November 6th, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Hey New Yorkers — looking for somewhere to celebrate the Yankees’ 27th World Series title? It’s now easier than ever to carry a NYC subway map in your pocket.A few weeks ago we announced the Layers feature on Google Maps for BlackBerry, Windows Mobil…
November 5th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
If you’re a regular reader of the Google Mobile Blog, then you’ve probably installed or accessed our mobile applications on your phone at one point or another. You may have even shown our applications to your friends and explained how to get them. Or…
November 3rd, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Analytics, Google Mobile
Last week, we introduced expanded mobile reporting features in Google Analytics. To help developers, this launch includes features that make it easy to see how people are using specific parts of their iPhone and Android applications. The same Google An…
October 26th, 2009 | by Heaven | 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…
October 22nd, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Custom Search, Google Mobile
Google Custom Search makes it easy for web site owners to add Google-powered search boxes to their sites. Since a rapidly growing percentage of web search traffic originates from smartphones, we’re pleased to announce that Google Custom Search now for…
October 21st, 2009 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
We’re excited to announce that version 3.2 of Google Maps for mobile is now available for BlackBerry. This release contains many of the same features we recently launched on Windows Mobile and S60, including Layers.Layers make it easy to view various …
October 20th, 2009 | by Heaven | published in Google Maps, Google Mobile
Panoramio is a community of people who enjoy sharing photos of places with the rest of the world. These photos are surfaced in Google Earth and Google Maps as photo layers, where millions of users can see them. Panoramio has just launched an ap…
October 16th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
We wouldn’t be Google if we had a whole week of tips and tricks about all things mobile without giving a nod to the technical crowd. To conclude our week, we’re asking you to “Go Mobile!” by making the mobile web faster. Read our article for a collecti…
October 15th, 2009 | by Kai | published in Google Mobile
A few months ago, I started something crazy. Like a lot of Googlers, I work in Mountain View, CA but live in San Francisco, 37 miles away. When I moved to SF, I got hooked on the local cycling craze, and I fell in with a group that cycles to commute….
October 15th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
As we continue our week of all things mobile, we wanted to offer some tips and tricks to any marketers, advertisers, agencies, or businesses who want to use mobile as a platform to reach their customers. For ideas on how to work mobile into marketing c…
October 15th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
This week, as part of our celebration of all things mobile, we posed you this question – what do you want to know? And you told us! After two days, 519 people submitted 133 questions and cast 4,607 votes. We saw some common themes in your questions, so…
October 13th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
We’ve published some tips, tricks, and stories on various blogs about our mobile products, including Search, YouTube, Maps, and Gmail. We’ve also started tweeting – check out the YouTube and Google Maps Twitter accounts for tips about those mobile prod…
October 12th, 2009 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
This week marks the anniversary of Star Trek’s original pilot episode “The Cage”, and with it, the first appearance of the iconic Communicator. As one of the inspirations for today’s mobile devices, the Communicator did more than just long-range voice …
October 9th, 2009 | by Linda | published in Google Mobile
I’m happy to announce Quick Search Box (QSB) for Android, a fast and versatile new system-wide search experience, available right from your phone’s home screen. Since keystrokes are at a premium when you’re typing on your phone, Quick Search Box provid…
October 7th, 2009 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
Finding the exact information you need sometimes requires filtering and refining your search results. Earlier in the year, we launched a collection of tools called Search Options which enable you to easily and quickly do this from a computer. Today i…