Tag: android
Over one billion mobile apps downloaded during the last week of 2011
The final week of 2011 not only wrapped up a mediocre year for technology, but also ushered in a record smashing number of mobile application...
Apple wins patent ruling vs. HTC, could affect all Android phones
The U.S. International Trade Commission handed down a ruling Monday that certain features of HTC’s Android phones infringe upon a patent owned by Apple. The...
New report has developers preferring iOS in 2011, raking in 300 percent more cash
Flurry’s analytics have revealed that developers still have a preference for developing iOS applications over Android applications. Out of 55,000 companies that Flurry has been...
Details released about Google’s Siri clone
Google is working on its very own Siri clone and recently some details about this project have leaked out. Keep in mind that Google already...
Apple acknowledges Carrier IQ in iOS, says it’s going bye bye soon
So it’s official. Apple has confirmed the existence of Carrier IQ on older versions of iOS. In a statement released earlier today, the acknowledgement came...
Carrier IQ tracks everything on your phone (and we do mean everything)
If you use an Android, Nokia or BlackBerry phone, you need to know about Carrier IQ.
iPhone users are more loyal than Android users, and let’s not get started about RIM
So there! According to research firm Gfk, 84 percent of iPhone users plan on continuing with the platform while only 60 percent of Android users...
Samsung’s new ad mocks iPhone users. Rather well, too.
If you watch Samsung’s new TV commercial that mocks those dillweeds who stand in line for 72 hours waiting for a new iPhone and you...
Android, kind of like Windows XP when it comes to malware
McAfee has dropped a pretty large bomb on the mobile security industry today. According to the company’s third-quarter security report, Android is the primary target...
iOS users account for upwards of 90 percent of app revenue
According to Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray (insert grain of salt here), Apple’s iOS is taking in the lion’s share of lifetime app revenue, and...
Say hello to Siri’s cousin, Jeannie for Android
Well, the rumors are wrong. Yes, Siri is an only child; however, she does have cousins. In fact, the most famous one is Jeannie. You...
The iPhone 3GS is the second-best selling phone on the market
It seems that Apple didn’t just take the best-selling phone award, but they took the second-best-selling phone slot as well with the humble iPhone 3GS.
Smartphone trade-ins at all time high since the iPhone 4S release
Since the iPhone 4S release earlier this month, people have been trading in their smartphones, both Blackberry and Android alike, at a record pace according...
Study shows the enterprise loving their tablets … err, iPads
Pundits like to lament about Apple’s lack of enterprise interest, but what they fail to see is that the iPad is absolutely cleaning up at...
NH Investment says Android is “neck-and-neck” with Apple
NH Investment & Securities analyst Kang Yoon Hum has said a few words about the state of Apple versus Android, and seems to think it’s...
Ihnatko makes all kinds of sense on smartphone screen size
Andy Ihnatko, the well-known Mac journalist and writer whose name I’ve been misspelling for nearly a decade, had some interesting and very intelligent things to...
9 out of 10 iPhone users stick with it
Smartyman data has spoken: If you have an iPhone, you probably won’t stop using it. According to a survey by UBS, 9 out of 10...
Addicted to avian destruction, an Angry Birds Infographic
In 2009, Rovio released a small, mildly amusing title called Angry Birds. Since its debut, it has exploded and taken over nearly every device we...