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Google acknowledged breaking the official rules of Apple's iPhone software development kit when it created the latest version of the Google Mobile application for the iPhone, but denied a more serious charge. A Google spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Google Mobile uses undocumented APIs ...
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Google Layoffs - 10,000 Workers Affected
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Google Mobile - Google Mobile Help
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Official Google Mobile Blog: Got Questions?  Try the new Google Mobile Help Forum
Official Google Mobile Blog: Got Questions? Try the new Google Mobile Help Forum
googlemobile.blogspot.com — We know that with many Google products launching on an array of mobile devices, you're bound to have questions. And with all your experience using those products and devices, you're also likely to have some knowledge to share. Even though we've tried ... (more) Official Google Mobile Blog: Got Questions? Try the new ...
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Google reconoce haber incumplido las reglas de Apple
Celularis — Finalmente Google ha admitido que su aplicación de reconocimiento de voz para las búsquedas en el iPhone ha incumplido las normas del SDK del iPhone, pero no confirman que Google Mobile haya utilizado APIs privadas del iPhone, algo que no está permitido a otros desarrolladores. Lo que si confirman es que utilizan “APIs no documentadas”, por lo que el código de la aplicación podría romperse en el futuro, en cuanto Apple actualice su software nuevamente. Claramente el equipo de Google Mobile ...

Linkpost | 11.26.2008
TechBlog — ... - Britain's advertising standards panel says iPhone ad claiming "really fast" 3G speeds is misleading. • Google admits breaking App Store rules - Its new voice search feature makes calls to undocumented APIs in the iPhone, which is forbidden by Apple's rules. • ...

Google: Yes, We Broke iPhone App Store Rules (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Meanwhile, CNet scribe Tom Krazit thought to pick up the phone and see what Google had to say. He writes: "A Google spokesman confirmed Tuesday that Google Mobile uses undocumented APIs (application programming interfaces) in order to use the iPhone's proximity sensor to prompt a verbal search." ...

Around the Web 11.26.08: Tomb Raider down, digital music sales up and online gambling cheaters caught
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... developer is paid for positive reviews. Ars Technica -- Atlantic Records became the first major label to see digital music sales eclipse CD sales. NYT -- Gotcha! Journalists devised way to catch online gambling cheaters. CNet -- MTV's Courtney Holt is finally named president of MySpace Music. LAT -- Google admits breaking the rules in creating iPhone apps. CNet -- Safari, Google Chrome gain Web browser market share. ...

Google's Breaks iPhone App Rules
mocoNews — ... ) doesn't allow companies to use undocumented APIs to develop applications, and in Google's latest application release, it used one. CNet confirmed today with a Google ( ...

Google admits breaking Apple’s App Store rules with Google Mobile App
MacDailyNews — ... whether Apple's ability to keep up with the flood of applications into the App Store has been stretched to the breaking point. It's not clear whether Apple knew Google was using the undocumented APIs when it approved Google Mobile, or whether it simply missed that code," Krazit reports. "Google might be forced to rewrite the code for Google Mobile or change the way the application uses the proximity sensor if Apple decides to enforce the terms of the SDK." More in the full article here .

Confirmed: Google was naughty, broke App Store rules with iPhone app
Engadget Mobile — ... Okay, any talk that consistency in Apple's approval process for the App Store has improved definitely has to be put on hold at this point; first we had that BdEmailer situation that duplicates functionality (albeit shoddily) of the iPhone's own email ...

Confirmed: Google was naughty, broke App Store rules with iPhone app
Engadget — ... Okay, any talk that consistency in Apple's approval process for the App Store has improved definitely has to be put on hold at this point; first we had that BdEmailer situation that duplicates functionality (albeit shoddily) of the iPhone's own email ...

Google: Yeah, we did use undocumented API. So what?
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... on the iPhone. Either Google just went and did it themselves, or they got special permission from Apple to dive into places that most developers aren't really supposed to go. And it turns out that the former is true: Google says to CNET that, yeah, they used undocumented APIs. What are you going to do about it? ...

Google Drops Truth Bomb over iPhone API
CrunchGear — ... Yesterday, Google decided to send in the troops to put down the rebellion. Honesty, it seems, would be their weapon of choice. Not like they care what you think, but they totally did break the API, on purpose and everything. All is not lost, however, as the spokesman referred all questions and comments to the palm of his hand. ...

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