Review: A month with the Samsung Chromebook
TL;DR: This is the first Chromebook effort that fulfills the ChromeOS mission: good quality, excellent (MacBook Air-like) design, low cost…
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Kindle Fire HD review: Why can’t this just be an Android device?
I (and, to be honest, more my kids) have used the Kindle Fire HD for over a month, and I…
Google banks four times more revenue from iOS devices than Android devices
Google gave a testimony to Congress last year claiming it earned two-thirds of its mobile revenue from iOS devices, but now…
Why get a Galaxy Tab instead of an iPad 2
The Galaxy Tab 10.1 gets a lot of flack for arriving in its newly svelte body late to the tablet…
Android tablets gain market share during Q3, still trail iPad in enterprise
According to research firm Strategy Analytics (via Bloomberg), Google’s Android-based tablets gained market share in the iPad dominated tablet market during…
Galaxy Nexus brings the heat, beating iOS 5 in browser speed tests, but falling in OpenGL Benchmarks
The first Ice Cream Sandwich handset, the Galaxy Nexus, hit the UK this week (US launch coming soon) and AnandTech…
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…
Previously-searched places now available on Android, iPhone
Google rolled out a handy new feature yesterday to its mobile search page on Android and iPhone smartphones that provides access…
Is Japan's smartphone Android/iOS duopoly a sign of things to come?
(Cross-posted from 9to5Mac.com) A pattern is emerging in smartphones. Think about it, the same scenario has been playing out over…
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,…
Wave Goodbye
All the way back in 2010, Google announced that Google Wave was on its last leg, and then last November…
Google testing new mobile site
[tweet https://twitter.com/nerderk/status/256020893275414529] As Google has done with past updates to its products, it appears to be testing a redesigned version of…
Review: LG Nexus 4 — a world class smartphone for $300
Honestly, when I heard the Nexus 4, the long-rumored LG entrant into the Google-phone legacy, was going to come sans…
‘Samsunged’ ad plays up Android’s built-in turn by turn navigation
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vOSgfvTC35A] We’re told this campaign will culminate in a Super Bowl advertisement next month. It’s always entertaining to see the big boys…
Screenshots show Google’s upcoming Calendar iPhone app w/ Gmail, Photos, & Maps integration
It appears that Google could soon release its promised redesigned Calendar app for iPhone after first making the announcement and releasing the app…
Google introduces Route 85 web series geared towards iOS developers
Google may own the world’s most popular mobile operating system in Android, but it wants iPhone and iPad developers to recognize…
Google Hangouts for iOS updated with iOS 7 design, iPad optimization, more
After a wave of updates for its Android apps yesterday, Google has just announced an update to its Hangouts for…
Review: Moto G – The Google Global Game Changer
When I wrote for Fortune in 2010 that inexpensive hardware would allow Android to ‘take over the world’, the concept…
Japanese carrier blames outage on heavy Android app traffic, requests that Google do something about it
Ever since the original iPhone redefined the smartphone and Android became popular, carriers in the United States were caught flat-footed…
Cluzee, Siri wannabe, hits Android Market
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeDZ4Trn_jk] Calling Cluzee a Siri competitor would be inaccurate as any Siri challenger would have to be built right into…
Google Glass companion app MyGlass for iOS updated w/ photo syncing, bug fixes
Google’s companion app for Google Glass was updated this afternoon on iOS with a few minor changes. The update to…
Android leads in smartphone marketshare; iPhone, iPad leads in business, profitability
via techin5.com Henry McCracken over at Time has done us all a favor by collecting various data sets that illustrate the state…
YouTube Creator Studio for iPhone gains improved tagging and analytics
Following the release of YouTube Creator Studio for iPhone a few weeks ago, Google seeded the first update for the…
Stanford professor/iPhone camera app developer to take two years off to work at Google
Google’s photo software is about to get upgraded… Stanford professor and iPhone Camera app developer Marc Levoy is going to…