December 12th, 2009 | by Carolyn Penner | published in Google Mobile
At Google, we are constantly experimenting with new products and technologies, and often ask employees to test these products for quick feedback and suggestions for improvements in a process we call dogfooding (from “eating your own dogfood”). Well thi…
December 11th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Holiday season is in full swing (again). And we want to help you take advantage of everything your mobile device can offer to help deck the halls or hit the malls. If you’re like us, you’ll probably use your phone to research products and check out rev…
December 9th, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Hello, iPhone users! We have just received the good news that our new version of Google Mobile App for iPhone was approved and is now available on in the App Store everywhere.In this version, we have a redesigned search results display that shows more …
December 7th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Editor’s note: today Google held a launch event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Fresh off the stage, we’ve invited Vic to highlight the mobile team’s announcements, and the unique set of technologies that make them possible. (All […
December 2nd, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
(cross-posted with Google LatLong Blog)Google Maps for mobile has long allowed you to add stars on a map to mark your favorite places. You may have noticed a few months ago that Google Maps for desktop browsers introduced the ability to star places as …
November 25th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
If you’ve been to Times Square in New York City over the past couple weeks, on any day from 12:30-2:00pm or 6:30-8:00pm, you may have noticed that Google Search by voice is powering Times Square’s largest combined displays — the Reuters Sign and the N…
November 24th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Heads up, movie fans — today we’ve launched a mobile version of our new Google Search results for movies, which makes it easier to plan a trip to the movies. Just go to google.com in the web browser on your iPhone, Palm WebOS, or Android-powered devi…
November 24th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
On April 7th, we announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements was a complete redesign of the web application’s underlying code which allows us to more rapidly develop and release new feature…
November 24th, 2009 | by Kai | published in Google Mobile
(Cross posted from the Google Enterprise Blog)When we launched the Google Apps Connector for BlackBerry® Enterprise Server in August, we focused on addressing the needs of companies operating their own BlackBerry Enterprise Servers, typically supporti…
November 23rd, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
A few weeks ago we launched Google Maps Navigation (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps on Android 2.0 devices. Today we’re expanding availability of Google Maps Navigation to devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher, such as the T-Mobile myT…
November 23rd, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
Since we launched printable coupons on Google Maps a few years ago, people are increasingly using their mobile phones to find local information when they’re away from a computer. With more of you going mobile to search for this information, it makes se…
November 19th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
At Google, we are committed to giving you a consistent user experience across products and devices, and we really value the feedback you’ve given us about Google News for mobile. Today we’re excited to announce a completely new Google News offering for…
November 16th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Cross-posted from the Google Lat Long blogJust over one year ago, we unveiled Google Earth for the iPhone and iPod touch. Google Earth quickly became one of the most popular applications in the App Store, and after only six months, was the second most-…
November 10th, 2009 | by Heaven | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
Since the launch of Google Latitude earlier this year, we’ve been getting a lot of feature requests. One of the most popular ideas was for Latitude to keep track of location history, allowing you (but not your friends) to see where you’ve been at any p…
November 10th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of new imagery in Street View. Now when you’re daydreaming about exotic vacations (or even planning them!), you can pull up Street View in Google Maps for mobile and explore new locations in Hawaii and Mexico….