Posts Tagged ‘search’
Bing Available for iPhone, includes Maps and Directions
Posted in iPhone, on December 16th, 2009 by Carlos.
I have a confession to make. I like Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Even though I actually don’t use it often (after all, Google is still my browser’s homepage), I do try Bing out every now and then to see if I can get some different results. There are a few things, including interface, that I think it beats Google at.
Microsoft has released a Bing application for the iPhone that brings a lot of the Bing usability to your mobile device. It has a pretty slick interface, and actually makes searching on the iPhone a little more pleasurable. I still find Google’s interface for the iPhone quite lacking. Aside from the standard items you can search for: websites, images, news – Bing can also act as a replacement for the Maps app on the iPhone. It even taps into the GPS to figure out your current location.
Although it sounds sacrilegious to load up a Microsoft app on your iPhone, I’d actually recommend giving it a shot! It’s not one of my ‘software must haves’ but it certainly is a ‘software should try’! [Bing on the App Store]
Google’s New Simplicity
Posted in Web, on December 3rd, 2009 by Carlos.
If you head over to Google.com you’ll notice a new super clean search page by the search giant. Until you move your mouse, nothing but the Google logo, the search bar and the Google Search and I’m Feeling Lucky buttons appear. Move your mouse and the rest of the text links and nonsense appear. Unfortunately they find this too advanced for us Canadians, and as such it isn’t showing up on google.ca yet. What do you think? Do you like it? I wish you could save an option so that even when you move your mouse none of the other clutter appears. [Google via Gizmodo]
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