Back in October, Google changed the mobile navigation space when it launched Google Maps Navigation for Android. While the product itself is solid it also has one killer feature: it’s free. This has forced the makers of other non-free navigation too…
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The new iPhone/iPad SDK brought us one very welcome detail: VoIP calls over 3G are no longer forbidden. The first company to capitalize on this change was iCall, and now another popular instant messaging/chat client, Fring, has enabled video and voi…
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Everyone has an opinion about the iPad, even at Davos. Michael is there this week at the World Economic Forum, grabbing video interviews with the people he is running into (like Michael Dell showing off a yet-to-launch Android device). In the vid…
Less than 24 hours after Apple announces the Apple iPad, Google announces improvements to the Google Books home page.The improvements include:You can now scroll through categories of books and magazinesThe My Library feature is now on the home pageM…
It’s been almost 3 weeks since Google revealed the Nexus One. Since then, the Google-branded smartphone has been the subject of constant analysis and iPhone vs. Nexus One comparisons. In fact, the Nexus One defeated the iPhone by 38% in a re…
Judging from what we have seen so far, Apple’s new iPad will be a great device for reading e-books. The iPad will obviously come with Apple’s own e-reader software – but that’s only half the story. Users will also be able to read their Kindle and B&…
Sometime last year, Google rolled out its social search experiement with the aim of making search, well, more social. No, specifically to make relevant web content available of Google search results. By relevant Google means contents from your frien…
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