Google has just released a new version of Google Mobile App. Google has completely redesigned the app and has also given it a new name –
.
The Google Search app comes with features such as a new toolbar, quicker access to the search bar, number of improvements to features such as Google Goggles, Voice Search, Search with My Location, Gmail unread counts and more.
Google’s Alastair Tse, Software Engineer and Robert Hamilton, Product Manager (more…)

to iOS. The company has posted a number of new job openings that hint at such a possibility.
The job postings are for the positions of an iOS Speech Application Engineer, Speech Recognition Engineers and a Senior Speech Research Scientist.
In the job posting, Apple notes that the hired engineers will work with the iOS Application Frameworks team ”
“. The position requires candidates to have ”
” with popular voice recognition software like (more…)

Milan Broum, Software Engineer, Google Mobile Team announced the Google Goggles feature for the iPhone on the Google Mobile blog:
In the new version of Google Mobile App just tap on the camera button to search using Goggles. Goggles will analyze the image and highlight the objects it recognizes — just click on them to find out more.
Computer vision is a hard problem and Google Goggles is still a Labs product. It works well for things such as (more…)

Stephen Ou apparently developed iTunes Instant in less than 3 hours using Apple ’s own Search API.
iTunes Instant is exactly what I have been looking for, simple user interface with fast, real time search results (sorry I have been spoilt by Google Instant, the new search enhancement that shows results as you type).
iTunes Instant doesn't just give you suggestions or recommendations as you type in a search query, it actually gives you real-time (more…)

Now in iOS 4.2 beta 1 you just use the regular old search field (still confusingly labeled Google by default) and start typing the text you want to find.
Where previously you only got suggested search terms, now you get a second list at the bottom for words you can search on the page. Tap one and the first match on the page is highlighted in yellow and a set of buttons slide up on the bottom for “Next” and “Done”, as well as a counter for (more…)

However, Ping in its current form could turn out to be a haven for impostors and spammers.
points out that the new music social networking service already has fake accounts in the name of Mark Zuckerberg and The Beatles. Considering the lucrative opportunity involved in selling music to followers,
notes that Ping is likely to invite spammers to create fake accounts of popular music bands to sell their music. The issue could be sorted out through (more…)

We would like to point out that these are still early rumors at this point. In fact,
” and that Google may not be removed from the iPhone . Google is rumored to have signed a
for the search rights though TechCrunch's sources have refuted this claim.
Despite these prevailing doubts, a new search engine partnership is quite likely. Relationship between Apple and Google have turned sour in the past few months due to a head-on rivalry between (more…)

In what could be seen as further testimony to these rumors, folks at iLounge have noted that Apple has made a subtle change in the newly released beta version of
” term.
users might have also noticed this change. It is not clear if the decision has been taken to reflect potential new partnerships that Apple may forge in the future or is merely a move to do away with the Google branding on iPhone 's mobile Safari web browser. As you may know, (more…)

, which is essentially the iPhone version of the universal search feature that is available on Macs.
As of now, using Spotlight you can search for:
Email (To, From, Subject but not message content)
iPod (Music, Video, Podcasts, Audiobooks)
Currently, to search for content on the web, you need to launch mobile Safari browser, tap on the search field (on the right side of the title bar) to type a word or phrase that describes what you’re looking (more…)

The Bing app now makes it easy for users to bookmark any page from the app including maps, business listings, search results, directions and weather reports. These bookmarks may be directly accessed from the Bing homepage.
The new Bing app makes it extremely easy to search for results based on your current location. Users may also choose to search around specific locations using the location settings on the application.
The new Bing app introduces (more…)