Samsung looks to have reclaimed the "maker of the best Android handset" title with the new Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ handsets. The phones are great-looking devices with top-end hardware, but strangeley, there's very little difference ...
Tags: Samsung, Android handset
The big smartphone news in recent weeks has been the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8, which at this early stage looks set to be the best Android handset available. But, as it turns out, other companies make smartphones, too, and over in ...
Tags: smartphone, Samsung, Xiaomi
Fans of Facebook Messenger, listen up; the popular messaging app is to cease support for a number of smartphones in the coming days. If you’re rocking an iPhone or a recent Android handset in your pocket, however, there’s no ...
Tags: Facebook Messenger, Smartphones
We take a look at nine phones that helped Android become the world's most popular mobile OS. Android may be the world's most popular mobile OS (currently, around 87% of smartphone users are Android adherents) but it didn't get there ...
How does the newly refreshed Macbook Pro compare to the previous models, and is it worth an upgrade? We take a look. Apple has finally taken the wraps off its new MacBook Pros, and they look like some impressive machines, coming complete ...
Tags: OLED panel, Macbook Pro
The global sales of Android-based smartphones have been a disappointment affecting negatively the performance of Taiwan-based IC design houses, according to industry sources. Particularly in China's smartphone market, the share of Android ...
Tags: Android, China market, design, IC
Taiwan's HTC has unveiled an updated version of its 5-inch Butterfly smartphone that comes equipped with a bigger battery, more powerful processor and the company's BlinkFeed homescreen. The Butterfly s, introduced Wednesday, appears to ...
Tags: HTC, Butterfly Smartphone, Battery Life
The Android operating system has been cleared of patent infringement in a case brought by Nokia against Android smartphone maker HTC. Nokia on Friday lost two patent suits it brought against HTC in the District Court of Mannheim, Germany, ...
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HTC showed off some capabilities of its new premium HTC One Android handset at a ritzy Australian launch in Sydney last night. You could be mistaken for thinking the silver version of the One was an Apple device: its thin ...
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Samsung has set its sights on selling 10 million Galaxy S4 units per month. Samsung is still weeks, maybe months away from launching the Galaxy S4 but is planning on selling a whopping 10 million per month, according to Money Today. If ...
Tags: Samsung, Galaxy S4s, Galaxy Note 8.0
British Reuters reported on January 8, cited from the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, which reported that Apple is developing a low-cost version of iPhone and is expected to be released in 2013. The report quoted an anonymous source, ...
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Google has agreed to change some of its business practices, including allowing competitors access to some standard technologies, to resolve a U.S. Federal Trade Commission antitrust complaint against the company. Google has also agreed to ...
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission will host a press conference Thursday afternoon to discussion its investigation of Google for antitrust violations. The FTC press conference is scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz ...
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Google has expanded its legal agreement with developers working on Android applications to specifically prohibit them from taking any action that could lead to a fragmentation of the operating system. The prohibition was added to the ...
Tags: Google, legal agreement, Android applications, fragmentation
In the battle for the hearts and minds of enterprise mobile developers, Apple's iOS has taken a commanding lead as businesses show concern over Android, according to a recent survey of mobile developers by Appcelerator and IDC. Does ...
Tags: Apple, app devs, Android, consumer devs, Microsoft