Google beefs up Apple iPhone applications

Published: January 17, 2008, 9:44 am

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Filed under: Products and services, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple Inc (AAPL), iPhoneGoogle, Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has become a more powerful force on the "desktop" of the Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone as of this week, changing the way its Gmail web-mail program interfaces with the iPhone's software as well as creating a more computer-like email experience on the now-ubiquitous smartphone.Gmail now presents itself pretty much like it does on a PC web browser when used on an iPhone (with the most updated software installed, of course). That is, messages are synced across platforms. Read a message on your iPhone, it becomes "read" on your PC's web browser or laptop screen. Sounds like a minor update, but it's really not.Apple and Google are working to make the iPhone one of Google's premier places for showcasing its content. From email to news readers to maps to documents, expect Google's entire range of online applications to be available on the iPhone soon. Missing from the

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