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Lilbits (11-14-2013): Google Android 4.4 KitKat factory images released

Google started rolling out over-the-air software updates bringing Android 4.4 KitKat to its latest tablets this week. Now the company has also posted factory images online, which means it’s relatively safe to start building or installing custom ROMs and mucking about in other ways — since there’s now a way to grab the stock images […]

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Google Search for iOS brings notifications, Google Now enhancements

Google’s latest version of the Google Search app for iOS brings some of the best features of Google Now to the iPhone and iPad. Up until now some of those features had been Android-only. One of the biggest changes is support for notifications and reminders, which lets Google Now alert you automatically when it has […]

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Google Search to get cross-platform notifications, push updates on iOS

Google is celebrating the 15th of Google Search with a few updates, including a new search algorithm called Hummingbird, and some key updates coming soon to its desktop and mobile search apps. For example, you can get more “Knowledge Graph” details from Google without even visiting a second website. Ask it to compare two things […]

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Google Search app for Windows 8 hits the Windows Store

Google has released a new search app for Windows 8. It’s available from the Windows Store, and while you might think it’s just a repackaged version of the Google website which you can load in any web browser, the Google Search App for Windows 8 also adds features found in Google’s mobile apps for Android […]