With the 2009 U.S. Open starting this week at Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, golfers around the world will no doubt want to keep on top of the leaderboards while away from the television. Thankfully, the U.S. Open has 2 mobile options for us to explore. The first option is the U.S. Open…
Opera to ‘Reinvent The Web’ Next Week?
That’s a hefty claim.. But that’s exactly what Opera is touting via their website. Opera 10 beta dropped recently, so one might expect the big announcement to be the official launch of version 1.0. But no one is really sure. Whether it’s the launch of Opera 10 version 1.0, or something completely different… I suppose…
Google updates Gmail, iGoogle for Android and iPhone
Google has issued updates for its web-based Gmail and iGoogle for the Apple iPhone and Android-powered devices (HTC Dream/Magic). First comes Gmail that now features faster email address auto-complete, which I guess is due to a brand new (re-coded) JavaScript used for the function. iPhone firmware 2.2.1 is required for the iPhone users, while Android…
Opera 9.7 Beta Arrives for Windows Mobile Devices
Opera has steadily been gaining ground and market share in the mobile browsing arena for some time now. To continue the path and keep building on their success they’ve just released 9.7 Beta for Windows Mobile devices. Some issues with the Beta have already been noted: Opera Turbo in Opera Mobile is still a preview-feature;…
Microsoft Introduces Bing Mobile
In case you haven’t heard about it yet, ‘Bing’ is Microsoft’s new search engine. I know… I hadn’t really heard much about it either. The first I heard about it was via TWiT’s podcast last week… and most of the folks there had heard about it, but hadn’t used it at all! I haven’t used…
Yahoo’s iPhone app gets voice-enabled search
When it comes to the Apple iPhone, Google is clearly leading the way when it comes to mobile search. Their iPhone app was voice-enabled from the day one, and now their competitor, Yahoo, is joining the “voice game.” Yap, this means that you can perform web search by simply speaking. Moreover, users are able to…
Yahoo! Kills Smartphone App in Favour of Mobile Web, iPhone
Yahoo! introduced their dedicated app for smartphones at Mobile World Congress a few months ago, but a recent e-mail update has announced that they’re pulling the plug on the project. Yahoo! has decided to cease development of the Yahoo! Mobile smartphone app effective Wednesday, May 20th. So you will not be provided access to the…
Ozone Web Browser released for Symbian S60 in Alpha
Folks from Ozone, the single fastest web browser for Symbian UIQ platform, have released their product for other “flavor” of Symbian – S60. Aside from priding itself with the mentioned speed, Ozone’s features include high performance disk caching, fast image decoding, favico support, URL auto-complete, tabbed browsing, zooming and panning, bookmark management, as well as…
Mozilla releases Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile!
Mozilla’s forging ahead with their Mobile Firefox (Fennec) browser. Following on the company’s Fennec Milestone release, which proved to be more of a mistake than a publicity coup, Mozilla has released Fennec Alpha 1 for Windows Mobile smartphones! Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha 1 brings with it a ton of bug-fixes over the previous Milestone 1…
Google Looking to Sync Mobile and Desktop Search History
If that mobile barcode scanner for product search wasn’t enough Google awesomeness for one day, engineering director Scott Huffman was demoing a new feature which would merge your desktop searches with your mobile. Of course you would need to be logged in on both, but that’s generally not a problem, and would be a great…