CNETAnalysis: Maybe Google Now used Apple Maps to get to the App Store, because Apple said today that Google never submitted the intelligent personal assistant app to its online store. A Google representative also told TechRadar, “Yes, I can confirm for you: We have not submitted Google Now to Apple’s App Store,” backing up the statement Apple sent to TechCrunch . This flies in the face of comments made by Google Eric Schmidt, who seemed to lay the blame for Google Now’s Android-only status at Apple’s doorstep. “You’ll need to discuss that with Apple,” said Schmidt at the Google Big Tent Summit in India. Schmidt was responding a candid question from the moderator, who asked when he could get Google Now on his iPhone. “Apple has a policy of approving or disapproving apps that are submitted into its store, and some of the apps we make they approve and some of them they don’t,” he said. “They recently did approve Google Maps , thank goodness,” said Schmidt to laughter and applause. Not Google Now, but maybe Google later Although both Apple and Google are denying that Google Now is in the App Store queue, the two companies have been in this position before. Schmidt, in another discussion last October, said the decision for Google Maps coming to iOS would be in Apple’s court. “I don’t want to pre-announce products,” Schmidt said last October, “but I can tell you that were we to do that, Apple would also have to approve it.” “They haven’t approved all of Google’s offerings over the years.” Lo and behold, Google Maps came to the iPhone two months after Schmidt made those comments and it instantly became the No. 1 app in the App Store . YouTube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uJAwhdRfC8 Google Now for iPhone app video Could Schmidt’s similar sounding remarks today be a prelude to Google ! Now being available for download in the iOS App Store in the future? There is a well-put-together Google Now for iPhone and iPad app video that is suspected of being a leaked promotional video , though this is unconfirmed. Either way, with Google Now threatening to move in on Siri’s territory, it could force Apple to evolve Siri in iOS 7 before Google gives it a run for its robotic money. Related Stories Facebook rolls out Android beta updates to select users Is Samsung packing the Galaxy Tab 3 and Note 3 for IFA 2013? Posted by: Maryum
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi