The argument has waged on for years…What is the better mobile OS and ecosystem for a certain person, Android or iOS? (Windows Phone may be starting to become part of the conversation, but its nowhere near as prominent as these two competitors.) And for as long as this arguments been around, the answer has been a similar one: it depends largely on you. How dependable do you want your phone to be, versus how much customization do you want it to be able to do? Do you absolutely love iTunes, or could you spend your money elsewhere? There are many more of these questions that techies like me have turned to in order to give good phone buying advice to friends, family, and colleagues over the years. However, with recent news, and some pretty basic realizations, I think the answer is more one-sided than many, myself included, previously thought…

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Android has a problem. Actually, Android has several problems. (Don’t freak out, its okay. Every platform has several problems.) Many of them we already know about. The half-baked Google TV. The lack of cohesion across different Android devices. Apple. Windows 8 with Metro. These are but a few (and likely the biggest) challenges the platform is facing going forward. But this post isn’t a list of problems. This post is the start of a conversation about how to fix them.

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Today Google is one of the most popular companies on the planet and is at the top of the food chain when it comes to search engines, as they have 65.4% share in America compared to the 14.1% share that Bing currently sports. In a desperate attempt to compete with Google; Microsoft created Bing, which is not just a search engine, but a “decision” engine. Now though, Bing is looking to go beyond just competing, incorporating a feature similar to that of Facebook’s Like button. Read on for more details!

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In addition to the aforementioned Music by Google and Google Tasks API, Google announced a boatload of apps and upgrades at Google I/O 2011 this past week. From movies and entertainment to operating system upgrades and laptops, this year’s I/O was like none seen previously. For the complete list of major announcements and a heads up on what they’ll mean for you, click through the link below!

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So here’s the story…Google has released plenty of API’s for their products, which allow developers to create apps that tie directly in to Google Apps, like Calendar, Gmail and more. Since the Google Tasks was released though, and then integrated into Gmail, people and devs have been clamoring for an API to create apps that tie in to Google Tasks. A super clean, super simple task manager, Google Tasks has given the people the ability to quickly and easily manage their to do list from within Gmail, as well as within Android. Now though, with the release of the about a zillion other apps (like Google Music,)comes the Tasks API, which will allow developers to create great apps that tie right into Google Tasks. So go to Google and start your list, because the apps are coming!

Source – Google Apps Developer Blog, Google Tasks

As promised, we’ve got a short video walkthrough of Google Instant Search for you.  As one of our YouTube commenters pointed out, don’t forget that if you don’t like Instant, you can always turn it off in Google Settings.

Google introduced another new logo today, marking the second time in the past week the California company has done so.  This one though, is far more telling than the last.  The first one they introduced was the word Google made up of a bunch of balls that, as your mouse drew closer, would scatter and grow to avoid it.  This new one, however, starts out completely monochrome, and as you type in to the search box, the letters in Google start to fill in with color.

Conveniently, Google is holding a search event today to announce something new in the world of Google search.  Largely expected is the announcement, and hopeful release to users, of Google Live Search, which updates search results as you type.  This would make sense given the new logo, as it could be part of the Google announcement.

Live Search Results are something Google has been said to have been working on for quite some time now, and all signs point to hearing some news about it today.  Whether all the hype and speculation is accurate remains to be seen, but we’re hopeful, and frankly pretty conifdent, that it is.

Remember: If and when Live Search is released, we’ll be doing a review and video on it, so be sure to check back!

Do you think Live Search Results have potential?  Or would they just be annoying?  Let us know below!

Update: It’s official!  And it’s officially called Google Instant!  Being rolled out slowly to all of it’s “over 1 billion per week” users (per week!) is Google Instant, searching for what you want before you even finish typing it in!  When signed in, Google will even learn from your searches, better predicting what you’re looking for with every search.  If you Google for “weather” often, it will quickly start giving you weather information as soon as you type “w”.  Pretty cool!

Source – Engadget