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TechBlog —
Yet another AVG false alarm: Time for an alternative? | Main November 16, 2008 Linkpost | 11.16.2008 • Say Goodbye to BlackBerry: Yes He Can, Maybe - Barack Obama's likely going to have to give up e-mail, but he's apparently fighting it. Also Obama's first address to the nation on YouTube • Update On Google iPhone Voice Recognition App: Look For It On Monday • USB 3.0 to Deliver a Tenfold Speed Increase - The contents of a full Blu-ray disk can be transferred in under 10 minutes. Buh-bye, FireWire. • Man Writes Software, Blogs ...
Google Bringing Voice Searches to the iPhone?
by Ron Miller —
... App store, but CNET reports that there appears to be a delay in the release of this intriguing tool, which would allow you to say your search criteria and get results. Sounds pretty neat, no doubt, but I am skeptical about the accuracy of the recognition engine, if and when we ever see this application live. For now, check out this YouTube video from Google, which illustrates the voice tool's promise.
TechCrunch is now reporting that the Google Voice Search application will be available on ...
Google’s voice search app coming on Monday, all Apple’s fault
CrunchGear —
... for iPhone, the plan was that it would go live Friday and all would be well. TC has word that the app his hitting tomorrow and that Apple inexplicably refused to push the app on Friday. It was, it seems, “in review.” ...
Google’s Voice Recognition Search App Now Expected on Monday
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News —
... According to a TechCrunch source, Google had been under the impression that all things were a go last Friday as they had promoted a big push for its launch. Unfortunately, it was on Friday that they had gotten wind of the fact that Apple was not ready for the push, despite having been submitted earlier in the week with Friday as the target launch day. The source has noted that there was minimal direct contact between the two parties during the app’s review, where only the updates that were given had been through the standard iPhone developer tool that simply ...
Google Mobile App for iPhone Coming on Monday?
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... The good news for Google and all that were eagerly awaiting this app, is it will likely become available come Monday. This news comes from a source with insider knowledge of the situation (according to a report at TechCrunch). Google has apparently had little contact with Apple during this period, and have been getting updates on the situation via the iPhone developer tool which has had a status of ‘in review’ for the last few days. ...
Google iPhone voice search misses expected launch
Obsessable News Feed —
... , slated to arrive at the Apple App Store "as early as Friday" November 14, tech journos started to notice come Saturday morning that no such search application had yet arrived at the App Store. Google insiders told Tech Crunch they had received a thumbs up from Apple for a Friday launch for the voice search application, leading to the press push behind the launch. ...
Even Google Gets Shafted By Apple's Ridiculous App-Approval Process [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo —
... Tech Crunch is sourcing someone close to the affair as saying that Apple left Google completely in the dark as to why the app didn't make it into the store on Friday, as previously planned. Google keeps an airtight lock on their news, and John Markoff's piece in the NYT was supposed to accompany the app's release. ...
Google Mobile App With Google Seach-by-Voice Coming Tomorrow
Mobilewhack.com —
... your accent doesn’t get in the way and if only nobody else is shouting around you and if only AT&T’s 3G service would be fast and flawless, your results will appear as fast and as nicely as in the video above. At least they will be targeted to your location, if the GPS works fine. Leaving jokes aside, we’ll have to agree that giving voice commands to any kind of computer is the way the future will work. So what about the Storm? Is Google going to do anything about it? via TechCrunch Tags: Uncategorized
Apple Forgets to Add Google iPhone App to the Store
Wired: Gadget Lab —
... Google launching first on the iPhone, and not on its own Android platform:
The fact that they decided to launch first on the iPhone shows a willingness to embrace what’s right for the user
We doubt it. The fact is that next to nobody has the T-Mobile G1, and more than ten million people have an iPhone. Still, Apple needs to sort out the App Store, and quick. It's clearly a broken model, and the only person hurt is the iPhone user.
Update On Google iPhone Voice Recognition App: Look For It On Monday [Tech Crunch] ...
Why Google's Voice-Search iPhone App Didn't Launch [Google]
Lifehacker —
... but were left in the dark by the App Store approval process , according to TechCrunch. The app is now expected to launch today but we won't put any chips on it. Read More: ...
Google's iPhone and SMS Apps Are No-Shows
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... . I checked several times Friday for it, and again on Saturday and Sunday evenings to no avail. In fact, on Saturday, I was unable to find the Google Mobile App in the iPhone Apps Store. The Google Mobile App has been around since the Apps Store first launched in July. People have been speculating all weekend as to why the voice application isn't there. Some suggest that it is because of the draconian approval process that Apple has set in place for iPhone applications. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports , "Google was under the impression that the application would be ...
Did Apple kill Google's voice search iPhone application?
TG Daily - All News —
... ). What went wrong? One possible explanation is that Apple chose to delay application approval a bit, perhaps because Google leaked the information before the official release ore because the application failed to meet required criteria and needs to be tweaked a bit. At least, that is what TechCrunch suggested today, claiming the application will go live later today, citing "a source with knowledge of the situation." But most other sources blame the delay on an unknown criteria Apple applies in the screening process. This enables the company to maintain control over what ...
Google voice search app due today
The Apple Core —
November 17th, 2008 Google voice search app due today Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 8:30 am Categories: iPhone , Google , App Store Tags: Apple iPhone , Google Inc. , Voice , Telecommunications , Telephony , Networking , Jason D. O'Grady [image] According to TechCrunch ’s Michael Arrington, Google’s voice search iPhone application was delayed from Friday and should arrive in the App Store today (Monday). Google’s voice recognition search application for the iPhone, originally ...
Google, Apple Cross PR Wires
Cult of Mac —
... Can that really be true? Sorrel refers to the fact that Google is subject to what he calls the “same arbitrary application approval scheme as everyone else,” and calls attention to a post by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch naming Google as the aggrieved party, saying “Apple really screwed up.” ...
Google iPhone voice search today?
Fosfor —
Apple of Our Ear: Google's Voice Search App Finally Live
Google Watch —
... Considering Apple stalled and made such a fiasco about launching this after Google pre-announced it Friday, why would anyone go to Apple to "search" for it instead of going to Google for the download? ...
Hands On With Google’s Voice Search for iPhone: Not a Breakthrough, But Nifty
Technologizer —
iphonemike First, it made a splash last Friday , complete with a New York Times story . Then it failed to arrive when folks thought it would . But now the new Google Mobile App for iPhone with voice search is live in Apple’s iTunes App Store. I’ve been playing with it and enjoying the experience–and while it’s by no means revolutionary, it is pretty darn clever. Google really wants you to try the voice features: The first time you launch the new version of the app, you get a cutey-cute animated intro explaining how voice search works, and an ...
Don’t bother trying the Google voice search application if you don’t have an American accent
CrunchGear —
... Google’s new voice recognition search application for the iPhone works great with the standard American accent. Try to search for things with a ...
