Best App: Google Talk for iPad/iPhone?
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October 27, 2011
Background: My wife and I used to be on Android phones. We used Google Talk to text with family members who didn't have text plans but had Android phones. We have now switched to iPhones and iPads, but still want to be able to interact with the family members with Android phones. What is the best app for doing so? We installed Chat for Google Talk by ilegendsoft and it works really well, but it doesn't cause a notification to pop up on Android phones, so while we get the messages they send, they wouldn't necessarily know they got ours (unless they just happen to check).
So what is the best alternative? I don't really care if it is a free or paid app as long as it works!
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Google Maps App Tip: How to Use Voice Search To Activate Google Maps Without Siri or Jail Break
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December 28, 2012
One of the most popular iOS related topics I see on Twitter this past month is "How to use Siri and Google Maps together for directions," or "How to trick Siri into using Google Maps without jail breaking." But some folks may not know that there's a way to activate Google Maps for iOS via voice command that doesn't involve Siri or Apple Maps at all. To do it, you have to download Google's other free app, "Google Search," which IMO, is actually better than Siri (YMMV ).
So the steps are:
1) Download the "Google Search" app in the App Store.
2) Open the app, hit the microphone icon and say "Navigate to _____" or "Locate _____."
3) Given Google's vast POI database, you should get the right result spoken back to you complete with a map snapshot. Touch the map or touch the arrow navigation icon to pull up directions.
4) This will open open up the web version of Google Maps mobile
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Google Has Not Yet Submitted a Google Maps App to Apple [Update]
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September 25, 2012
Reuters reports (via
TheNextWeb) that Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt has
denied claims that the company has already submitted a Google Maps application to Apple's App Store.
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Google Search App Updated - Gets Google Now
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April 29, 2013
On Monday Google has issued a major update to the Google Search application for iOS, bringing it to version 3.0. The update adds support for Google Now, a feature that was until today, only available on Android devices.
When you launch the updated Google Search application for the first time after updating, you will be asked to sign in with your Google account. You will also start being walked through the Google Now tutorial, which explains all of the great features Google Now has available for you.
Google Now gives you all of the information that you need ‘now,’ such as how long until getting to work, your current weather conditions outside, the statistics of your favorite sport teams, news stories, flight information, currency rates, and more. Check out Google's Google Now Video
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Google Launches Google Coordinate App for iOS
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January 10, 2013
Google has released yet another application into the iOS App Store; this one is called
Google Coordinate. It’s free; however, it requires that you have a Google Coordinate license for the app to actually work. Google does offer a free trial for the service so you can see if it's right for you.
Google Coordinate is a way for an employer to make their workforce more efficient at what they do. With it, the employer can assign jobs to certain workers based on their location, and the employee can alert everyone else when they arrive and when the job is done.
With Google Coordinate, the employee will be alerted of any assigned jobs and will be able to accept or decline them depending on the employee’s availability. There are also buttons for findi
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Google Releases Google Hangouts App for iOS
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May 15, 2013
Google Wednesday released a new application into the iOS App Store called Google Hangouts, which will compete directly with Apple’s iMessage and FaceTime features. Google Hangouts is also cross-platform, meaning you will be able to be on an iPhone chatting with someone on another iPhone, or if you can be on an iPhone chatting with someone that has a Samsung handset, etc.
Google Hangouts includes a video chatting feature, which supports chatting with up to 10 friends at once, as well as a messaging feature that supports sending pictures; Emojis are also supported. The messaging feature lets you chat one-on-one, or you can have group chats. You will even be able to see when your friends are available for a Hangout.
Thanks to the cloud, anything you do on one device with Go
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Google Launches Google Drive Cloud Storage Service, iOS App Not Released Yet
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April 24, 2012
Google recently announced its long-awaited Google Drive cloud storage service which provides users with 5GB of free storage integrated with Google Docs and other Google Services. The service introduces a place where users can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Google describes the following:” Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancé or tracking a budget with roommates, you can do it in Drive. You can upload and access all of your files, including videos, photos, Google Docs, PDFs and beyond.”
Google offers 16 TB’s of paid storage beyond the 5 GB level, all of which is accessible via Google Docs or through clients for the PC, Mac, Android, and iOS devices; although the iOS app has yet to be released. Google did prom
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Google Employee Claims Google Now App Does Not Cause Significant Battery Impact
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May 2, 2013
After Google Now was
added to the Google Search app last week, many users began
complaining that the app was draining battery by constantly accessing the iPhone's Location Services.
According to a Google employee who posted on the
Macworld forum (via
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Google Will Reportedly Launch Google Maps iOS App Tonight
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December 12, 2012
After the long time disappointment from many users due to Apple’s mapping solution replacing Google Maps for iOS in iOS 6, the wait to get a Google Maps application on your iPhone may finally be over. AllThingsD reports that Google is set to release their official Google Maps application in the App Store tonight.
The Google Maps application has been in its
beta stages for several weeks now and was distributed to testers to make sure the application worked correctly before officially releasing it. Images of the application were leaked in its
alpha stages just two months ago, showing a Google-esque interface.
Should the
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Google's Eric Schmidt Really Wants Apple to Make Google Maps the Default iOS Maps App
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April 16, 2013
Google’s Eric Schmidt apparently still really wants Apple to use Google Maps as the default navigation application for iOS on the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. In a conference early Tuesday with AllThingsD, Schmidt had stated:
Originally Posted by Eric Schmidt
We would still really like them to use our maps. It would be easy for them to take the app in the store and put it as their basic one.
With iOS 6, Apple turned to TomTom and others to create their own Maps application. Google released their own Google Maps application in the App Store in
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