The built in dictionary is probably one of my favorite new features in iOS 5. It's so incredibly handy, and it can be used across any app at any time.
Wouldn't it be nice if you could search Google in the same way? Well now you can, thanks to DictGoogle — a new tweak that integrates seamlessly with iOS 5's built in dictionary...
WeeSearch is a recently released Notification Center jailbreak widget for iOS 5, which allows for YouTube, Google, and Wikipedia searches right from the convenience of Notification Center.
It's free, and it works to a certain extent, but it's obvious that the widget was rushed in its development. It's missing a few fundamental features, and not everything works as expected.
Check inside for a full rundown on what's good and bad about WeeSearch...
If you've spent any time with Siri, you may have noticed that you can actually ask it to search the web for pretty much anything. At this point, Siri fires up a Google search and populates the search field with whatever it thinks you asked. The degree of accuracy here very much depends on your accent and whether it's a full moon or not, but on the whole, it does the job fairly well.
But did you know that you can also have Siri work its magic with both the Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search engines? Well, you can...
Itching for a new way to perform Google searches? Well, sure, you could use Spotlight, but that's so 2009. iOS 5's new Notification Center is all the rage these days, and that's where StatusGoogle resides.
For a jailbreak widget, it really doesn't get any simple than this. Check out our video walkthrough inside...
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a staunch Google Chrome advocate for basically two reasons: a) It's incredibly easy it is to restore all of your bookmarks, history, and extensions. And b). The OmniBar.
The OmniBar is the feature that I always end up missing the most when I'm forced to use another browser. The OmniBar is great, because it does something incredibly simple: It lets you perform searches and web queries from within the same box.
Safari UniBar is a jailbreak tweak that brings this same functionality to the iPhone's Mobile Safari...
QuickSafari is another Activator-based Google search tool, that allows you to perform searches and browse to specific URLs from anywhere on your iPhone.
It's a great tool, and one that I believe should be included as a native iOS feature. Until then, we'll have to rely on the great jailbreak community to meet our needs in this area, and QuickSafari doesn't disappoint...
Former FTC official and new Google employee Suzanne Michel testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee that all three major search engines had to submit a bid to Apple for becoming the default search engine in iOS.
During her testimony, she confessed that two thirds of all Google mobile searches are made from iOS devices, be it an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...
Although Apple's App Store is decidedly the most successful mobile software hub in the business, it's certainly not perfect. Sifting through the App Store's 400,000+ applications to discover new titles can be quite a cumbersome task.
In what appears to be a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the mobile software arena, Yahoo! has taken it upon themselves to remedy this issue by making their own application sorting service, dubbed- Yahoo! App Search...
Would you like to add a little more functionality to your iPhone's Spotlight? SpotURL is a new jailbreak tweak, by Filippo Bigarella, that allows you to visit a website straight from the Spotlight page.
Instead of having to enter a web address in Mobile Safari, SpotURL will let you enter the address right on your iPhone's homescreen. For quick navigation to a web page, SpotURL is about as good as it gets.
I can't believe that I'm just now finding a tweak that lets you search Google from anywhere. There's another tweak out there that does something similar, right?
If not, I'm shocked that it took this long to get a tweak like QuickGoogle on the Cydia store, but the good news is that it's here, and it works marvelously.
QuickGoogle is a very simple tweak that uses an Activator action to pull up a Google search pop up notification box anytime and anywhere you please. Want to see how QuickGoogle performs in action? Then check inside for the full video walkthrough...
Because Apple has reportedly been working on its own mapping software, there were expectations that the company might drop Google Maps in the upcoming iOS 5 to be unveiled next week at the WWDC in favor of its own solution.
Google's ex CEO Eric Schmidt put an end to the speculation and confirmed yesterday at the D9 conference keynote that Google had just renewed its search and maps partnership with Apple, has we had already hinted at 4 days ago...
In this day in age, it's hard to trust anyone anymore. With so many apps like CallerID Faker out there, you can't really tell who's who. Luckily, if you are constantly on the receiving end of prank phone calls or telemarketing pitches, there's an app for that.
While there are several applications that offer similar features, Number Guru seems to be the most adept. The iPhone software allows you to do a reverse lookup of a phone number, allowing you to find out where the number is based out of and other details that don't show up on CallerID...