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How Apple could answer Samsung's anti-iPhone ad

Computerworld (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
Apple quite rightly could poke fun at Samsung by dubbing these devices "A pocketful of malware." Android OS updates are confusing. They're becoming slightly more regular, but how do you know which update applies to you? ...

Google tweaks search app for iPhone, iPad

IBNLive.com - 23 Nov, 2011
Using the Google Search application on the iPad or the iPhone, just got better with the search giant getting some major tweaks to it. iPad, iPhone users who used Google's search application before didn't find it to bring in anything different, ...

Top 10 steps towards making your mobile apps more accessible

The Guardian - 23 Nov, 2011
The mobile apps boom may be a relatively recent phenomenon, but when it comes to making those apps more accessible, there is a rich history of research and advice to draw on from the web design world. Of course, accessibility is not just about apps for ...

Apple starts publishing weekly iPhone and iPad apps charts in the UK

The Guardian (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
Apple has started publishing weekly charts for paid and free apps on iPhone and iPad in the UK, through a partnership with the Press Association. The charts are based on sales and downloads in the company's British App Store over the previous seven ...

Apple Apps Top 10 debuts

Telegraph.co.uk - 23 Nov, 2011
Official UK lists of top paid and free apps for the iPad and iPhone have been published for the first time by Apple. By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor Sky Movies' free app has topped the first official UK list of free iPad apps, ...

Google needs better app quality control

ZDNet Asia - 23 Nov, 2011
By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on November 23, 2011 (3 hours ago) Quick apology for and improvement of buggy Gmail app for iOS devices help retain customer trust, insiders say, but an analyst adds Google needs better app testing and to provide ...

Apps Rush: Noddy in Toyland, Comet, 360 Panorama, Dream Zoo, Timelines for ...

The Guardian (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
A selection of 16 apps for you today: Noddy is the latest famous children's character to pop up on the App Store, with a game for iPhone and iPad. In fact, it's a collection of mini-games from publisher Avanquest, focused on reasoning, deductive skills ...

Why Apple's customers cripple its user experience

Reuters Blogs (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
Apple products have always cost more than the equivalent products elsewhere. It's one of the reasons that Apple has historically had very high brand loyalty and very low market share " a classic luxury-good combination. But now that Apple has become a ...

EV Carmakers Getting Jiggy with Mobile Apps

Forbes - 23 Nov, 2011
Electric vehicles are the cutting edge of the car market today. They feature high tech engines, batteries straight out of science fiction movies, and other goodies that set them apart even more than their ability to drive hundreds of miles on a couple ...

Google unveils new iPad search app

GMANews.TV - 23 Nov, 2011
Users of Apple Inc.'s iPad can now have an easier time searching the Internet with Google with its new upgraded app for the popular tablet computer. Software engineer Daniel Fish said the search app is now more interactive and more visual, ...

Despite Android lead, iOS devs slurp scads more mazuma

Register - 23 Nov, 2011
If you're a developer who wants the largest target market for your smartphone and tablet apps, write for Android devices. But if you want to make money, write for the iPhone and iPad. That's the conclusion of a pair of recent reports. ...

Google Reveals New Search App for iPad

PC Magazine - 23 Nov, 2011
Google on Monday announced a new Search app for the iPad that adds instant search and preview panes to its results, among other things. "Whether you're doing research and comparing results, or exploring beautiful imagery, we have added ...

Google Search for iPad demo and feature tour

mobileburn - 23 Nov, 2011
MobileBurn.com - Google recently updated its Search app for the iPad with a new interface and a number of tweaks that make it faster and easier to use. The new app is more effective at taking advantage of the iPad's larger screen real-estate, ...

Charts cut no ice with iPhone app

The Press Association - 23 Nov, 2011
A new game in which you use bombs to obliterate elaborate ice sculptures has knocked messaging client WhatsApp off the top spot in the latest iPhone App Chart. Amazing Breaker, which was released on August 29, uses an Angry Birds-style catapult to ...

Android paid apps revenues may lag behind iOS, but developers should be more ...

The Guardian (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
A lot of app developers are making less money from Android than they are from iOS, although often the reason is that they're not releasing their apps for Google's OS in the first place. The perception that Android is a graveyard for paid apps in ...

Did Google sneak Chrome OS into the App Store?

ZDNet (blog) - 23 Nov, 2011
By Jason D. O'Grady | November 22, 2011, 12:01am PST Summary: While it might not be called “Chrome for iOS” or anything, the updated Google Search app for iOS is a dead ringer for Chrome OS when running on the iPad. Install the updated Google Search ...

Google Search App for iPad Adds Instant Previews

PCWorld (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Google has revamped its Search app for iPads with a bunch of new flashy features to make the app more interactive. The biggest improvement to the app comes from integration of Google Instant results, ...

Google Search for iPad/iPhone adds Chrome OS features (hands on)

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Summary: Google has updated its iPad search app to add a big part of Chrome OS, right under Apple's nose. Google may have its own mobile OS, and soon its own handset company, but surprisingly it has ...

Google adds instant previews to iPad search app

ZDNet UK - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
Google has updated the iPad version of its search app, adding instant results and site previews. Google has redesigned its search app for the iPad adding a cover flow-style feature that previews ...

Google boosts search for the Ipad

Inquirer - ‎Nov 22, 2011‎
INTERNET SEARCH OUTFIT Google has refreshed its search application for the fashionable fondle slab, the Apple Ipad. The app is aimed at Ipad users running IOS 4 and above and Daniel Fish, software engineer for the Google Search app, ...

Apps Rush: Stamped, Google Search, CityVille Holidaytown, Leonardo da Vinci ...

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
A selection of 10 apps for you today: Stamped is the latest iPhone app that wants to get people rating places and media, although instead of a five-star ratings system, it simply asks you to assign stamps of approval to the things you like: restaurants ...

Google Search iPad App Brings Easier Searching For Tablet Users (VIDEO)

Huffington Post - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
According to the Google Mobile Blog, several of the design changes focus on making the app more visually oriented and less reliant on typing since, as Google acknowledges, "typing can be a challenge" on the iPad. Some of the new features include Google ...

Google overhauls its iOS app in search of iPad users

CNET (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Google's nifty new side-by-side viewer puts results and pages right next to one another. Google's doubling down on its efforts to pull iOS users into frequent searchers with a new ...

Finding a new audience

Sydney Morning Herald (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Screen Play was pleased to see Scribblenauts Remix leap to the top of the App Store charts last week when Warner Bros. generously gave it away for just a dollar. It's a fantastic game that deserves to be enjoyed by a wide audience, and the huge numbers ...

Android OS mobiles gain on iPhone in smartphone war

Montreal Gazette - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Market share for the iPhone in the third quarter fell 1.6 percentage points to 15% of worldwide sales. Meanwhile combined share for the phalanx of handset makers that sell phones using rival Google's ...

Google gives Search for iPad app more attention

ZDNet (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Google has re-introduced its Search app for the iPad today, which is touted as more visual and interactive than before. Along with the usual performance and speed enhancements, some other Google products ...

Despite growth, Google trails Apple in app dollars spent

CNET - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Even though Google's Android handily tops Apple's iOS in terms of overall smartphone market share, a new report suggests that Apple still wallops it when counting dollars spent on apps. ...

Piper Jaffray: Android app revenue is 7% of iPhone's

CNNMoney - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Since its inception, Google's (GOOG) Android Market Place has generated about 7% of the gross revenue of Apple's App Store. Apple (AAPL) has about 85% to 90% market share of the total dollars spent ...

Who needs an iPhone anyway?

Financial Post - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
“Apple be worried,” read the curt warning scrawled on Dave Dobbin's Twitter page early last week. Mr. Dobbin, the former chief executive of Mobilicity, a small wireless provider, was “retweeting” a news story about search superpower Google Inc. ...

Apps Rush: The Week, The World in 2012, TripAdvisor City Guides, Snoopy's ...

The Guardian (blog) - ‎Nov 21, 2011‎
Dennis Publishing's popular weekly magazine The Week now has an iPad app, which redesigns the print edition for the tablet, but keeps the core articles summarising and analysing the last week's news. A Rolex sponsorship deal means it'll be free for the ...

 

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