Topic: Android
Samsung launching mobile ad platform to challenge Apple's iAd, Google
2012/04/04, 02:04 am
Samsung revealed on Tuesday plans for the AdHub Market, a new service that will challenge mobile advertising platforms from Apple and Google by allowing advertisers to place ads on its mobile devices.
Apple's iOS, Google's Android grow to 80% of US smartphone market
2012/03/04, 02:04 pm
Apple's iOS and Google's Android mobile platforms continued to grow over the last three months, accounting for 80.3 percent of the U.S. smartphone market.
RIM's enterprise server now manages Apple's iOS devices
2012/03/04, 09:04 am
Research in Motion on Tuesday launched its new BlackBerry Mobile Fusion mobile device management software for enterprise customers, adding the ability to manage Apple's iOS devices, in addition to those running BlackBerry OS and Google Android.
iPhone owners use Wi-Fi more than Android owners in U.S. and U.K.
2012/02/04, 08:04 pm
A study released on Monday found that iPhone users in the U.S. and the U.K. are significantly more likely to utilize Wi-Fi for their data needs than Android users who operate heavily on wireless networks.
Samsung rivaling HTC, Motorola to take second place among US carriers' after iPhone 4S
2012/02/04, 02:04 pm
While Apple's iPhone 4S remains the top selling smartphone across every US carrier that offers it, Samsung is working hard to expand sales and oust its Android rivals from second place.
Amazon Appstore earns 3X more than Google Play, Apple's App Store still leads
2012/30/03, 01:03 pm
A new analysis shows that Amazon's Appstore for Android is a far more profitable avenue for developers on an active-user basis than Google Play, though Apple's iOS App Store remains the market leader.
Google plans to launch online store for Android tablets
2012/29/03, 06:03 pm
In an attempt to boost disappointing sales of tablets using its Android OS, Google is reportedly planning to rollout an online storefront by the end of 2012, with some of the devices expected to be co-branded.
iPhone closes in on Android in growing U.S. smartphone market
2012/29/03, 05:03 pm
As of February, smartphone users accounted for nearly half of all wireless subscribers in the U.S., and Apple's iPhone adoption rate saw growth while Android handset activations slipped.
Google earns 80% of its mobile revenue from iOS, just 20% from Android
2012/29/03, 12:03 pm
While Google's chief executive Larry Page recently described an $2.5 billion annual run rate for the company's mobile revenues, the company has testified that it has earned less than $550 million from Android across four years from 2008 to 2011.
Apple and Samsung have 'communicated lately' about patent suit settlements
2012/29/03, 10:03 am
Despite late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs's vow to go "thermonuclear war" on devices running Google's Android operating system, Apple and Samsung have recently had discussions about potentially settling their ongoing legal disputes.
IDC predicts Apple's iOS to grow to 17% of all smart connected devices in 2016
2012/28/03, 10:03 pm
A new analysis combining PCs, tablets and smartphones into one category of "smart connected devices" projects iOS devices will grow from a 14.6 percent share of the market in 2011 to 17.3 percent in 2016.
China now leads world in iOS and Android device activations
2012/21/03, 05:03 pm
China's growing tech-savvy middle class has contributed to a sharp rise in mobile device sales over the past year, and new data reveals that the country has overtaken the U.S. to become the world's largest market for iOS and Android device activations for the first time.
Judge says Apple request for Google, Motorola documents too 'vague'
2012/20/03, 09:03 pm
A U.S. Circuit Judge has told Apple to "narrow its request" for information on Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility and the development of Android.
New iPad drawing record preorders, Apple projected to sell 66M in 2012
2012/14/03, 11:03 am
Apple's new iPad is off to a record start before it's even been released, setting the stage for the company to sell a projected 66 million total units in 2012.
FTC subpoenas Apple for iOS search data in antitrust probe of Google
2012/13/03, 04:03 pm
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has subpoenaed Apple in an effort to learn how it uses Google's search functionality on iOS devices as part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google.
Android Platform manager steps down after failing to fix app sales
2012/11/03, 02:03 pm
Eric Chu has stepped down as manager of Google's troubled software market for Android, and is being replaced by Jamie Rosenberg from Google Music as the company aligns all of its digital content under the Google Play umbrella.
Google, Asus rumored to team up for co-branded 7" tablet later this year
2012/09/03, 03:03 am
A new rumor out of the Far East claims Google and Asus are partnering on a 7-inch co-branded tablet that could arrive as early as May and will be priced between $199-249.
Google threatening Android app makers who use alternative payment services
2012/08/03, 11:03 pm
A new report claims Google has been threatening developers that it will remove from its Google Play app market Android apps that eschew its Google Wallet payment service in favor of third-party options.
Motorola asks court to accept crowdsourced prior art claims against Apple patents
2012/08/03, 05:03 pm
Motorola Mobility has raised five new prior art claims in its defense against Apple patents, using contributions from "numerous individuals," claims that Apple has asked the court to strike "because they assert five new prior art references never before raised by Motorola in expert reports, invalidity contentions, or discovery responses."
iOS, Android increase smartphone market share while all others lose ground
2012/08/03, 01:03 pm
The battle for smartphone operating system supremacy is quickly becoming a two-horse race, as the latest data from comScore shows that only Apple and Google were able to grow their market share in the U.S. through January.

