Google News For iPhone Gets Redesign
Nov 19, 2009 at 4:23pm ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Mobile Blog announced that Google News on the iPhone, Android and other smart phone devices has a new design. The new design looks more like the desktop version of Google News with minor changes to make it fit better on the smartphone screens.
The new design has more stories and images, has personalization features, search and a neat "jump" to section feature. Here are screen captures:
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Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: News
Google Writes On Mobile Site SEO Concerns & Techniques
Nov 19, 2009 at 9:48am ET by Barry Schwartz
The Google Webmaster Central blog has two excellent write ups on mobile SEO concerns and techniques. One is named Help Google index your mobile site and the other is named Running desktop and mobile versions of your site.
The reason for the two different articles is that often webmasters consider smart phone enabled sites as strictly mobile sites, but there are many mobile phones that have web browsers that don't provide the rich experience that an iPhone or Android device do. If a webmaster wants to optimize their site for those devices and submit this type of content to Google, they can [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Google: SEO
Yahoo Discontinues “Go”, A GPhone Finally Cometh?
Nov 18, 2009 at 7:20am ET by Greg Sterling
Yahoo has decided to discontinue its "Go" mobile app. Go was originally part of a larger "three screen" strategy that included TV and mobile delivery of Yahoo content. The Go app was intended as a way to have a richer, self-contained experience on mobile devices. But that strategy has given way to a "Yahoo for mobile" mobile portal approach that is consistent across most high-end mobile devices -- and doesn't require an app download. Of course Yahoo also still has mobile apps for selected smartphones, including the iPhone.
In fact the "Go" experience was never really that impressive and the [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Yahoo: Mobile & Go
Google Earth iPhone App 2.0 Available Soon
Nov 16, 2009 at 7:18pm ET by Matt McGee
A new version of Google Earth for the iPhone is due soon, and among its new features is one with a personal touch: the ability to see maps you've created and/or saved in Google Maps. To make this happen, the new Google Earth iPhone app will add the ability to login to your Google account -- a feature that could open up additional personalization doors in the future.
Google's announcement today includes an example from product manager Dan Birch using the new feature to track a pair of attempts to summit Mount Ritter, in which the combination of GPS, KML, and My Maps were used together to sho [...]
Filed in: Google: Earth, Google: Mobile
Now Google Really Is A Phone Company, Confirms Gizmo5 Acquisition
Nov 12, 2009 at 6:38pm ET by Greg Sterling
You saw the rumors earlier in the week and we reached out to Google for confirmation of the reported Gizmo5 acquisition. But at the time they didn't say anything. In fact they said, "We're always talking to various companies about various things, but we don't comment on rumor or speculation." It's no longer speculation because Google has confirmed that it has acquired Gizmo5, "a company that provides Internet-based calling software for mobile phones and computers."
The estimated value of the deal is $30 million. As discussed indirectly on the Q3 Google earnings call, Gizmo5 represents one i [...]
Filed in: Google: Mobile, Top News
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