Google Announces New Nexus 7, Android 4.3 & ChromeCast
There’s a new Nexus 7 in town. Smaller and lighter than before, and also packing Android 4.3. It’s joined by Google’s latest TV effort,...
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The Android Stats From The Google Earnings Call
announced Q2 revenues earlier this afternoon. In his prepared remarks CEO Larry Page threw out a bunch of stats about Android. Below are...
South Korea Drops Antitrust Investigation Against Google
In early 2011, South Korean search and portal providers NHN Corp. and Daum Communications filed antitrust complaints with the South...
Google Retires Latitude, Pushes Google+ Location Sharing Features
announcement of the new Google Maps app release today came news that Google will be retiring Latitude in all of its various forms on...
New Google Maps App Offers More Search Functionality, Navigation Features & Dedicated Tablet De
Google Maps app for Android devices starting today, with iPhone and iPad versions on the way. The new app will include more search...
Only 30 Percent Of Smartphone Traffic On 4G Networks
according to Chitika. This modest penetration figure makes sense because 4G networks are still rolling out and not all handsets are 4G...
Mobile Market Share: Android, iPhone Gain While Others Flail
released its US smartphone market share report for May. The firm projects that 59 percent of US mobile phone subscribers own smartphones....
Android To Become Dominant Platform, US iPad Share Grows
some new hardware forecast figures that try to capture the future of devices and operating systems. The firm says the market is “being...
New Google Now Cards: Live TV, Music And Offers
an update to its Android search app (not yet for iOS). They extend to live TV, music and location-sensitive offers. Google announced the...
Apple Now Shows iOS “Fragmentation” Just Like Android
developer dashboard now shows that just under 59 percent of Android users are on OS 4.0 or higher (Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean)....
Report: iOS Has More Traffic, But More “Volatile” Than Android
Ad network Chitika has released data on iOS and Android usage throughout the day. Overall iOS is driving more Web traffic than Android...
Europeans Take New Look At Google’s Android Licensing Practices
reporting that Google is now “facing an investigation by European authorities into allegations that it supported the leading Android...
Pew: 34 Percent Of Americans Now Own Tablets
Pew Internet & Life Project is releasing telephone survey data showing that 34 percent of American adults now own tablets. Among better...
Study: Android Tablets Surpass iPads In Q1, Tablet Usage Up 282% Since 2011
GlobalWebIndex Streaming Device study for Q1 2013 reports that Android tablet users outnumbered iPad users last quarter by 34 million,...
Has Google Wallet Already Failed?
an article today in which it assesses the current state of Google’s Wallet efforts. Osama Bedier, who came from PayPal and ran the Google...
Study: Nearly 90 Percent Of Apple Users On Latest Version Of OS
Among the potential announcements are “iRadio,” iOS 7 and a new version of OS X. However, we’ll probably see some new Mac laptops and...
Pew: 61 Percent In US Now Have Smartphones
This morning, the Pew Internet & American Life Project released new survey data (n=2,252 US adults) on smartphone adoption. The...
Smartphones Pass Feature Phones, US Apple Growth Exceeds Others
released a device forecast that showed global smartphone shipments exceeding those of feature phones for the first time this year. Fueled...
Survey: Windows Phone Gaining At Android’s Expense
Kantar argues that Windows Phones “have begun to capture consumers from across the competitor set.” According to the research unit of...
Google’s “X Phone” Is Coming, So Are Nexus-Like Versions Of HTC One And Galaxy S4
yet to generate any ROI for Mountain View. Motorola’s patent portfolio, the reason most-often cited as the driver of the acquisition, has...
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