Tag: android
New studies show Apple both dominating and holding firm
There has been a slew of information about mobile market shares hitting the Internet tubes over the last 48 hours due to a report filed...
Court grants Apple access to the Samsung vault
A federal court battle that broke out over claims that Samsung copied patented Apple designs for their Android line of products has heated up this...
Minecraft iOS will see light after Sony Xperia release
Seems like Notch, creator of Minecraft, is making sure that his brand is nicely presented and well groomed. There have been recent updates provided, new...
Apple to Senate: We do not, have not and will not track users’ locations
Thursday, before the Senate Consumer Protection, Safety and Insurance Subcommittee, Apple Vice President of Global Affairs Catherine Novelli testified that Apple is not changing its...
99% of Android handsets have critical account credential security bug
A new report says that 99% of Android handsets have a security issue that leaves users’ account and password information accessible as cleartext, according to...
Yikes, 400 percent increase in Android malware being reported
Today is the perfect day for contrasting Apple and Google. Given the news coming out of the Google conference, as well as the news coming...
Old iOS products outsell new Android products
Apple’s biggest competitor in the mobile market surely is Google with its Android OS available on many devices in many different price classes. But a...
Free tethering on Android banned by carriers and Google. Yay openness.
I don’t like closed, they say. I prefer a garden without a wall, they say. Apple’s evil, they say. Google’s the last bastion of openness,...
Developer interest in Android dropping, behind iOS
With all of the Android devices coming to market lately, it’s a little bit surprising to find out that developer frustration with the platform is...
Checkmate: iOS tops Android by 116% in Europe
Check out the numbers abroad, they say. Look at global market share, they say. Android is the king of the world. Except it’s not. According...
iPad to dominate the tablet market for many years to come says Gartner
According to market research outfit Gartner, Apple is likely to dominate the tablet market through 2015 with its iOS operating system, despite increasing competition from...
Developers agree, Android fragmentation is a problem
The debate about fragmentation is raging onwards today as a study has revealed that developers are starting to find Android fragmentation as problematic as many...
iOS still sticking it to Android in a number of categories
Getting realistic, FUD-proof statistics from Apple and Google on who’s winning the iOS versus Android match is extremely difficult. Everywhere you look someone’s fudging the...
Amazon announces “Cloud Player” music streaming service
Today, Amazon unveiled Cloud Player, a new service that allows users to upload their music to the cloud and stream it to to any computer...
Motorola Xoom will require 6 days to get LTE upgrade
The Motorola Xoom, which is set to be released today, February 24th, 2011, has a slight issue. In order to upgrade the Motorola Xoom’s 3G...
Galaxy Tab sales minuscule, 75% of market still belongs to Apple
The Galaxy Tab was often a major point of contention in our comments late last year. It was probably the number one device that was...
Netgear CEO rags on Jobs, praises Android
At a lunch in Sydney today, CEO of Netgear Patrick Lo had some harsh criticism for Apple and Steve Jobs. Citing Android’s recent overtaking of...
Sprint making nice with Apple
It’s commonplace to see commercials where one company will tout that their product is better than a competing product. Verizon had done this for quite...