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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....
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2011
Google's smack in the middle of its "Inside Search" event in California, but we're already getting hints at what we're getting for Android. The Google Maps Navigation for Mobile webs...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 14, 2011
Fire up google.com from your phone's browser this morning and you'll see a few familiar buttons at the bottom. Those are borrowed from the Places app, which is now part of the default Google Apps stab...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2011
One of the coolest looking things in the new Windows Phone 7 "Mango" release (see all the coverage you can handle at WPCentral) is Microsoft's Bing Vision. It's essentially a Google Go...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 09, 2011
Google is making it easier for mobile search users to use vital phone numbers in emergency situations, with the addition of clickable emergency number links in related search results. Last year...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 04, 2011
Google is a software giant, and many of us user their proprietary applications on our Android phone. With good reason -- apps like Gmail, Androidify, and YouTube absolutely rock on an Android de...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 04, 2011
Over the past few months now, Google has been slowly rolling out new features to their Google Mobile search engine. The latest, called "Open now" allows users to search for places in their l...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 13, 2011
Let me start this off by saying without Shazam, I'd likely never remember the names of songs and artists that I listen to on a daily basis. For some reason, that stuff just doesn't have staying power ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2010
The old Voice Search options (left) and new options (right) Voice search on Android is pretty good. And it's about to get better. Google's updated the app and given us the option for personalized rec...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 09, 2010
Google Instant came to Android a little over a month ago, and was restricted to certain countries and regions. Google is happy to announce today that Instant has now gone global, available in 28 langu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 11, 2010
For those of you looking longingly at your friends on Verizon as they Bing their way through the day, take note. If you find yourself constantly asking "How can I get that wonderful Bing De...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 04, 2010
Google just announced that its Google Instant search is officially available for any device running Android 2.2. Just like on the desktop browser, you'll need to go to google.com for this to work (an...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 18, 2010
Google Voice just got itself a nice little update that adds the ability to search your transcribed voicemails and text messages to find exactly what you want. We're going to have to see how useful it...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
Bash Bing for Android all you want. Go ahead. We'll wait. For we share your frustration that Verizon set it as the default search service on the Samsung Fascinate (and that's why we worked so h...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 10, 2010
So you want the Samsung Fascinate, but don't want to give up your precious Google services, eh? Can't stand that Verizon traded Google Search for Bing? Gotta have Google Maps? No worri...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 09, 2010
This is all we have to say about that: Verizon is not going exclusively with Bing for future Android smartphones, [via Business Insider and Engadget], contrary to an anonymously sourced story by...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 08, 2010
The Verizon Fascinate is the fourth member of the Galaxy S class of Android smartphone to be released in the United States. And like its cousins, it has its share of tweaks that make it stand out. So...
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by Sean Brunett
Sep 08, 2010
Google today introduced its newest search feature, dubbed Google Instant. The search giant is always exploring innovative opportunities to present relevant search results faster to the end-user. Ins...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 30, 2010
Microsoft unveiled its Bing search app for Android today. But if you want to get in on the action, you're going to have to have a Verizon phone, as it's exclusive to the carrier's section of the Andr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 12, 2010
Google has led the way with native voice search capabilities on Android, and it's take a giant leap ahead with the new Voice Actions, just announced at that event today in Mountain View, Calif. ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 13, 2010
Knew it was only a matter of time before we saw a Bing app for Android, right? It's pretty good for Windows Mobile, pretty darn good on the iPhone, and we're expecting it to be really good on Windows ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 09, 2010
Good news for those of you who prefer to do your Google searches via voice input -- and in French, German, Italian or Spanish -- you can now do so in your native tongue. You'll need to have at least A...
