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by Alex Dobie
May 15, 2013
Reminders. Music albums. TV shows. Public transit. Books. Video Games.
Update: The newest version of Google Search has just been pushed out to the Play Store
In among the host of other search f...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 28, 2013
A much needed update makes Springpad feel fresh again
A large update brings Springpad up to version 4.0 today, with some notable improvements. The once cumbersome left toolbar has been simp...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 06, 2013
Google Shopper received a few new features in an update today, including an improved search result page and location data collection. Search results will now come back with the most popular products...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jan 03, 2013
Google has agreed to change a couple of its business practices following an anti-competitive investigation by the Federal Trade Commission over the past several months. There are two main parts to t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 05, 2012
Android's Google Search app just got a pretty good update, and that means we've got new features for Google Now as well.
Of note are improvements for travelers. If Google Now knows you'...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 15, 2012
The GMail power users among us may be aware of some of the more advanced search operators that are at our disposal. Things like typing "from:david has:attachment" and getting relevant sear...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 30, 2012
Google today let loose a new version of its Search app for iOS devices. Is it as good as the voice search you find in Android and Google Now? When it comes to results, yes. That is to say, when we t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 29, 2012
Google Now just got even more useful, adding a number of new things it can keep an eye out for through your Gmail account. That includes flights (you can see my hop out of NYC was canceled), restaur...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 11, 2012
Google has started rolling out a new version of its mobile homepage, featuring an expandable menu on the left, which visitors can use to access a range of the company's mobile services. Similar ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 25, 2012
We won't spoil the surprise. Hit the source link below and get searchin'.
Source: Replacement Google; via @CharlesApple
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 13, 2012
Google's already helping you find out where to go -- now it's going to help you get there. Publisher Wiley & Sons has agreed to sell the travel publication to Google for an undisclosed s...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 17, 2012
Google has gone and pushed out a pretty nice looking, 'interactive weather visualization' for weather searches on tablets. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to the new Google Now servi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 12, 2012
We've seen two OTA updates that take away local search options, namely the Sprint Galaxy S III and the AT&T Galaxy S III. In case you've been hiding under a rock for the past month (and ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 11, 2012
If you're an AT&T Galaxy S III user, today it's your turn to get a minor OTA that in addition to bringing a new radio (UCLG1), removes local (on-device) search options. We saw it on the ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 10, 2012
Yesterday we heard that the Sprint Galaxy S III was in the midst of getting a small "security" update over-the-air, but with little detail of what exactly was changed. The jury is still ou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 06, 2012
A federal appeals court today said that Google and Samsung can resume selling the Galaxy Nexus while awaiting a response from Apple, Bloomberg reported this afternoon. The temporary stay is in effec...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 27, 2012
One of the cooler things we're to see with Jelly Bean is Google Now. It's part search, part assistant, and part amazing. Imagine all the data that Google has aggregated about you (yes, that ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
Welcome to the Google Drive era. Google Docs has been folded into GDrive, but it's still the same productivity suite you've come to know and love. And now it's got some pretty serious cl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 05, 2012
Listen up, road warriors. Searching for travel on your phone just got load easier. Hipmunk this morning announced an update that brings calendar integration to its already excellent search app. That...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 13, 2012
Registration for this year's Google IO developer conference in San Francisco will begin at 7 a.m. PDT March 27. And you'd better set your alarm -- the 2011 conference sold out in less than a...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 05, 2012
Google is continuing to build on its mobile search experience with the launch of a new section for recently-searched places on its mobile homepage. If you've got Web History enabled in your Goog...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 31, 2012
Congress wanted answers regarding Google's updated and consolidated privacy policy that goes into effect March 1, and el Goog has responded with a blog post as well as a 13-page letter to eight ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 30, 2012
You say tomato, I say tomahto. You say potato, I say potahto. And that's where we stand on the state of Android, at least compared to Mark Spoonauer of Laptopmag. Mark, whose opinion we certainl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Looks like Android's Facebook app is getting ready for an update, according to some screen shots leaked to Engadget. Codenamed "Katana" (which was, for as long as we can remember, alwa...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 20, 2011
Google+ Hangouts have become one of the most popular uses of the rapidly growing social network. Until now, they were relegated to the desktop, making users pine for mobile support. Today, Google an...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 08, 2011
If you thought Google was done with their acquisitions for now, today's announcement of them acquiring Zagat may come as a surprise. However, Zagat in the past has put themselves up for sale and cons...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 17, 2011
Say what you want about Bing on Android -- and we've said plenty -- but it's always been a pretty visually stunning app, and darned useful, too. It was never the app itself we had a problem with -- i...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jul 29, 2011
If you've searched with Google through your Honeycomb tablet's browser, you have probably noticed that the process feels a little undercooked. Today Google announced that they've revamped the experien...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 25, 2011
One of the best things about being the big brother to PreCentral.net is that we get to read headlines like "Roger McNamee is our Hero" and "McNamee and Rubinstein ham it up" and ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 14, 2011
Earlier today Google held its "Inside Search" event in California, where they showed us a lot of cool new features built in (or being built in) to Google.com, both on the desktop and mobile....
