Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'android'

We have two different mapping announcements, one from Bing and one from Google. Bing's is the most interesting, in that they launched WorldWide Telescope data in their mapping software. Google updated their Google Maps for Android app to enable search...

Posted on March 18, 2010 8:04 AM

If you are living under a rock, you might not have heard this yet, but then why would you be reading this site? The buzz over the weekend was that Google confirmed they will be building and distributing a real...

Posted on December 15, 2009 8:17 AM

Part of Google's blitz of announcements yesterday were several mobile announcements including a really neat feature named Google Goggles. Google Goggles basically lets you snap pictures on your Android mobile device and Google will return search results based on that...

Posted on December 8, 2009 9:05 AM

This is old news, back in August Google told us they are now crowdsourcing traffic data in order to provide better and more accurate traffic reports on Google Maps. Let me quote Google: When you choose to enable Google Maps...

Posted on November 27, 2009 8:43 AM

The Google Mobile blog announced that Google Maps Navigation, which was originally only available on Android 2.0, is now also available on 1.6 of the Android mobile OS. Google Navigation is a free navigation system that works on mobile devices...

Posted on November 24, 2009 7:41 AM

The big news the other day was on the Google Maps Navigation for the new Android 2.0 OS which will run first on the Verizon Wireless Droid starting November 6th for $199 with a contract. Android is not as 'sexy'...

Posted on October 29, 2009 8:07 AM

About six months ago, we reported Google Drops iPhone Optimized iGoogle: Users Revolt. In short, Google dropped the iPhone flavored iGoogle and iGoogle mobile users were really upset and they were upset for a long time. Now, Google announced a...

Posted on June 12, 2009 8:28 AM

There is a long thread of upset iPhone, G1 and mobile users at Google Mobile Help discussions. It seems like many users who try to access Google.com on their iPhone or G1 are being presented with errors. The first report...

Posted on March 26, 2009 4:59 AM

There is so much love for Google's new mobile phone, the G1 or Android phone. A week or two ago, Google announced that they are now accepting paid apps to the app marketplace. But now, we are seeing reports that...

Posted on February 23, 2009 8:28 AM

The Google Android $10 million challenge is on. Yesterday, Google announced the software development kit (SDK) for the open handset alliance, otherwise named Android. The best developers will get money prizes, up to $10 million. Some developers are already building...

Posted on November 13, 2007 9:26 AM

Yesterday, Google announced the Open Handset Alliance: open source mobile software. WebmasterWorld reaction is mixed. Some feel that Microsoft is threatened, whereas others think that the average consumer will probably not opt in for Google's mobile operating system because they...

Posted on November 6, 2007 9:13 AM