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According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is working a “stand apart” phone to compete with the iPhone, through the Motorola Mobility unit it recently acquired. Is this finally a REAL iPhone killer? We shall see! The “X Phone” project is led by a former Google product manager: Lior Ron. Some of the ambitious features could [...]
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Google Phone Coming Soon: Search Giant Bringing Motorola Back To Life?
December 28th, 2012 
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Google Maps iOS: Newly Released App Fueling iOS 6 Adoption?
December 27th, 2012 Daniel Silva Could one app really fuel upgrades to iOS 6? Perhaps. Google Maps was released on the AppStore on December 12, and just five days later, MoPub has notice a 29% increase in unique iOS 6 users. MoPub supports 12,000 apps, and monitors 1 billion ad impressions daily. The data suggests that a number of users [...]
Google Maps iOS App Releasing Tonight? [Update]
December 12th, 2012 Daniel Silva Update: It’s here available for download and it’s AWESOME: Been waiting for Google’s iOS Maps app? Well you’re in luck: AllThingsD is reporting that it is set to release TONIGHT. Get your iPhones ready folks. Although there is no word on when it’ll be released, you can probably expect it at 11pm Eastern, like with most [...]
YouTube iOS App Updated With iPhone 5, iPad Support and More
December 5th, 2012 Daniel Silva Among many new features, including the switch to Apple’s own mapping solutions, iOS 6 removed some features such as the native YouTube app. Good thing they didn’t take as long as updating this one as they did with their GMail app. Google then went on to release it’s own YouTube for iOS app, which was [...]
Google Maps iOS News: Google Getting Closer To Submitting Their Own App
December 4th, 2012 Daniel Silva Google is still working on it’s standalone mapping app for iOS, according to The Wall Street Journal. They are working towards submitting the app to the AppStore soon. Meanwhile, Apple is hard at work on improving it’s own Maps app, with Eddy Cue taking charge of the team, with regular team meetings since he took [...]
iOS 6 Untethered Jailbreak Will Bring Google Maps: Google Working On Own iOS Maps App
September 28th, 2012 Daniel Silva The name Ryan Petrich should ring an instant bell for you if you’re in the jailbreak community. He’s the developer behind tweaks like FullForce and RetinaPad. The latest news from him is that he’s been able to get the iOS 5.1 version of Google Maps running under iOS 6. The Next Web is reporting that he [...]
Apple Mapsgate: iOS 6 Apple Maps Suck, Apple Had Google Maps For One More Year!
September 27th, 2012 Daniel Silva One of the biggest changes in iOS 6 has been to drop Google powered maps, for Apple’s own in-house solution. Now The Verge is reporting that Apple and Google had over a year left on their contract to use Google’s maps. People are now calling this “mapsgate”. The idea behind the story is that Apple [...]
iOS 6 Maps Criticised: iOS 6 Untethered Jailbreak May Bring Back Google Maps
September 25th, 2012 Daniel Silva One of the biggest, and most criticized changes in iOS 6, is Apple’s decision to drop Google’s extensive maps for their own map solution in their Maps app. Apple’s solution is powered by a combination of its own work and data licensed from companies such as TomTom. It’s already become a habit for users to [...]
iPhone 5 Release Date Might Not Be Soon, But Apple’s New iOS 6 Maps Are AWESOME!
June 13th, 2012 Daniel Silva After lots of iPhone 5 rumors, and a surprising amount of leaks leading up to the event, Apple unveiled their new Maps application which will replace the current solution, Google Maps, which has been used since 2007. Instead, Apple is using their own in-house mapping solution, which they’ve done from the ground up.
iCloud, Dropbox Competitor: Google Unveils Google Drive With FREE 5GB Storage, iOS App Soon
April 30th, 2012 Daniel Silva Joining the likes of Dropbox and Microsoft SkyDrive, Google has launched its own cloud storage service: Google Drive. The service, which is integrated with Google Docs an other Google services, starts off with 5GB of free storage for users, which can go up to 16TB of paid storage. All of this storage is accessible via [...]
