The solution could be hardware like connected TV and smartphones or software such as apps or search companies and social networks.
Facebook has sponsored search for apps but not for the general search engine.
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Users can download featured apps directly from within the AMD AppZone Player or search for apps across the built-in app store.
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It's an extension of what's already offered in Google's mobile search apps, but it's been refined for Jelly Bean.
Unified search across all apps might make it tolerable, but like I said, people want to browse first and search second.
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Imagine the value millions driving in cars sending mapping data back to Google and feasting on various Google apps (and therefore search).
Rather than search for apps in an app store, Sprint ID phones come with quick access to pre-selected content geared toward particular interests.
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In addition, each new Smart VIERA HDTV offers an enhanced VIERA ConnectTM platform including more options for streaming video content, unique social networking features, fully-integrated apps, and intuitive search features designed to make the user experience fast and easy.
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This is especially true for smartphone apps, where the main search activity is within app stores.
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That was seen as a direct challenge to Google and its future in search via mobile apps.
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Some insurers have smartphone apps that allow you to search for doctors, or you can tap websites like ZocDoc.com to find nearby doctors who take your insurance.
Based on the Fennec XUL code, the project's already begun successfully integrating with the live tile flavor of that OS, implementing HTML file input controls, snap for managing multiple running apps, in addition to search and share contracts.
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Based in the cloud, it makes it easy to search across servers, apps and machine data to understand web activity.
Small images show the screen last opened on these apps like a webpage or a search term in a box.
On the right hand side, you will see content from Facebook Pages and apps that are related to your search.
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If that weren't enough, third-party apps can also hook into the search interface, represented at the bottom of the search results.
Ultimately, a China-domestic smart phone operating system (with Chinese-made apps) plus a domestic mobile search engine will be the best strategic 3G smart phone combination for MII.
There will always be a place for native apps and app stores, but increasingly, I think that high-performance HTML5 apps that are discoverable through simple search will be ascendent.
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It allows police in California to access any data stored on an arrestee's phone: photos, address book, Web-browsing history, data stored in apps (including social media apps), voicemail messages, search history, chat logs, and more.
The ruling allows police in California to access any data stored on an arrestee's phone: photos, address book, Web browsing history, data stored in apps (including social media apps), voicemail messages, search history, chat logs, and more.
This subtle war between native apps and web-based mobile search that has significant implications for revenue models of the large tech firms and indicates another area in which Apple could be disruptive, particularly as more people access the internet via a mobile device.
Part of the problem is that there is still no reliable search engine for discovering outstanding apps.
"The core of all these apps--map display, waypoint search, tracking and routing--is the same, " notes TrailBehind Chief Executive Andrew Johnson.
This advanced feature simultaneously collects search results for VOD and apps and displays them in the same browser for quick access to sought-after content.
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Google also works in a lot of adjacencies, going from search and advertising to enterprise apps, to mobile computing, to devices and soon to deliveries.
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Additionally, Microsoft revamped the way built-in search works so that it's now more of a universal search engine, serving up apps, files, settings options and web suggestions.
This means that Apple earns revenues for payments and ads embedded in apps, and that Google or other search engines would not earn revenues on ads in search.
In mobile apps, Bing is a visually wonderful search platform.
NeoTV PRIME comes with a two-sided remote control, featuring a touchpad and directional pad on one side and a full-featured QWERTY keyboard on the other, giving you fast and easy control of all your applications and helping you to effortlessly search across the web, apps and television listings.
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