When you're on the go, you can access these files using a mobile client. Google ...

Sergey Brin clarifies Apple, Facebook critique

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 18th, 2012)

Earlier this week, an interview with Google co-founder Sergey Brin appeared on the Guardian. In his dialogue, Brin talked about threats to the public internet and mentioned government censorship, Apple and Facebook as "very powerful forces" working against internet freedom. Brin responded today ...

Daily Update for April 5, 2012

by Steven Sande (Apr 5th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Walter Isaacson: "Apple will settle Google Android dispute"

by Steven Sande (Apr 5th, 2012)

Walter Isaacson, the author of the blockbuster bestselling biography of Steve Jobs, believes that the "less emotional" Apple CEO Tim Cook will settle the company's dispute with Google over the Android operating system for smartphones. In his book, Isaacson quoted Steve Jobs as telling Google ...

Google reportedly makes more per iOS device than Android device

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 3rd, 2012)

According to Horace Dediu of Asymco, Google's smartphone revenue per year is on the rise. On the surface, this appears to be good news for Android, but a closer look at the source of the revenue shows that most of this increase is from iOS. In fact, Deidu suggests revenue per device from ...

Comparing iPad and Android tablet apps

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 27th, 2012)

PC Magazine editor Sascha Segan took a closer look at Android tablet apps and compared them to their iOS counterparts. He looked at the top apps for each platform and concludes that Android tablets have most of the big name apps found on iOS, but the quality of the Android version isn't as good ...

Future iOS update in China may adopt Baidu search, drop Google

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 26th, 2012)

According to The Next Web, Chinese website Sina Tech speculates that Apple may roll out an update in China that'll drop Google search from iOS and replace it with Baidu, a Chinese language search engine. Though unconfirmed, this move makes sense as Baidu commands more than 80 percent of the ...

FTC Subpoenaed Apple over Google search on iOS

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2012)

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission subpoenaed Apple as part of a Google antitrust inquiry says Bloomberg. The FTC asked Apple to hand over documents that detail its search agreement with Google. Google has been the default search engine for iOS since the iPhone launched in 2007. Rumors suggest ...

Google, Motorola told to give Android data to Apple

by Steven Sande (Mar 6th, 2012)

Aww, they're so cute when they fight! No, not the fluffy kittens, I'm referring to the battles between Apple, Google and Motorola Mobility. U.S. Judge Richard A. Posner ordered Google and the soon-to-be-purchased-by-Google Motorola Mobility to hand over info about the development of the Android OS ...

Google adds search history to iOS

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 6th, 2012)

Google is making it easy for iOS users to access their recent searches on their devices. Starting this week, Google will push your search history to your iOS device if you have Web History enabled on your Google account. So the next time you search for TUAW on your desktop and then hop over to ...

US senator Schumer calls for FTC investigation of Apple, Google

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 5th, 2012)

A Reuters report says US Senator Charles Schumer is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Apple and Google over its handling of photos. A recent New York Times report discussed a privacy breach that lets any iOS app with location permission to access a user's photo album. A follow-up ...