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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Microsoft reportedly working on Android-compatible fitness band for Q4 release
Microsoft is planning its own entry into the wearable market, but won’t make it exclusive to Windows devices, according to…
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:
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…
Schmidt: Apple is jealous of Android’s success, that’s why they’re suing
Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt has gone on the offensive and bashed Apple over patent infringement claims the company had…
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….
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…
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…
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…
Dropbox dramatically cuts pricing to compete, 1TB now just $9.99/month
Dropbox has today slashed its pricing and doubled the maximum storage space from 500GB to 1TB. Up until yesterday, you’d…
HTC gears up for patent fights with Apple and Microsoft, buys S3 Graphics for $300 million
In case you didn’t notice, tech headlines recently are all about patents. Be it the ongoing case of patent troll…
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…
Cyanogen’s ‘MOD’ platform gives developers (Microsoft) access to deeper Android integration
Cyanogen has today announced a new platform called “MOD,” giving developers deeper access to the Android operating system and allowing them…
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 could fight Apple with just 18 of Motorola’s 17000+ patents
You probably know by now that Google’s move to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion was seen as one specifically…
Microsoft ordered to remove Xbox 360, Windows 7 from German market in Motorola patent dispute
According to a report from Reuters, a judge in Mannheim ruled against Microsoft today in an ongoing patent dispute with…