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Siri Can Also Search Bing and Yahoo

Oliver Haslam ∙ October 21, 2011

If you've spent any time with Siri, you may have noticed that you can actually ask it to search the web for pretty much anything. At this point, Siri fires up a Google search and populates the search field with whatever it thinks you asked. The degree of accuracy here very much depends on your accent and whether it's a full moon or not, but on the whole, it does the job fairly well.

But did you know that you can also have Siri work its magic with both the Microsoft Bing and Yahoo search engines? Well, you can...

‘StatusGoogle’ Adds a Google Search Bar to Notification Center

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 16, 2011

Itching for a new way to perform Google searches? Well, sure, you could use Spotlight, but that's so 2009. iOS 5's new Notification Center is all the rage these days, and that's where StatusGoogle resides.

For a jailbreak widget, it really doesn't get any simple than this. Check out our video walkthrough inside...

Safari UniBar: Add Google Chrome’s OmniBar to Mobile Safari

Jeff Benjamin ∙ October 5, 2011

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a staunch Google Chrome advocate for basically two reasons: a) It's incredibly easy it is to restore all of your bookmarks, history, and extensions. And b). The OmniBar.

The OmniBar is the feature that I always end up missing the most when I'm forced to use another browser. The OmniBar is great, because it does something incredibly simple: It lets you perform searches and web queries from within the same box.

Safari UniBar is a jailbreak tweak that brings this same functionality to the iPhone's Mobile Safari...

QuickSafari: Search Google From Anywhere

Jeff Benjamin ∙ September 26, 2011

QuickSafari is another Activator-based Google search tool, that allows you to perform searches and browse to specific URLs from anywhere on your iPhone.

It's a great tool, and one that I believe should be included as a native iOS feature. Until then, we'll have to rely on the great jailbreak community to meet our needs in this area, and QuickSafari doesn't disappoint...

Google Confesses That 2/3 of Mobile Searches Happen on iOS Devices

Sébastien Page ∙ September 21, 2011

Former FTC official and new Google employee Suzanne Michel testified today before the Senate Judiciary Committee that all three major search engines had to submit a bid to Apple for becoming the default search engine in iOS.

During her testimony, she confessed that two thirds of all Google mobile searches are made from iOS devices, be it an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch...

Yahoo! Launches New iOS App Search Service

Cody Lee ∙ Updated February 18, 2018

Although Apple's App Store is decidedly the most successful mobile software hub in the business, it's certainly not perfect. Sifting through the App Store's 400,000+ applications to discover new titles can be quite a cumbersome task.

In what appears to be a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the mobile software arena, Yahoo! has taken it upon themselves to remedy this issue by making their own application sorting service, dubbed- Yahoo! App Search...

SpotURL Jailbreak Tweak Lets You Visit Websites From Spotlight

Alex Heath ∙ Updated October 10, 2018

Would you like to add a little more functionality to your iPhone's Spotlight? SpotURL is a new jailbreak tweak, by Filippo Bigarella, that allows you to visit a website straight from the Spotlight page.

Instead of having to enter a web address in Mobile Safari, SpotURL will let you enter the address right on your iPhone's homescreen. For quick navigation to a web page, SpotURL is about as good as it gets.

QuickGoogle Jailbreak Tweak Lets You Search Google from Anywhere

Jeff Benjamin ∙ Updated August 4, 2011

I can't believe that I'm just now finding a tweak that lets you search Google from anywhere. There's another tweak out there that does something similar, right?

If not, I'm shocked that it took this long to get a tweak like QuickGoogle on the Cydia store, but the good news is that it's here, and it works marvelously.

QuickGoogle is a very simple tweak that uses an Activator action to pull up a Google search pop up notification box anytime and anywhere you please. Want to see how QuickGoogle performs in action? Then check inside for the full video walkthrough...

Google Just Renewed its Maps and Search Partnership With Apple

Sébastien Page ∙ June 1, 2011

Because Apple has reportedly been working on its own mapping software, there were expectations that the company might drop Google Maps in the upcoming iOS 5 to be unveiled next week at the WWDC in favor of its own solution.

Google's ex CEO Eric Schmidt put an end to the speculation and confirmed yesterday at the D9 conference keynote that Google had just renewed its search and maps partnership with Apple, has we had already hinted at 4 days ago...

Figure Out Who’s Calling You With Number Guru

Cody Lee ∙ May 31, 2011

In this day in age, it's hard to trust anyone anymore. With so many apps like CallerID Faker out there, you can't really tell who's who. Luckily, if you are constantly on the receiving end of prank phone calls or telemarketing pitches, there's an app for that.

While there are several applications that offer similar features, Number Guru seems to be the most adept. The iPhone software allows you to do a reverse lookup of a phone number, allowing you to find out where the number is based out of and other details that don't show up on CallerID...

Android vs. iOS – Why Google Wins No Matter What

Cody Lee ∙ April 15, 2011

Android vs. iOS is a popular debate topic, but it might just be happening at the consumer level. 9to5 Mac ran an interesting story this morning about some comments made by Google's Asia-Pacific president, Daniel Alegre."When the iPhone succeeds, Google succeeds," he mentions in an interview with AdNews.

This alone shouldn't catch anyone off guard. With over 100 million iPhones out in the wild using Google's little search bar built into Safari, why wouldn't Google be pleased with the iPhone's success?

Google Search Term “Tilt” Actually Tilts iPhone Search Results

Guest Author ∙ Updated January 24, 2016

Google has been known for quite a few pranks (no, Android is not one), and their latest joke took nearly five days to uncover.

When you use your mobile device to search Google for the term "tilt" or "askew," as pictured above, the search will return with the results tilted ever so slightly to the right. The trick works on both iOS and Android devices.