Android said to have overtaken Apple in global mobile app downloads
Applications downloaded to Android devices in the second quarter surpassed the number apps downloaded from Apple’s iOS App Store. New data from market research and …
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SA: Global tablet shipments balloon 280% in Q3, Apple owned 67% of market
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Nokia shocks the Street in Q3 on solid feature phone sales
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AT&T iPhone 4S activations top 1 million
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AT&T Q3 earnings deck reveals two upcoming 4G LTE markets: Boston, Washington DC
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AT&T reports solid Q3 as subscribers pass the 100 million mark
AT&T on Thursday reported results for the third quarter of 2011 that were in line with expectations. The carrier gained 2.1 million net subscribers to …
AT&T’s Focus S and Focus Flash finally pictured alongside Titan
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Apple’s Q4 miss was a gift for investors, Ticonderoga says
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Android 4.0 coming to Nexus S, other Gingerbread phones
Google on Wednesday confirmed that its next-generation Android operating system will soon become available as an update for the Nexus S and other Gingerbread phones. …
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