Using Quick Website Search in Mobile Safari

BY JESSE HOLLINGTON @JHOLLINGTON ● 11 HOURS AGO

Safari on iOS 8 adds a new feature, Quick Website Search, that lets you quickly search websites you’ve recently visited directly from the Safari address bar simply by prefixing the search with the website name, such as “imdb” or “wiki.” Unlike the corresponding feature in Safari on OS X, however, there are a couple of tricks to get it working properly.

On OS X, simply visiting a website’s home page in Safari will add it to your Quick Website Search, but for whatever reason, the iOS version of Safari is a little bit more picky in terms of how sites get added to the list. Firstly, you’ll have to actually perform a search on a given website for it to be added to the list, and secondly, not all websites are supported — sites with more complex search forms, for example, will not be detected by iOS Safari and not appear as Quick Website Search options.

You can view a list of sites that have been added by going into the Safari section in your iOS Settings app, and selecting Quick Website Search, and if you decide that there are some here that you don’t want included, you can easily remove them with the standard swipe-to-delete gestures.

Apple revealed the schedule for next month’s Worldwide Developers Conference this morning, and as its done in past years, Apple will kick things off with a keynote on Monday, June 8 at 10 AM PT (1PM ET). While many have believed the conference would start with the keynote, Apple WWDC app update today confirms it. Apple also began sending media invites out to select journalists and members of the press, confirming the event’s date and time.

The keynote will likely be led by Apple CEO Tim Cook, with SVPs Craig Federighi and Phil Schiller (if theres new hardware). Similar to last year, Apple is teasing developers with over a 170 secret TBA developer sessions. The title of the sessions are most likely secret because they rely on some information that will be announced at the keynote (software or hardware).

WWDC 15 is expected to be jam packed with new iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 announcements. Both betas are expected to go live on Monday for developers. Additionally, Apple’s Music Streaming service is rumored to be announced as well as an entirely revamped Apple TV box and service.

The new Google Photos app is now available to download for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The new service offers unlimited, free storage of your photos and video in the cloud.

Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos, searchable and organized by the people, places, and things that matter. Google Photos is like having your own personal assistant to help you make the most of your photos. 

FEATURES:
• VISUAL SEARCH: Your photos are now searchable by the people, places, and things that appear in your photos. Looking for that fish taco you ate in Hawaii? Just search “Hawaii” or “food” to find it even if it doesn’t have a description.

• AUTO BACKUP: Keep all your photos and videos safe and accessible from any device. Choose free, unlimited cloud storage available at high quality, or store up to 15GB original size for free (shared across your Google account).

• SAVE SPACE ON YOUR DEVICE: Google Photos can help you clear safely backed up photos and videos from your device so you never have to worry about deleting a photo to make space.

• BRING PHOTOS TO LIFE: Automatically create montage movies, interactive stories, collages, animations, and more.

• EDITING: Transform photos with the tap of a finger. Use simple, yet powerful, photo and video editing tools to apply filters, adjust colors, and more.

• SHARING: Share hundreds of photos instantly with shareable links and use whichever apps you’d like to share.

You can download Google Photos from the App Store for free. To learn more about the service, click here.