It looks like a Cyanogen mod is getting into a spot of bother with Google, as Google send the developer of the Cyanogen modded Android ROM a cease and desist letter whereby Google ask him to stop distributing the closed source Google applications. Seems Google isn’t too happen with the closed source apps such as…

One of the problems that we all face when trying to read the news online today is that browsing can be very very slow. A page rich in media loads dozens and dozens of files which can take as long as 10 seconds to load over broadband. What would be ideal would be if there…

Apple has replied to the FCC about the refusal of Google Voice. Apple has said, they strongly recommend the Google Voice app replaces most of the Apple iPhone OS function. This is not accurate, and it is believed that the statement is deceptive. The argument is that, despite the fact that Google Voice gives separate…

Google Apps adverts are to be slapped on billboards across major US cities fro today in an attempt to grab businesses away from Microsoft’s Office Suite. Google are desperate to be taken seriously in the corporate world, where some customers still remain reluctant to change from Microsoft to Google Apps. Microsoft’s latest office suite 2010…

Latitude geo-location service for the iPhone has just been released by Google. Although Apple forced Google to abandon its native iPhone app, citing some confusion with the already in place default Maps app. The Latitude is very similar to BrighKite, just fire up the app and it will send your GPS coordinates to Google. You…

According to a post on theiphoneblog, Google Blogs has now announced that iPhone 3.0 now features the rumoured geo-location based services in Mobile Safari and is being put to use in “My Location” searches by Google on the iPhone. When you visit Google.com from the Safari on the iPhone 3.0 the user can choose to…

Google on the go, recent reports are that Google Mobile now supports 38 different languages in over 60 countries, making it a lot easier for international users on the move. Since the launch of optimized search results pages last December for iPhone and also android powered devices in the US, the team has been working…

According to the Google blog, Google has now launched 3 new SMS services, Search, Tips, and Trade, all geared towards the African market. The reason being, Africans’ SMS need a touch of tweaking, while Tips, which can be accessed via texting 6001, whereby you can enter freeform text queries and Google will restructure the queries…

Last week at the Google I/O conference, Google gave plenty of info on the next generation Android smartphones, but they also announced Google Wave, a new communications and collaboration tool which is under development reports courierpress. Everyone uses instant messaging and email, and Google Wave looks to combine the teo and add even more. The…

The guys over at engadget mobile have managed to get hold of a Google Ion mobile handset and have given it the hands-on and unboxing treatment including several clear images. They say the Google Ion is virtually the spitting image of the HTC Magic including 30 days T-Mobile service on a SIM card. The Google…

The word is Google has now revealed several core search upgrades at their Searchology event reports paidcontent.org, and doesn’t leave out mobile search. Apparently engineering director Scott Huffman demonstrated a feature which merges Google desktop searches with your mobile phone; obviously you would need to be logged into both and then can automatically sync Google…