This is pretty unexpected news. When Google unveiled Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), by far the most impressive feature was the new Siri-aping Google Voice Search. Google’s blazing fast, tailored results are mighty impressive, so we never thought the company would end up bringing the tech to the iPhone. Well you know what? We stand corrected. Read more
Google is evil. That’s the thrust of a bunch of articles whizzing around the web. But has the biggest name in tech got a newly mean streak, or is the bloggosphere missing the point? Gizmodo claims Google’s relegation of search in favour of its other business properties could mark its downfall.
Ex-Googler James Whittaker says the Big G just isn’t the same since it became obsessed with Social. But for all the Google-bashing, there’s something they’re missing… Read more
I love Google. I might not own an Android phone, but I can’t get enough of their Gmail service, fall back on Google Docs constantly and am still a big fan of Google Reader, despite Twitter now being my main source for breaking news and comment.
But there’s a problem: Google is making me stupid. I’ve stopped thinking, or trying to work simple stuff out without resorting to the Big G’s ever improving search engine. Mountain View is offering me too much information and it’s becoming an issue. So, short of unplugging the internet, what can we do?
The Google/Bing search controversy is still bubbling along nicely with Google’s Matt Cutts taking to his blog to further poke Microsoft about what Google claims is its policy of baking info from Google search results into its process. After being rather nice about Bing and the crew that works there, Cutts gets to the meat of the issue saying that he is surprised with how vehemently Microsoft has denied using any Google info and showing a raft of screenshots to prove his point…
Electricpig isn’t just strutting around with a shiny new Social Networking Tux and the same grubby old underpants underneath. As well as adding new sharing tools and an upgraded commenting system, we’ve had a fiddle under the bonnet and grafted on a new search engine too.
Take it for a spin above, and take a rummage through our back catalogue. iPhone 4.0 makes particularly interesting reading, or you could read on for some more searches that’re worth a peep.
Google branding has been scrubbed from iPhone OS 4 with the search giant no longer mentioned on the iPhone onscreen keyboard. Is Apple getting ready to ditch Google search entirely or are the iPhone OS 4 design changes just a spot of tidying up?
Google has rolled-out real time search results for all users, bringing updates from news sites as well as Facebook and Twitter which will appear within seconds of being posted. Read more
