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Microsoft Launches Bing iPhone App

Microsoft has launched a Bing app for the iPhone. It's now available for download in the Apple App store. Of course the iPhone app is not the first mobile experience Bing has offered. There is already Bing for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, Sidekick and select BREW-based devices on Verizon. Key features of the iPhone app include: - Daily image from Bing.com - Easy to access voice search - Tips and tricks on the home page - "Locate Me" functionality - Ability to add pushpins and save locations - Show multiple locations on a single map "Our investments in voice search (you may have played with them on Windows phones or BlackBerry already) continues in our iPhone App and works great for map locations as well as old fashioned web search," says Justin Jed of Bing for mobile. "Just say 'San Francisco weather,' for a quick result, or even say a full address for a map or directions. Continue reading

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Google Improves Google News on More Mobile Devices

Google has announced a new Google News for iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre users. The company already offers one for other devices like Blackberry, Windows Mobile, and S60, although they say more improvements to those versions will be coming soon, as well. Today's new version includes a new Google News homepage, which shows more stories, sources, and images, but keeps the same basic look and feel. "Also, you can now reach your favorite sections, discover new ones, find articles and play videos in fewer clicks," says Google's Mobile News Team. "If you are an existing Google News reader on desktop, you will find that all of your personalizations are honored in this mobile version too." Google News for mobile is currently available in 29 languages and 70 editions. In other recent Google-related mobile news, AdMob, which Google recently acquired, has unveiled a new interactive video ad unit for the iPhone. Google also acquired Gizmo5 , a VoIP firm, which will see VoIP integration with Google Voice, and Google Latitude introduced location history and smart alerts . On the news search front, today Yahoo began incorporating tweets into its search results for select news stories. Related Articles: > Google Further Customizes the News Experience > Google Adding Some Visual Flare to News? > Google Adds "Real-Time" Suggestions to Google News Continue reading

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