Google has launched its Now predictive search platform for Apple's iOS. 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.
YouTube for iOS gets access to live streams, My Subscriptions feed, video queuing for TV playback, and more – The Next Web Apple records and keeps users' Siri queries for up to 2 years – Los Angeles TimesData is anonymized after six months, but...
Almost all tracking is done with anonymous device fingerprint tracking, which is about 95 percent accurate – more so for Android, less so for Apple iOS. So if you're building an app for an iOS, Android, Windows Phone or whatever, it won't usually be...
Google Updates Search iOS App With Minor Bug Fixes, Still No Sign Of Google Now – TechCrunchMinor bug fixes and improved voice search. IDC: For Mobile Advertising Networks, Era of Dominance Is Over – IDCMobile ads to hit $7 billion this year; $2.8...
Facebook began reorganizing its business last year to be “mobile first,” and its revamped iOS app was the first step in that direction. Apple is a pretty controlled environment…” and Facebook is in “active dialogue to do more with them, but...
Apple's Unique Device Identifier (UDID) was the standard mechanism for tracking installs across mobile web and mobile apps for iOS. Pros: ODIN provides standardization with an identifier that could be used across iOS, Android, and Windows Mobile.
Google has announced improved search and sharing features for its Chrome browser running on Apple's iOS smartphone and tablet platform. For iOS users, the addition of the omnibox search function to the mobile browser lets users search for keywords...
The NRA has also very recently released a target-practice shooting app for iOS that allows the player to act is if they are in a shooting range. Both Apple and Google are also bidding on the keyword in an effort to promote the various apps that...
Google then released an upgraded Google Maps app for iOS devices which offered a significant improvement not only for Apple Maps users but also for users of the previous version of Google Maps. Perhaps in a moment of overconfidence, Apple booted...
Facebook's Pages Manager app had been available on Apple's iOS for some time, allowing Page administrators to edit their pages. Curiously Facebook doesn't provide any details about which countries its Android Pages Manager app is available in...
Google dealt another blow to Apple today, announcing that its Google Maps for IOS app reached 10 million downloads in just two days. Thanks to the Apple Maps app's lack of accuracy, shoddy satellite images and potentially life-threatening direction...
You can even track downloads in iOS if you integrate a snippet of code into your app. Apple's App Store isn’t very marketer friendly. Google answered the call of advertisers looking to promote their apps for download with new Mobile App Extensions.
The report doesn't say when Google Maps will arrive in the iOS App Store, but we'd bet on Google trying to beat Nokia, which announced on Tuesday that it will be bringing its new Here mapping service to Apple devices.
Google's advanced voice search capability is now available on iOS in an update to its Google Search app. There's also some other neat trickery included in the updated iOS application. Announced in August, and already available on smartphones...
Last month, we covered the now well-known "Mapgate" snafu in Apple's iOS 6. Take Valpak’s iOS app. We'll start to see this happen on a broader scale as iOS developers continue to latch on to Passbook's versatile functionality.
Schmidt used to sit on Apple's board but as the two firm's rivalry grew rapidly he stepped down, while former Apple chief executive Steve Jobs was furious with Android which he saw as a copy of the iOS operating system.
CEO Tim Cook has issued a rare apology on behalf of Apple, admitting that its new Maps tool with iOS 6 isn't good enough. There are already more than 100 million iOS devices using the new Apple Maps, with more and more joining us every day.
It also seems like iPhone and iPad users will be left struggling with Apple's Maps app, as Google has said it has no plans to bring Google Maps back to IOS. Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt announced the bad news, telling Reuters that the...
Apple is reportedly seeking employees that have experience working on Google Maps, after it became apparent last week that its own Maps app on iOS 6 just doesn't cut it against the competition. Apple's Maps app replaced Google's version on iOS amid...
And this is new territory for Apple, which is now cobbling together a silo'd list of local content partners like Yelp and Waze.iOS Developers I've heard from have even confirmed that mapping result sets seen in beta versions have been somewhat...
