Google’s cool voice search app for the iPhone did not make it to the Apple Store this past Friday. Apple has apparently left Google completely in the dark as to why it failed to make the cut. The app was still lingering in "In Review" status limbo when the release date came and went.

This comes hot on the heels of rumors speculating that Apple has been entirely too hard on the companies that make apps for the iPhone. Neither company has released any word regarding the matter but the NYTimes will have a piece on the subject shortly.

The NY Times reports that Google has created an app for the iPhone that will give the handset advanced voice recognition. The app will be able to answer user-generated location questions (Like finding the nearest Home Depot), give driving directions, respond to random questions, and even search data from an address book.

It works by recording something you say and uploading it to Google’s servers. Then, it crunches the data and returns with an answer within seconds. The app will be free and should be available for download by as soon as next week.

Google has finally fixed the "reboot bug" in the first release of the Android powered OS phone. The bug was an annoying one that would reboot the entire device every time that the word "reboot" was entered into the phone.

The bug which affected the RC29 firmware, caused the phone’s OS to interpret every word as a command. The bug was fixed on October 31st but just recently began rolling out over-the-air updates to G1 users. In order to complete update, G1 users still are required to select "Update" on their phones to implement the fix.

Users with RC30 firmware or later should not experience any further problems from the bug.

Reports are coming in that Android has shipped with a rather peculiar bug: The OS interprets every word as a command, and if you open up the keyboard and type r-e-b-o-o-t the G1 will do just that.

It will activate with other commands as well, so best avoid combinations of rm and rf. The bug affects any G1 with firmware version 1.0 TC4-RC29 or earlier. If you’ve already downloaded the RC30 update, then you are good.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has definitively said he would not take the position of the country’s first ever chief tech officer, despite rumors to the contrary. "I love working at Google and I’m very happy to stay at Google, so the answer is no." He said.

Schmidt’s record regarding green energy and all things tech-related makes this a sad day for the Obama administration but perhaps a good day for Google and it’s multitude of employees.