Google has announced that its desktop and mobile search will now include data gathered from Android app activity. Google's social network connects with a variety of its services and allows the search giant to mine data from its Android platform.
First launched as part of the Jelly Bean update, Google Now serves as the personal assistant for the Android platform, a role filled in iOS by the Siri application. Google has launched its Now predictive search platform for Apple's iOS.
Yahoo has yet to release an Android version. Yahoo has launched an iPhone app using Summly's technology less than a month after buying the firm. Yahoo bought Summly for $30 million in late March. Summly is a summarization tool that was created in...
Despite mostly negative reviews from users, Facebook's custom Android user interface Facebook Home has surpassed 500,000 downloads. That's according to information technology hack Benedict Evans, who posted the apparent milestone on Twitter.
Android PoliceGoogle Glass companion app has some interesting finds. The only noteworthy bits coming out it: Android is on track for 1 billion activations by year's end and he called Facebook Home a "tremendous endorsement" of Android.
So if you're building an app for an iOS, Android, Windows Phone or whatever, it won't usually be written with HTML and CSS, but rather Objective C, Java or some other higher-end coding languages.That said, there's a way to "cheat" this by using...
Yahoo has updated its email app for iPad and Android tablets to allow users to make use of gesture controls on devices. The updates will also allow Yahoo Mail users to more easily manage their increasing number of daily emails.
With the introduction of Android 4, Google’s mobile OS is stripping keyword referral data as well, and will continue to do so as users upgrade and update. With Android’s 53 percent mobile market share we can expect the number below to get a lot...
Last week, FairSearch Europe – a group that includes Microsost, Nokia and Oracle – launched an attack on Google for alleged anticompetitive practices on its Android mobile operating system. The group claimed that Google favors its own apps over...
Google foes FairSearch, made up of Microsoft, Nokia and Oracle among others, filed a complaint accusing Android of being a "Trojan Horse" and promoting Google apps. Google is the subject of yet another anti-competitiveness complaint, this one from...
The Android software allows users to skin their smartphone with a Facebook overlay that puts social networking front and center. Annual U.S.social ad revenue is expected to reach $11 billion by 2017, according to a recent study by BIA/Kelsey.
The attack ads coincide with another European antitrust complaint orchestrated by Microsoft relating to Google's Android software. FairSearch Europe: Android is a 'Trojan Horse' Fairsearch Europe, which describes itself as "organization united to...
When it comes to global smartphone share, Android leads at 51.2 percent, followed by iOS at 43.5 percent, and Windows at 4.1 percent, Kantar Worldpanel reported. Safari was first at 61.79 percent; the default Android browser came in second with...
Today we're finally going to talk about that Facebook phone or more accurately we're going to talk about how you can turn your Android phone into a great social device," said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg at yesterday's widely-anticipated unveiling.
Create platform-specific content – Android content for Android phones. So how can you build a site that addresses current and future cross-media challenges? In the jam-packed Next Generation Site Architecture session at SES New York last week...
Well, take a whiff from Google's Aromabase and its whopping 15M+ scentibytes collected by StreetSense vehicles and Android Ambient Odor Detection. Smells like April Fools' Day. You know, immature and cheesy, with a quick, bright finish.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has squashed talk that the company will combine its Android and Chrome divisions, after recent boardroom shuffles had fueled speculation that a merger was on the cards.
Pros: ODIN provides standardization with an identifier that could be used across iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile. The Android Referrer provides reliable closed-loop attribution. Android Referrer Android Referrer is a standard method for tracking...
Google surprised nobody yesterday with the unveiling of its Keep note-taking service, which is available for Android and on the web. Those using the app on a device running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean can get a Google Keep lockscreen widget, too.
Pinterest said it will update its Android and iOS apps soon to include this feature. Pinboard-style photo-sharing website Pinterest has had a makeover, with fresh features and a simpler and cleaner design.
