Samsung announces location-based alerts service, competing with Apple’s iBeacon
Samsung has announced its own location-based alerts system, designed to allow businesses to send alerts to your smartphone. These highly-localized…
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Gartner: Samsung sees worldwide sales fall 5.3% YOY, losing out to Apple & Chinese brands
New data from Gartner suggests that Samsung saw its worldwide sales fall by 5.3% year-on-year, its market share dropping from…
Xiaomi reportedly plans to join Samsung in offering iPhone 6s-style pressure-sensitive touchscreens
Following Synaptics’ announcement that it would be offering pressure-sensitive touchscreen controllers to allow Android manufacturers to offer features similar to…
comScore releases U.S. smartphone subscriber market share for March 2015
comScore today released a new U.S. smartphone manufacturer and platform market share report for the three month period ending in March. The data…
Samsung had a few taunts of its own after Apple’s iPhone 6s, iPad Pro event last night
Leading up to Apple’s eagerly anticipated keynote presentation last night, Sony had a jab prepared for the iPhone-makers before they…
Report: Android device fragmentation has increased 28% over last year
Android is notorious in the developer community for its rampant fragmentation. Developing an app for Google’s platform means wrestling to make the…
Google Play Store saw 60% more downloads than iOS App Store, though Apple made more money
Android apps from the Google Play Store were 60% higher than those from the iOS App Store, reports mobile analytics firm App…
Kantar: Samsung and LG account for 78% of US Android smartphone sales
Consumer insights and research firm Kantar Worldpanel has released its smartphone sales data for the second quarter of 2015, which…
Exclusive: Google planning an affiliate program for Google Play, starting with Movies & Music
Google is working on launching an affiliate program for Google Play similar to the one Apple runs for its own digital…
9to5Toys Lunch Break: Bose SoundSport In-Ear Headphones $79, 2TB portable hard drive $69, more
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IDC: China slowdown cuts smartphone forecast, Android will continue to hold lead through 2019
IDC released an updated forecast today lowering its expectations for worldwide smartphone shipments this year with a continuing slowdown of growth…
Google moving up-market with Android Wear, announcing Tag Heuer smartwatch partnership with Intel
While Android Wear has not yet set the world alight, Google is not sitting idly by while Apple grabs all…
Chinese iPhone clone maker Xiaomi investing $1B in YouTube clone
Xiaomi, the Chinese Android manufacturer which heavily bases its product designs and marketing on Apple products, is to invest $1B…
Samsung announces Flow, offering the ability to seamlessly work between devices [Video]
Samsung has announced Flow, providing seamless transfer of content, work in progress and phone calls between different Samsung devices. People…
Android Wear on iOS: Setup and first impressions [Video]
Android Wear finally has iOS support after Google pushed its iPhone-compatible software to the App Store. This means that Android has…
Kantar: Samsung & Apple account for 64% of US smartphone market w/ 9 of 10 best-selling models
The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel shows that Samsung and Apple continue to dominate the U.S. smartphone market, taking a massive…
Samsung denies reports of job cutting, says it’s ‘relocating’ workers
In one of the most ambiguous rebuttals of recent memory, Samsung has denied reports claiming it is looking to reduce…
Dozens of popular apps found ‘vulnerable to password cracking’
Popular iOS and Android apps from companies like Walmart, ESPN, Slack and SoundCloud have been found vulnerable to password cracking,…
Latest comScore data shows iOS continuing to gain on Android in US market
Research firm comScore today released its report on United States smartphone subscriber market share for the three month period ending…
Android hits historic sales landmark: one billion smartphones shipped last year
We noted 18 months ago that Android could be on track to ship a billion devices in 2014, tablets included, and Strategy…
Amazon to sell $50 6-inch Kindle Fire tablet for holidays, add 10-inch to roster
The WSJ is reporting that Amazon is going to strip down a 6-inch tablet and sell it for $50 for…