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One of Chrome's more useful features has landed on Google's iOS app.

The feature will be built into Android with a Play Services update and work on iOS through the Google app.

Google has supported two-factor authentication for more than five years now, but the search giant is making it a little easier to use this week. Previously, you've had to manually enter a code from an authenticator app or via SMS, but Google is introducing a new prompt that you can tap on your phone to approve login requests. It's very similar to how Twitter's two-factor authentication works, generating a notification that you accept from a phone and it approves the login attempt....

Ubiquitous microblogging service Twitter on Friday released an updated version of its iOS app with native support for in-app "Peek and Pop" 3D Touch gestures, while Google refreshed its flagship search app with integrated Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) technology.

Not all Google geeks use Android. Bring popular productivity tools to your iPhone or iPad with these native versions of your favorite apps.

Developers have been searching for interesting ways to use 3D Touch since it was introduced on the iPhone 6S last year, and now Google has come up with one of the more clever uses of it: a button that just displays weird facts. With an update to the core Google iOS app yesterday, you'll now find an "I'm Feeling Curious" button as one of the shortcuts displayed when 3D Touching its icon. Press it, and the app will open up to a random question — like "How many hairs are on your head?" — its answer,...

Microsoft just quietly launched yet another experimental iOS app.

The creators of f.lux called Apple's update "an important first step" and asked the company to make it available to developers.

The new Netflix app for Windows 10 devices is more than just a pretty makeover.

A look at our best utility apps to ever make their way to the iPhone, based on our list of the best 100 iPhone apps of all time.

Your queries to Google search can now use more complex phrases, superlatives, and time-specific references.

A new agreement between the two companies means Google will be able to index Facebook profiles and other pages from the social network.

It’s the small things that matter, but instead of tapping an image you’ve found via search and hoping that it loads up like a GIF should on mobile web, you can now view GIFs within Google’s official iOS app.Sadly, the animated GIFs don’t automatically load and play like this extension makes them do on the desktop.Additionally, this update lets you add a photo or…

A technology called Recurrent Neural Networks helps Google more quickly process searches and filter out background noise.

Google makes so many apps for iOS, we thought maybe we could live the Android life on our iPhones. Joel Mathis tried it for a week. Here's what you need to know.

Ask for more information when viewing a web page, and Google will speak it back to you. Useful? Not yet, but it’s still impressive.

We get by with a little help from our apps.

An update to Google's flagship search app for iOS on Thursday brings the company's new "material design" user interface and Google Maps integration, while a new version of Apple's TestFlight beta testing app fixes minor bugs.

The hottest free apps on iOS and Android, in one convenient, interactive graphic.

With thousands of apps at our fingertips, they can quickly overcrowd our screens. Solve your problem by taking 15 minutes to clean out the jumble of app clutter and find an organizational structure that works for you.

Google's official Search application for iPhone and iPad was updated on Tuesday with enhanced functionality, allowing users to have "smarter conversations" with the software in a manner not unlike Apple's own Siri personal assistant.

Google updated its Search app today for Apple hardware with a refined iOS 7 redesign, expanding the overall UI and swipe-up Google Now feed to fill the entirety of the screen....

Going “all in” with Google’s online services does not mean that Android is the only option for your tablet. The following will show just how much attention Google has given to to Apple’s own iPad.

Developers worldwide are using Canada as a testing ground for apps before rolling them out to other markets.

Google on Tuesday pushed an update to the Google Search app, bringing formerly Android-only features like handsfree "OK, Google" voice search to the iOS variant of the company's Google Now digital life assistant.

Google just pushed a major update to its search app that effectively makes Google Now as useful on iOS as it is on Android. That means iPhone users can finally enjoy all those cool features like Google notifications telling you who won the World Series and what time to leave your house to make that appointment....

Google today updated its Search app for iOS, adding a slew of new features for both the core search experience as well as Google Now. You can download the new version now directly from Apple’s App Store....

Google Now for iOS has received a major update today that brings it near feature parity with the Android version of the app. The update for the Google Search app, perhaps most notably, brings notifications to the app for the very first time. The feature has long been a central part of the Google Now app for Android. Instead of relying on user searches, notifications bring information to you when the app thinks it is relevant. For instance, Now will pop up a notification in the morning telling you it's...

Google Now gets a nice boost of features and functions on iOS. The latest update includes support for notifications, reminders, and an “OK Google” voice function for handsfree usage. Best of all: It’s super quick on Apple’s latest iPhone.

As Apple's App Store nears 50 billion downloads, the company reveals the all-time most popular apps for iPhone and iPad.

This week, Google marks its 15-year anniversary and the team brought members of the media to the original Google House to talk about the future of the company. During the press conference, it unveiled several updates to search, designed to help users access information quicker, including new interfaces and features for its iOS and Android apps, along with better integration with the Knowledge Graph....

There are many thousands of apps. Whatever your goal, as Apple’s erstwhile advertising campaign proclaimed, “There’s an app for that.” But some apps are simply must-haves—whether for their functionality, their interface brilliance, or just their entertainment factor. Here are ten apps your new iPhone shouldn’t be without....

A number of technology firms including Yahoo and Motorola Mobility have redesigned their logos recently in a bid to refresh their public image. Now, it looks like Google could be the next in line to give its iconic multi-colored branding a small makeover....

Apple's App Store remade the world of software and mobile and, as I see it, all for the better.

Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by Ryan Matzner of Fueled. Fueled is a digital product design and development incubator based in New York, Chicago and London....

With all the voice-related features offered by our mobile devices, it’s a wonder they haven’t yet developed multiple personalities. The latest entrant in the category is Google Chrome for iOS, which on Monday was updated with improved voice search....

There are more than 300,000 iPad apps currently available in Apple's App Store -- with all those options, how do you find what you're looking for without wasting your hard-earned cash? SEE ALSO: The 15 Best Free iPad Games To help you out, we've compiled a list of the 25 best free iPad apps that you can download at no cost, right now.

Apple’s App Store recently hit its 50 billionth download. Since its launch in July 2008, the store has been the go-to place for mobile apps. To this day, mobile developers often choose to release their apps here first. Popular from the start, just seven months after the App Store’s launch, the store surpassed one million third party apps, many of those free.

It's been a long week, so take a break. You deserve it. Whether you want to lose yourself in an impossibly simple, endlessly addictive game, take a shortcut to old-fashioned correspondence, or have your new AI friend do all the dirty work for you, we've got you covered. Enjoy....

Between work, leisure, travel, and everything in between, we've barely got enough time in the day to breathe, much less handle the little surprises life throws at us at the same time. Fortunately, you don't have to go through it alone. This week's set of iPhone apps are all about making your life easier, more organized, and with all the information you'll need just a finger swipe away....

In a written response to a recent outcry over Google Now's alleged battery-draining location tracking feature, the search giant claims reports of the abnormal behavior are incorrect as it uses low-power positioning assets that don't rely on power-hungry GPS.

Today, Google expands its predictive search tool Google Now from Android to iOS. Now is being made available in an update to the Google Search app, which is available on the App Store now....

After a promo video let the cat out of the bag last month, Google is making it official: with an update to the Google Search application, Google Now is available on iOS. Compatible with both the iPhone and iPad, the update brings almost all of Google's information cards across from Android. The look and feel of the app is virtually identical on both platforms, a testament to Google's newfound ability to make well-designed apps on iOS. The main differences between Android and iOS are few, mainly in that...

Rumors have been swirling that Google Now (the Big G's super-useful personal assistant application) would be coming to the search page on Google.com, but surprise! Our friends on iOS are getting the love first. Starting today, Google Now will be rolled into the Google Search app for iPhone and iPad....

Google Now, an intelligent assistant service that has been a staple feature of Android for the last year, has come to Apple's iOS platform, with iPhone and iPad support now available as part of the Google Search app.

Google promised us it was coming, and after a lengthy Google Now today makes its debut on iOS. It’s available as part of an update to the Google Search app, and it’s exactly what users on Android have been enjoying for the past year.

Google on Tuesday released updated versions of Chrome and Google Search for iOS, bringing a new fullscreen view and the ability to print documents from the cloud to its Web browser, as well bug fixes for the dedicated search app.

Google has quietly rolled out an update to its Google Search app for iOS, and before you get your hopes up, I’ll go ahead and tell you that there’s no “Google Now” anywhere to be seen. The update does, however, bring with it some improvements to voice search. According to the official iTunes page, users will have “faster and significantly improved voice recognition with text streamed on the…

Siri, are you the most amazing feature on the iPhone? If you’ve seen any Apple advertising at all, you may come to the conclusion that Siri is indeed the slickest feature available on any phone ever made. You may be surprised to learn, though, that Siri isn’t the only speech-recognizing search-assistant available on the iPhone, and that it may not even be the best one....

Google updated its Google Search app for iOS on Tuesday, adding voice search functionality that puts the app in direct competition with Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri....

After a very long delay, Google today updated its native Search app for iOS with an improved voice search engine. You can download the new version now from the official…

After a very long delay, Google today updated its native Search app for iOS version 2.5. You can download the new version now from the official Apple App Store. The…

Google is releasing an updated search app for iOS devices that allows users to ask their questions by voice and get quick responses, many of them spoken back to users. It doesn’t replicate everything Siri does but it also provides more answers.

Apple and Google haven’t exactly been been on the best of terms in recent years. The stock YouTube iOS app disappearing is a more recent example of the bad blood between the two companies. Google tried its best to sherlock Apple’s 3D technology in the iOS 6 Maps app, and many moves Apple and Google make can be seen as direct outcomes of the bad blood Steve Jobs spoke of when he vowed to wage thermonuclear war on Android. Apple and Google may hate each other, but that doesn’t mean they still don’t compet...

Kicking off this week’s must-have apps roundup is a new web browser from Yahoo! called Axis, which hopes to redefine web searching on desktops and iOS devices. We’ve also got a terrific app for web editors, one that’ll help you monitor which apps are accessing your personal data, and two new apps from Facebook.

Google Search for iPhone has been updated to version 2.0 today, bringing with it a fleet of improvements including a new user interface, speedier performance, and full-screen image search. Google has also simplified access to its other services within the app, making a distinction between web apps and those you've installed from the App Store. The company promises a quicker search experience thanks to faster autocomplete suggestions and snappier page loading times in general. A refreshed design should...

Google has today launched a new version of its Google Search app for iPhone, featuring faster operation, full-screen image and search interface and access to all Google apps in one…

iPhones. iPads. Android. Windows Phone 7. We've updated all of our essential apps lists to include a few forgotten favorites, some long awaited arrivals and, as always, even more amazing apps. Check them out! If you want to jump to see the best apps in a specific platform, click here: The end of the month is here, and that means it's time to do a little housekeeping on our list of the absolute best iPhone apps. Who will be inducted? Sprd the Note: Share song with your friends directly from your iPhone....

I like Chrome. In fact it's my browser of choice. I like it so much I wish there was an iOS version. Well, Google has updated it's Google Search app so that it looks and feels sort of like Chrome. The main purpose of the Google Search app is to search and to act as a port to Google's apps. The latest update brings a better UI to the iPad, has instant previews of searches and lets you browse sites side-by-side with the search results. I want to know who worked on this and why didn't they put this much...

Google’s been redesigning many of its web services like Gmail and Reader lately to follow its new Google+ UI template, and now it appears its time for Google’s apps to get the same new coat of paint. The newest version of Google’s official Search app for iOS not only gets a new design for the iPad, but a fullscreen mode for iPhone and numerous other fixes and additions.

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard: Shadow Vanguard is a completely original game in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six universe, built from the ground up for play on the iPhone and iPod Touch. A whole new three-man Rainbow team faces down the latest international terrorist threat, each member focused on a particular specialty: Stealth, Recon, and Demolition. Players can strategically tackle a well-organized terrorist group across 11 story mode missions either by themselves or with up to two friends via...

I was always confused at how popular the Google Mobile App was on the iPhone. Did people use it? It was the third most popular free iOS app of all time! Why didn't people just use the search bar in Safari instead? I don't know! In any case, the Google Mobile App got a complete revamp complete with a new name: Google Search. The app is more than a glorified web-site-in-an-app now, with snazzy gestures that reveal a toolbar with specific search options (Images, News, Shopping, etc) and the usual voice...

If you're planning to grab the newly available Verizon-flavored iPhone, chances are you're new to the wondrous world of iOS, and therefore in need of a solid list of...

You've seen the commercials; Apps are what makes an iPad come to life. Here are the very best ones for work, play, creation, consumption and everything in between. Twitter: The official Twitter app for iPad packs in the features, giving you a full Tweet-and-browse experience. It can be a little bit overwhelming at first, but powerful things often are. Free. Flipboard: A true testament to the iPad's transformative powers, Flipboard scrapes your Twitter and Facebook feeds for links and arranges them in a...

Ah, the day of turkey-stuffing, gourd decorating, belt loosening and political conversations is upon us, Thanksgiving is here. And what else could you be more grateful for than your precious…

There's an ocean of apps out there. Whether you just got your iPhone and are feeling adrift or you're a salty old dog seeing what you might've missed, here are the absolutely essential apps. Twitter: Twitter thankfully didn't make too many changes when they gobbled up the already-great Tweetie 2 from Atebits—same clean interface, same Tweet swiping, and the same it-feels-so-good pull to refresh mechanism. Free. Facebook: The new, panel-based interface takes a little getting used to, but once you're...

The wait for Google Goggles—the crazy good visual search app—to hit the iPhone was shorter than we thought. Today, it's finally been added as part of the Google Mobile App. Once you're in the Google app, just click the camera to activate Goggles. From there, you can identify and search for info on landmarks, logos, books, DVDs, etc. And as Google continues to tweak the function—it's still in Google Labs—you'll eventually be able to identify animals, foods, and whatever else Mountain View's mad...

Toward the end of last year, Google introduced its Goggles application for Android. As an interesting twist to how we search, you could open Googles then look at any object…

Gmail and Google Calender notifications, pushed to your iPhone home screen? Yes please. This might be enough to lure me away from the iPhone's native mail app. The Google Mobile iTunes app update should be available here any time now. The interface, shown above, looks intuitive, and I can see it being especially helpful on the calendar side. Plus, always remember: the more notifications you check on your phone, the more rude popular people think you are.

Google Mobile App for the iPhone has just received a significant update bringing push notifications for Gmail and Google calendar to your mobile. Get your hands on it here (update:…

If you'd previously downloaded the Google Mobile app for iPad, you might have noticed it's changed recently—as Apple has finally approved it. The previous version was merely the iPhone version, scaled to size. Free to download, the new version integrates the My Location bar—but other than that it's pretty much the same as it ever was, with access to Gmail, Calendar, Latitude, and Documents. Search options include Maps, Images, News and Shopping.

Google has submitted a new version of its Google Mobile App for the iPhone platform (iTunes link), and the fresh app now finally boasts built-in support for Voice Search on iPod touch devices (2G or newer). Version 0.4.5.3281 also brings improved stability when using Voice Search on ‘restrictive networks’ and is also said to make Search by Voice completion detection function a bit better. Other than that, the update brings a number of bug fixes, one that fixes pasting into the search box and one that sh...

In this week's mildly paranoid iPhone app roundup: Prices, slashed for the holidays! iPhones, recklessly tilted! Amazing classic games, handily ported! A decent camera app, sold for nothing! Cheap tickets, booked! Dictations, taken! Movies trivia, two ways! And much, much more... If you hate hate hate galleries, click here to view the apps as a single page. • Google Mobile: This update keeps the app from launching into Safari as much as it used to, and widens its voice capabilities. A minor but...

So it's almost the new year, and you want to start being more organized and productive, right? Well we've put together a list of great iPhone apps to help you manage your...