Ben Baer, Senior Producer - Jul 23, 2009 7:02 PM ET
Google voice search, the most eagerly anticipated improvement to the iPhone since 3G, finally showed up late Monday.
For readers who haven't been following this drama, Google (GOOG) on Friday launched a media blitz for this hot new feature, which lets you search the Web by simply speaking into your phone. But for reasons known only to God and Steve Jobs, Apple (AAPL) made the world cool its heels a few MORE
Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Nov 18, 2008 8:45 AM ET
For tech bloggers, this was bigger than Obama.
How else to explain the reaction Friday to John Markoff's story in the New York Times about Google (GOOG) bringing voice activation to the iPhone, letting you search for everything from pictures of the Golden Gate Bridge to the length of a giant squid just by talking into your phone?
Markoff's story was the No. 1 item all day on the Techmeme news aggregator, MORE
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