Google Maps app for Apple’s iPhone is coming soon: WSJ(www.bgr.in)

Google is preparing a Maps app for the iPhone after Apple booted it out from the latest version of its iOS operating system. Google Maps had been the default mapping app for iPhone since its launch in 2007 but Apple decided to go for its own maps solution in iOS 6. We know where that story went. WSJ is claiming that Google is currently giving final touches to its Maps app for iOS before it submits it to the App Store for Apple’s approval.
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Auguste Rodin honored with Google Doodle on his 172nd birthday

Legendary French sculpture, Auguste Rodin, who was born on 13 November 1840 has been honored the Google way with a doodle of his famous sculpture, the Thinker on his 172nd birthday.

Google Chrome for Windows to consume less battery with new update

Google has released a new update for Chrome, which enables GPU accelerated video decoding on Windows. This in turn means that the battery consumption of the notebook would go down significantly while using Chrome on the

Google Doodles the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, on his 165th birth anniversary

Google today is celebrating Bram Stoker on his 165^th birth anniversary who was born on November 8, 1847 in Clontarf, Ireland. Bram Stoker was an Irish novelist who defined the gothic genre and was the author of Dracula. The doodle also takes inspiration from the cover

Asus Nexus 7 launching in India tomorrow for Rs 19,981

Asus has confirmed that it will be launching the Nexus 7 in India tomorrow. The tablet is already listed at Croma’s online store for Rs 19,981 for the 16GB model.

Gmail finally overtakes Hotmail in terms of users: Report

Gmail is perhaps the most widely used web mail service on the planet. That’s what most people think, but that was actually not true until today, if a report by ComScore is to be believed. While Gmail is a very popular web-mail service, for long it has trailed Microsoft’s Hotmail service, which has been active

Quick Review: Google Search App on iOS is a Siri killer

Google today released a revamped search app for iOS that brings an advanced voice search feature that also talks back, much like Siri. Google already had the feature on Android and it works flawlessly. Users can search for images, videos, weather, points of interest, flight status and much

Google Photo Sphere on Android 4.2 brings Street View’s panorama technology to smartphones

Yesterday with the launch of the Android 4.2 and the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 devices, Google showed a new Android feature called Photo Sphere. On the face of it,

Everything that’s new in Android 4.2 – Photo Sphere, Gesture Typing and more

Along with the Nexus 10 tablet and the Nexus 4 smartphone, Google has released the latest version of Android, dubbed 4.2, though it still maintains the Jelly Bean moniker. With Android 4.2 Google has

Google announces Samsung Nexus 10, runs on Android 4.2

Despite canceling the Android event in wake of Hurricane Sandy, Google announced the Samsung Nexus 10 along with LG’s Nexus 4. The 10-inch tablet has a 300dpi 2560×1600 pixel display, which blows away the iPad fourth generations Retina Display by a mile. Read on for more details…

Google Nexus 4 gets pictured again, this time around in a press shot

@Evleaks is back to its old tricks and it has released yet another press shot of the LG made Google Nexus 4. This time around the posted image gives us a good look of both the front and back of the device. Google was originally slated to unveil the Nexus 4

Google Nexus 10 gets pictured three days before announcement

It appears that all the pieces of the puzzle are falling in place and now we have a pretty good picture of what to expect from Google on October 29. After the leaked LG Nexus 4, images of the rumored Samsung made Nexus 10 tablet have also been leaked courtesy Brief Mobile.

Hands On: LG Optimus Vu

When Samsung launched the original Galaxy Note ‘phablet’ last year it sort of triggered an arms race of sorts. Well, amongst the first companies to have a similar product is Samsung’s South Korean compatriot LG and it calls its ‘phablet’

Samsung Nexus 10, LG Nexus 4 and Asus Nexus 7 3G to be unveiled at Google’s Android event on October 29

Google is hosting an Android event on October 29, which is the same day as Microsoft is organizing its Windows Phone 8 launch event. While we know that we will see the next Nexus smartphone, called the Nexus 4 by LG, at the event,

Google plans to bring voice navigation in Indian languages

Last month Google rolled out the voice-assisted turn-by-turn navigation in India and today it revealed it plans on bringing support for local languages in India for Google Maps. While, it did not reveal when exactly this would happen, however it did say that this would happen soon.