Google has today pushed an update to its universal Google Search app for iOS.

Ready to ditch mobile Safari? Google hopes so.

Despite some encouraging signs, the world’s economy hasn’t fully recovered from the recession that started five years ago. One sign of this is the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which last hit an all time high nearly five years ago. However, things could be much different today had Apple joined the Dow in 2009.

The new and improved Google+ for iPhone looks and feels like an app very far removed from what it used to be.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average stock index could soon include Apple and/or Google in its listing of elite stocks, according to Barron’s. In doing so, the companies could replace Alcoa, Bank of America, and/or Hewlett-Packard on the 116-year-old list.

Showing that Google is serious about its news aggregator app, Currents received an update today highlighted by international support.

Google CEO Larry Page says in an interview that Steve Jobs' anger against Android was just for show.

Gmail Tap replaces the standard QWERTY keyboard on smartphones with just two buttons: a dot and a dash.

Google finds itself in an embarrassing, yet profitable position. From 2008 to 2011, the technology giant made $543 million on Android, its mobile platform. However, the company made four times this amount with Apple products that use Google services like Search and Maps.

Called “highly addictive” and “dead simple” by others, Thumb is a social networking service that makes it easy to ask a question and get answers instantly through either the Thumb website or free iPhone app. Recently, AppAdvice had the opportunity to discuss the service with Thumb’s Chief Business Development Officer, Hadley Harris, who discussed what makes his product unique and what he hopes to achieve in the future.

In today's Google Earth iOS app update, Google has added Earth Gallery and tours, plus made several current feature enhancements.

A day after Milk, Inc. announced it was shutting down its Oink app, comes word the entire company is becoming part of Google. The deal, which is reportedly worth between $15 million and $30 million, was first reported by All Thing Digital.

The U.S. FTC has called Apple to court over iOS search engine "favoritism."

Google's unified storefront/iCloud competitor looks pretty good so far.

While it may be premature to call Google+ an epic failure, I’ll go out on a limb and say just that: The site will never become popular and here is why.

As expected, Google's been hit with a class action lawsuit in response to last week's Safari snafu.

Another week, another privacy scandal. Google's just maintaining the status quo.

The Prizes.org application for the iPhone and iPod touch (which is developed by the Google-owned Slide, Inc.) has recently received an update. Now, users of the application can view featured contests and categories from within the app, and can enjoy a new design.

Google+ for the iPhone has just been updated, giving users the ability to start Hangouts right from within the Messenger.

Not two weeks ago, the iMAME gaming emulator appeared in the App Store and was quickly removed. Now, the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator can be found on Chrome.

Google has recently removed "Siri for Android" from the Android Marketplace.

Some new apps are popping up in the Android Marketplace claiming to be official Siri apps.

In an article recently published by The New York Times, Apple's (and Google's) attempts to develop wearable computers is discussed. According to the article, Apple is said to be concentrating on a means of creating "wearable" devices that can fit in well with the company's existing product lines.