I started a weekly column over at the Sysomos blog called Work Hack Wednesday. Also known as #WHW, we talk about ways we make our work better or more efficient. In that vein, I posted this week about Evernote, a favorite tool of mine. I write about my favorite ways I put Evernote to use…
Back in late 2009, we released an our Taptu Android app.’a0 The application was a ‘lite’ version, in that it provided a quick way to access our Taptu.com webpage through a desktop shortcut. Today, we’re announcing a massive update to our Android efforts.’a0 In the Android Market, you’ll find an update that is a true…
Fantastic news for all our Taptu Touch Web Search App on the iPhone and iPod Touch.’a0 A brand new version is available immediately in the App Store.’a0 Hit update on your device to grab the new and improved app.’a0 Alternatively, you can visit iTunes via this link. This update brings a slew of new features…
As if all the CTIA love that Android received wasn’t enough, the open source mobile platform made significant gains in two key areas recently.’a0 As you know, for a mobile platform to have any gravity it has two have two things: 1) a healthy market share and 2) enough applications and services to keep users…
iPhone/iPod Touch users: fire up your App Store, there’s a new version of Taptu waiting for you to update to. For this release of the iPhone app, our team was focused on introducing a few new features and enhancing the speed and fluid-ness within the application.’a0 Go grab the new version now, in iTunes! User…
We’ve released a new version of our Taptu Search Application for the iPhone and iPod Touch platform.’a0 The new release is aimed at enhancing your iPhone search experience to get more out of the touch-friendly web! Here is what you expect from the 1.7x version: Thousands of new touch friendly sites to search and discover!…
A quick update regarding our popular Wikipedia-browsing app, Wapedia. First of all, we have reached a major milestone with regards to our Wapedia app on Android.’a0 On Friday, we surpassed 250,000 downloads from the Android Market.’a0 This is a huge accomplishment for us and we’re very excited to thank our awesome Wapedia community for helping…
According to some new research from Compete, a research firm, mobile smartphone owners are fond of shopping form their mobile handsets.’a0 According to Compete, some 41 percent of iPhone users and 43 percent of Android users report that they check sale prices while they are shopping. These figures come as no surprise to me, as…
We recently announced the integration of real-time search results in partnership with the amazing OneRiot.’a0 With our arrangement with OneRiot, we are providing the most exciting real-time search engine on the mobile platform. Taptu is pleased to announced a new version of our iPhone and iPod Touch application, immediately available in the iTunes App Store.’a0…
Google today announced some interesting new features with their mobile search that include voice search with location-based results, great integration with QR barcodes (which we love!) and an augmented reality search based on your location called ’93Google Goggles’94.’a0 Separately, Google announced their entrance into the real-time search market on the desktop web. Google’s added attention…