Android now powers almost 60% of smart mobile devices
Research firm Canalys is out today with its latest report tracking worldwide smart mobile device shipments for Q1 with Android…
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Full hour of Andy Rubin at AllThingsD Asia
We got the highlights before but here’s the whole hour long interview. [vodpod id=Video.15630199&w=650&h=420&fv=videoGUID%3D%7BB5506435-F8CB-497B-8356-51C6261CF867%7D%26amp%3Bplayerid%3D4001%26amp%3BplyMediaEnabled%3D1%26amp%3BconfigURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwsj.vo.llnwd.net%2Fo28%2Fplayers%2F%26amp%3BautoStart%3Dfalse] Important quotes below:
Verizon’s ‘Droid Does’ campaign is back (Video)
[youtube=http://youtu.be/XW0wb039vng] Verizon’s “Droid Does” campaign is back, but now the carrier has ditched the tentacle robot arm and synthesized automaton…
Google: 2/3rds of our mobile search comes from Apple’s iOS
As part of the Senate Judiciary hearings today, former former FTC official (and new Google employee) Suzanne Michel, testified under…
Android = iOS + RIM + Microsoft + Other
Gartner is out with their first quarter 2011 mobile phone market survey. The results are astounding. The first quarter belonged…
Almost comical, unintended consequence of of Apple’s patent win: Your manufacturer/carrier might actually update your Android phone
Something funny just hit me. Samsung’s “pure Google” Nexus S phone was hit with a number of software infringements in…
Wave Goodbye
All the way back in 2010, Google announced that Google Wave was on its last leg, and then last November…
In-Depth profile of Motorola tracks its rise and fall (and future)
If you want to learn what happened behind the scenes in the tumultuous world of Motorola in the past decade,…
Jobs: No desire to make Android users happy with an iTunes client and other Google quotes
As you probably know, they Steve Jobs book is now in public hands and there will be lots of coverage….
Unlocked Samsung Galaxy Nexus for $370 on eBay
There is currently an unlocked 16 GB Samsung Galaxy Nexus i9250 on eBay for $369.99. It works on any GSM…
Report: Injunctions against Motorola Mobility force German store to pull most Android devices
Motorola Mobility apparently yanked all tablets and most smartphones from its German store. According to the company’s online German store (translated),…
Google, the accidental hardware company?
The smoke has cleared on Google’s $12.5B purchase of Chicago-based Motorola and now that almost everyone has had a chance…
Google dominates ‘most inDemand employer’ list globally, considered desirable by students, software engineers, and more
Google just landed the No. 1 spot on LinkedIn’s fresh list of most “inDemand” employers from around the world. The…
MasterCard adds 16 smartphones to PayPass NFC payments
MasterCard’s PayPass brand, which powers Google’s NFC payment service Google Wallet, bulked its tech offering today by certifying 16 more…
Live blog: Google co-founder, Google[X] leader Sergey Brin at Code Conference
We’re live on the scene at the Code Conference, and now that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has finished up his…
Chrome just keeps chugging: One in four desktop installations, now within spitting distance of Firefox
Chrome and Android, the two crucial weapons in Google’s assault on mobile and desktop, are showing no signs of stopping….
The iPhone forced Google to start over … or not, depending who you believe
The HTC Dream: the first Android handset to go on sale, a year after the iPhone A pithy quote from…
Android’s UI chief paints iOS as juvenile, says Google is starting to take the experience seriously
Image courtesy of The Verge Following a slew of announcements from Google yesterday culminating with the unveiling of Android 4.0…
Microsoft announces ‘SmartGlass’ wireless streaming app for Xbox/Android
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IYvQu00t75w] Microsoft just wrapped up its presentation at this year’s E3 event. While we did not hear anything about iOS…
Google, Android manufacturers agree to participate in “Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment” program
Google has agreed to back a new initiative along with a host of Android manufacturers and all of the major…
Opinion: If bots are the future, Google needs to play it smart in the war with Microsoft, Facebook and Apple
We’ve recently argued that the Galaxy S7 edge may represent the culmination of the “Smartphone 1.0 era”. It won’t please everyone…
Google’s browsers eclipse Microsoft to become the most popular in the U.S.
Over the past couple of years, Chrome has gained and fallen in terms of browser marketshare. Google’s browser briefly eclipsed Internet…
Google in talks to potentially acquire bits (or the entirety) of BlackBerry
Reuters reports that Google is one of several companies currently considering a bid on part or all of Blackberry. The…
Chrome Browser ends 2011 within 12 points of Internet Explorer, will likely become the No. 1 global browser in 2012
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDPJ-o1leAw] Just a few years ago, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer owned the browser market with three quarters share and the only…