iOS

What Does a Bing-Powered Siri Mean for Google?

Liz Gannes and John Paczkowski in Mobile on June 11 at 3:24 am PT

If voice is the future of search, and Bing becomes Siri’s go-to search engine come fall, what does that mean for Google and its place in iOS?

Could Pinterest Be the Last Big Web-First Internet Company?

Liz Gannes in Social on May 28 at 1:20 pm PT

Evan Sharp has an interesting theory about Pinterest and mobile.

“Reality Is the Second Screen,” Says MLB.com’s Bob Bowman (Full Dive Video)

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Mobile on May 26 at 2:00 pm PT

Some mobile learnings from one of the very first app developers.

To Avoid a Revamp Backlash, Hipstamatic Clones Itself Into an Entirely New App, Oggl

Liz Gannes in Product News on May 8 at 6:00 am PT

Creating an entirely new app for a Hipstamatic community is kind of a drastic move, and one that reflects the ongoing trade-off between change and users’ resistance to change.

Google Now Arrives on iPhone and iPad, in Mostly Complete Form

Liz Gannes in Product News on April 29 at 7:30 am PT

A loud-and-clear demonstration of Google’s and Apple’s differing mobile strategies.

Maps Are for Mobile What Search Is for the Web, Says Waze CEO Noam Bardin (Video)

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Mobile on April 26 at 7:00 am PT

Of course the CEO of a mobile mapping company is going to say maps are super important. But Waze CEO Noam Bardin has an interesting way of putting it.

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HopStop Now Navigates Transit With the Wisdom of Crowds

Liz Gannes in Mobile on April 8 at 3:00 am PT

Mobile transit app HopStop has redesigned its iPhone app to incorporate real-time updates about delays and other information reported by its users, from within the app. Though other services like Moovit have tried to create the equivalent of Waze for public transportation, HopStop points out that it has the benefit of two million monthly active users (a good number of whom joined last year after Apple’s default mapping app came out without transit directions of its own).

Facetune Photo Editing App Helps Retouch People’s Faces

Liz Gannes in News on March 11 at 5:00 am PT

Now you can give your selfies that special glow — and get rid of that awful pimple while you’re at it.

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Google Brings Field Trip Local Exploration App to iOS

Liz Gannes in Product News on March 7 at 11:52 am PT

Field Trip, the location-based local info and trivia app from Google’s experimental Niantic Labs division, crossed over to iOS today. The app isn’t a blockbuster hit — it has been downloaded hundreds of thousands of times in the past 30 days – but the Android version got a good review from our Bonnie Cha.