Google Voice calls within U.S. and Canada free for another year
Google on Tuesday announced that calls placed within the United States and Canada using Google Voice will continue to be free through the end of …
Despite its own flaws, Microsoft offers free Windows Phones to Android malware victims [video]
Microsoft employee Ben Rudolph recently tweeted that any Android phone owner who has a device infected with malware can tweet his or her story with …
Nokia exec says iPhone is boring, Android is too complex
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is a breath of fresh air in a crowded smartphone market riddled with boring iPhones and overcomplicated Android handsets. Nokia Entertainment Global director …
Android ranked most ‘closed’ open source OS [infographic]
A new report has ranked Google’s Android operating system the most “closed” open source platform among eight major open source projects. VisionMobile on Monday published The …
Apple and Google dominate smartphone space while others scramble
Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS dominated the U.S. smartphone space in 2011 while a number of companies that helped shape the market as we …
EU regulators temporarily suspend review of Google’s planned Motorola Mobility buy
European Union regulators have temporarily stopped investigating Google’s planned $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility until more information is made available. The antitrust investigation will resume …
Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2 hands-on
We just got our hands on one of Motorola’s latest tablets, the Motorola DROID XYBOARD 8.2. Besides the name, there seems to be a lot …
Samsung cell phone sales top 300 million units in 2011 for first time
For the first time in the South Korea-based electronics giant’s storied history, annual sales of Samsung’s cell phones have topped 300 million units, the company …
Facebook tops Google’s own offerings to become most popular Android app
Beating out popular own-brand apps like Google Search, Gmail, Google Maps and YouTube, Facebook holds the title as the most actively used Android app. Market …
Google chairman: We don’t work with or support Carrier IQ
Google chairman Eric Schmidt recently explained that Google does not support or endorse Carrier IQ, the company that has been accused of secretly bugging phones …
Android tablets still unwanted? Honeycomb makes up just 1% of Android usage, study finds
Android Honeycomb, first announced by Google at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2011, is now widely available across dozens of Android tablet models. As …
Google introduces Google Currents news app [video]
Google on Thursday announced Google Currents, a news reading application that will compete with the likes of Flipboard, News360 and more. Currents allows users to …
Android, BlackBerry users want Apple’s iPad over like-branded tablets, study finds
Despite a wide selection of Android tablets as well as an own-brand offering from Research In Motion, Android and BlackBerry smartphone users prefer Apple’s iPad …
More than a million mobile apps now available across major platforms
More than one million mobile applications are now available across the top-four mobile platforms according to analytics company Mobilewalla. The firm said recently that it anticipated the …
Android Market surpasses 10 billion app downloads; Google kicks off $0.10 app sale
Google officially announced on Tuesday that there have now been more than 10 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market. As of July there had …
How to find out if Carrier IQ is installed on your phone in one tap
Carrier IQ, the vendor and carrier-installed rootkit software pulled into the spotlight last month by security researcher Trevor Eckhart, has caused quite a stir. Carriers …
Available apps across major mobile platforms approaching million-app milestone
The total number of mobile applications available across the top-four smartphone platforms in the world is now approaching the 1 million-app milestone, further highlighting the rapid …
Google said to be prepping Amazon Prime-like delivery service
Google is reportedly in talks with retailers in an effort to create a subscription-based expedited delivery service that will compete directly with Amazon Prime. Citing …
Carrier-installed ‘Carrier IQ’ spyware found in Android, iOS; should we panic? [video]
Last week, research published by security expert Trevor Eckhart pulled back the veil on Carrier IQ, a suite of what can seemingly be described as spyware …
Android, iOS usage shares dip in November as BlackBerry gains
Apple’s iOS platform and Google’s Android operating system both lost usage share in November as BlackBerry and Symbian showed gains. Analytics firm Net Applications on …
Nielsen: Android extends smartphone platform lead, Apple still top vendor
Android further cemented its position as the most widely used smartphone operating system in the United States over the past three months according to new …
Apple leads in loyalty: 84% of iPhone users, 60% of Android users plan to stay loyal, study finds
Wireless users who currently own an iPhone are more likely to stay loyal to their current smartphone platform than owners of any other OS, a …
HTC may be developing Chrome OS / Android hybrid device
HTC may be developing a new hybrid netbook/tablet “internet access device” that combines both Chrome OS and Android, presumably in some sort of dual-boot environment. …
Tablet owners in the U.S. expected to total 89.5 million in 2014, Apple to own 68% of market
By the end of 2014, there will be 89.5 million tablet owners in the United States according to a new forecast, meaning one in three …
Samsung to launch Google TV next year
Samsung’s visual display division president Yoon Boo-Keun confirmed to The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that his company plans to launch a television with Google TV …
Samsung Galaxy Nexus review
The Samsung Galaxy Nexus isn’t just another Android phone, this is the standard by which all Ice Cream Sandwich phones will be judged. An example …
No Adobe Flash support in Ice Cream Sandwich… for now
If you thought, like us, that Google’s Ice Cream Sandwich operating system would still support Adobe’s mobile Flash Player, think again. It turns out the …
Sprint quietly launches $20 ‘Express’ Android phone
Sprint quietly launched the Express on Friday, a new $20 Android smartphone manufactured by Huawei. The device runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and features a 2.6-inch …
BlackBerry 7 sales already seen slowing, iPhone 4S and Android are bad news for RIM
Sales of Research In Motion’s new BlackBerry 7 smartphones have slowed in recent weeks as competition from Apple’s iPhone 4S and Android phones heats up. …
Motorola stockholders approve Google deal
Motorola Mobility on Thursday announced that stockholders voted to approve Google’s proposed $12.5 billion merger. At the company’s special stockholder meeting on Thursday, roughly 99% …
