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Bing search engine arrives on iPad

by Steven Sande (Apr 7th, 2011)

Machines that go 'Bing!' now include your iPad. Microsoft's search tool has surfaced on the iOS App Store, and a first look at Bing for iPad (free) shows it to be a solid and well-designed competitor to Google and the parade of news, weather and search apps that have appeared for Apple's ...

Google brings Instant Previews to iOS 4.0+

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 9th, 2011)

Google announced on Tuesday that it added Instant Previews to its mobile search results. Originally a desktop feature, Instant Previews provides users with a glimpse of a website within the search results. It is extremely useful as it lets you see a page from a website without navigating to the ...

iPad's App Store gets search filters

by Chris Rawson (Feb 4th, 2011)

According to MacStories, the iPad's App Store app just gained a very useful new feature: search filters. There are now five different filters you can assign to app searches: Category, Release Date, Customer Rating, Price and Device. Popovers allow users to adjust or clear filters. This added search ...

iOS Safari receiving Google Instant Previews support

by David Quilty (Jan 31st, 2011)

Formerly only for desktop browser searches, 9 to 5 Mac is reporting that Google "Instant Previews" is being rolled out for mobile Safari users as well. This new service allows iOS Safari users to get a quick visual preview of sites within their search results without having to actually click ...

Yahoo! releases Sketch-a-Search for iPad, update for iPhone

by Michael Grothaus (Nov 19th, 2010)

Yahoo has released an iPad version of its popular iPhone Sketch-a-Search app. For those not familiar with the app, Sketch-a-Search lets users simply sketch a line around an area of the built-in Google map to find restaurants within the sketched area. The app on the iPhone is great, and it's ...

Google Instant beta now available on iOS devices

by Mike Schramm (Nov 4th, 2010)

[Changed screenshot to reflect Instant UI, sorry for the mixup. –Ed.] Google's Instant search service is now up and running on its mobile sites as well -- when you hit up google.com on your iPhone or iPad's Mobile Safari browser, you'll see search results appear as you type your query in. You ...

Swearch brings style to the iPhone web app

by Josh Helfferich (Oct 16th, 2010)

I guess you could say that it finally happened: Someone built a web app for the iPhone so beautiful that it's nearly indistinguishable from something natively run. That person is Steve Streza, and that app is Swearch. Swearch does one thing, and it does it very well. It allows you to search ...

A handy Safari keyboard shortcut for Google searches

by Brett Terpstra (Oct 13th, 2010)

Here I go again, professing my love for keyboard shortcuts. I have shortcuts and hotkeys for just about everything I do on a daily basis. I'm running out of intuitive combinations, actually, but my muscle memory seems to have room for a few more. There's one shortcut, though, that I think every ...

Amazon's iPhone app gets barcode scanning update

by Michael Rose (Oct 12th, 2010)

Earlier today, Keith reported that Delicious Library developer Wil Shipley had barcode scanning on his radar as a future iteration for the late, lamented iPhone version of the popular catalog app. Lo and behold, within a few hours the newest update to the Amazon Mobile app hit the store -- ...

Drowning in information? Tags can help

by Mel Martin (Oct 8th, 2010)

If you're anything like me you have lots and lots of information. Endless folders and files are scattered about, and while Spotlight in Mac OS X is very helpful, it's not a perfect fit for every situation. One solution I've found very helpful is Tags, from Gravity Apps. Our own Brett Terpstra took a ...

Xmarks calls it quits

by Mike Schramm (Sep 28th, 2010)

I've been a big fan of Xmarks for a while now -- I work on a few Macs and PCs regularly, and while MobileMe is nice, I've always appreciated Xmarks' ease of use (after a one-time setup, it basically worked automatically) and compatibility across whatever browsers I happened to use. That's why I was ...

Apple, Google extend deal for iOS

by Dave Caolo (Sep 27th, 2010)

Business Insider is reporting that Apple and Google have extended the deal that brought Google search to the iOS. In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, Google CEO Eric Schmidt mentioned that his company's arrangement with Apple has been "recently extended." "Apple is a company we both partner ...

iTunes Instant: Search iTunes at high speed thanks to 15-year-old developer

by Matt Tinsley (Sep 17th, 2010)

If you've heard of Google's instant search, then you'll be right at home with iTunes Instant. We're all aware that iTunes doesn't have the most friendly of search engines, but thanks to youthful developer Stephen Ou, searching the iTunes store just got a whole lot easier. iTunes Instant ...

WWDC 2010: Bing coming to MobileSafari search

by Aron Trimble (Jun 7th, 2010)

The rumor was partly true, Bing is indeed coming to the iOS search party; however, it will not be the default option as was speculated in January. During today's WWDC 2010 keynote address, Steve Jobs announced that Bing would be alongside Google and Yahoo as available search engine choices for ...

Google mobile search now includes iPhone apps

by Dave Caolo (Jun 3rd, 2010)

Google announced a new feature this week that lists apps in mobile search results. When searching for an app by name from your iPhone (it works with Android too, naturally), the top result is a link to the app's home in the App Store. In addition to the link, you get information like rating, ...