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Mail Rules Aims to Add Structure to Your Inbox

Jeff Benjamin ∙ December 20, 2010

Since I'm a Gmail user, all of my email is already organized on Google's servers before hitting my iPhone. This is done by means of filters, which are essentially rules in Outlook-speak.

Rules have been noticeably absent from the iPhone's cache of email features, but that's probably because most people have setups like I do, meaning that their email is sorted and filtered prior to being downloaded to the iPhone.

For those of you that don't have this luxury, Mail Rules -- a jailbreak tweak for iOS 3.2 and up -- aims to fill in the gaps. But does the tweak's shortcomings rule it out?

Your iPhone Apps Know A Lot About You

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 17, 2018

The Wall Street Journal has shared the results of an eye-opening investigation on how apps share personal data. Since the success of the App Store, apps have become the backbone of what makes or breaks a successful, mobile device.

The Journal looked into how some apps (both iOS and Android) actually behave with your phone's information, and examined the personal data that most don't know is shared through apps. The results were a little disturbing...

Amazon Releases New App, Price Check for iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

"Price Check" is Amazon's latest attempt at getting in your pocket. This shopping app lets you compare prices of products on Amazon.com. Amazon already has their popular Amazon Mobile app in the App Store, but they apparently thought that a more focused shopping app would be a welcomed addition to their mobile offerings.

Price Check allows you to instantly check the price of something with a variety of search options...

Google Docs Comes to the iPhone

Sébastien Page ∙ November 18, 2010

Google Docs users rejoice as you're now going to be able to edit all your Google Docs documents, right from your iPhone (or any other mobile device for that matter). Simply pointing your iPhone to http://docs.google.com/ will take you to the mobile version of the site.

I think it's worth noting that you're only going to be able to edit documents. You will not be able to create new ones, at least for the time being. Have a look at the video below. It's actually pretty impressive...

Over 50% of Developers Prefer iOS, but Android is Closing Fast

Alex Heath ∙ November 6, 2010

A recent study has shown that over 50% of mobile developers prefer the iOS platform. Millennial Media surveyed over 500 mobile developers and advertisers and asked them what their current and future plans were in terms of mobile application development. The survey complied a pie chart of the responses, and iOS is still on top.

Factoring iPhone and iPad, iOS made up 51% of the current development support. Android is currently being supported by less than half of the respondents. However, when asked about their development plans in 2011, mobile developers favored the Google Android platform...

Google Instant Now Available for iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ November 5, 2010

Google Instant has been bringing lighting fast search results to the desktop for a couple of months. Dynamic results are shown as you type your search query. Basically, Google guesses what you're typing as you type it.

This amazing technology has been duplicated with other famous search services like App Store Instant. We've all been waiting in eager expectation for Google to bring instant searching to iOS, and Google Instant has now been made available on all iOS 4.0+ devices…

Apple Reportedly Hosting a Secret iOS Developer Conference This Week

Alex Heath ∙ Updated May 11, 2018

Apple is rumored to be hosting a top secret iOS developer conference in California this week. The event is supposed to start on Tuesday and run through Thursday.

Could this meeting of the minds be Apple's attempt to counteract the rise of Google's Android platform in the smartphone market? There's plenty to speculate about...

Google Adds Improvements to Gmail in Mobile Safari

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 28, 2010

I can't say that I use Gmail in mobile Safari too often, considering that the native Mail App has great support for Gmail, but there must be some of you crazy folks out there that still do.

Fret not, Google has heard your cries for an improved mobile Safari experience, they've seen your tears, and they've felt your pain. As a result, an updated version of Gmail for mobile Safari is now live at last.

What new features can you expect to see? Well, too be honest, they're more on the aesthetics side of the house, meaning they don't add much in the way new functionality. Check inside for the details on not one, but two new improvements for Gmail on mobile Safari...

Google Adds App Store Search to the iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ October 28, 2010

You can now search the App Store through Google search on the iPhone. Google recently added an "iPhone apps" category to its search options. This new option is available within the official Google Mobile app and the Google web interface on mobile Safari.

Google indexes the App Store to bring you only iPhone apps when you are searching on your iPhone or iPod touch. You are given a list of results with the price, average star rating and a brief description for your viewing pleasure. Nothing too fancy though.

When you click the app you want to go to, Google merely takes you to the iTunes web preview page. And the preview page doesn't even prompt the App Store app to open, which is odd...

Google Goggles Arrive on the iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ October 5, 2010

The Google Mobile app for iPhone was just updated to support Google Goggles, a feature that has been available on Android for awhile. So what is Google Goggles? And why is it a big deal?

Google Goggles is the next step toward merging the physical world with the online world. While it’s definitely a baby step, Googles is still groundbreaking in the search and mobile space. Goggles allows you to take a picture of essentially anything in real life: buildings, books, wine bottles, or just plain text, and get results from Google about that object...

Google Books on Your iPhone

Alex Heath ∙ Updated April 5, 2018

I’ve always wanted an easy way to have a digital library of what I’ve read, what I’m reading, and what I want to read. A Kindle or iBooks library is helpful in having reference on what to read and what has already been read.

However, I haven’t found a good way to handle the recording of physical books I’ve read or books that I’ve read online in another format. I’ve been searching for an easy, cloud-based digital “shelf” for my reading life.

How silly of me to not look farther than Google for my answer. I am reliant on Google in my daily life for email, documents, RSS feeds, and of course, search. I’ve used Google Books only a couple of times to find something like an excerpt from a public domain book. It was not until today that I saw the “My Library” feature of Google Books. Lo and behold it was exactly what I was looking for...

Google's Chrome OS Running on the iPad

Sébastien Page ∙ September 30, 2010

There's been photos of Chrome OS running on the iPad for a few days. I didn't want to publish them because they could have very well been fake. But this video is proving me wrong. Hacker Hexxeh managed to get Chrome OS to work on an iPad. I'll stick to iOS... You?