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Topic: Android

Adobe confirms it will no longer develop Flash for mobile browsers

2011/09/11, 10:11 am

Adobe on Wednesday confirmed that it will no longer develop its Flash Player for mobile platforms like Android, and will instead pour its efforts into creating Adobe AIR applications for native storefronts like Apple's iOS App Store.

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Adobe rumored to be abandoning work on mobile Flash player

2011/09/11, 01:11 am

Adobe has briefed its employees on the company's plans to abandon development of Flash player for mobile browsers in a blow to Google Android and Research in Motion PlayBook tablets, according to a new report.

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Google Chairman tells US senators Apple's Siri could pose 'competitive threat'

2011/05/11, 10:11 pm

Eric Schmidt, Google's chairman and former chief executive, admitted to the U.S. Senate antitrust subcommittee that Apple's new Siri personal assistant technology is a "significant development" in search and could pose a threat to his company's core business.

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With 4% market share, Apple's iPhone rakes in 52% of mobile profits

2011/04/11, 10:11 am

Apple is estimated to have taken in 52 percent of the handset industry's operating profits last quarter, despite only having a 4.2 percent global handset market share.

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Amazon reportedly planning switch to 8.9" display for next-gen Kindle Fire

2011/03/11, 11:11 pm

Amazon is rumored to be changing its product roadmap for its 7-inch Kindle Fire tablet, with plans to make the second-generation model with an 8.9-inch display.

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European Commission investigating Samsung over abuse of FRAND patents against Apple

2011/03/11, 07:11 pm

According to legal documents filed by Apple in its California patent dispute with Samsung, the European Commission is investigating Samsung's patent litigation to determine if its use of standards-essential patents violates competition laws.

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Study finds Android handsets break more frequently than iPhone, could cost carriers $2B in repairs

2011/03/11, 06:11 pm

Cheaply assembled devices running Google's fragmented Android platform could cost telecoms billions of dollars a year in repairs, contrasting service costs for devices based on tightly controlled ecosystems like Apple's iOS.

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Apple says Amazon Kindle Fire will further fragment Android

2011/03/11, 12:11 pm

Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer recently indicated they are not concerned by Amazon's forthcoming $199 Kindle Fire tablet, as they believe it will only serve to fragment the Google Android platform.

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Apple remains top US smartphone maker as iPhone holds 28% share

2011/03/11, 09:11 am

With the iPhone representing 28 percent of smartphones in the U.S., Apple is still the No. 1 domestic smartphone manufacturer, according to the latest data from Nielsen.

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Worldwide Mac browser share hits 6.9%, iOS takes 62% mobile share

2011/01/11, 12:11 pm

Apple's presence on the Web continues to expand, with browser use of both iOS and Mac OS X seeing growth in October that propelled the company to new heights.

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Little money made off Android in China during current 'chaotic phase,' says VC

2011/31/10, 11:10 pm

A well-known venture capitalist said Monday that Google's Android mobile operating system in China is undergoing a "chaotic phase," with "almost nobody" currently making money off of it in the country.

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Taiwan concerned Apple's slide-to-unlock patent could hurt market

2011/28/10, 10:10 am

Government officials in Taiwan have expressed concern that Apple's recent success in obtaining a patent for the slide-to-unlock gesture on touchscreen devices could hurt competing smartphone makers.

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BlackBerry, Android secondhand trade-ins spike at iPhone 4S launch

2011/26/10, 05:10 pm

A popular site for selling second hand smartphones has reported an 80 percent increase in used BlackBerry phones and a 72 percent increase in Android trade-ins during the launch week of Apple's iPhone 4S.

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Apple awarded patent for touchscreen slide-to-unlock gesture

2011/26/10, 11:10 am

Apple's arsenal of patents potentially became stronger this week, when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company another patent related to unlock gestures on a touchscreen device.

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Apple's iPhone remains top device for mobile ad impressions

2011/25/10, 07:10 am

New data shows the iPhone and iPad ranked first in various mobile advertising statistics for the third quarter of 2011, though Apple's iOS had a 28 percent total share of mobile ad impressions -- or half of the 56 percent seen by Android devices.

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Microsoft boasts patent licenses with over half of Android market

2011/24/10, 12:10 am

Microsoft announced on Sunday that a new patent license agreement with original design manufacturer Compal means that companies accounting for more than half of all Google Android-based devices now have agreements with the software giant.

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Samsung Galaxy Nexus screen held back by subpar subpixels

2011/21/10, 04:10 pm

Though the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus sports a 720p HD display, its 4.65-inch screen is said to be held back by cheaper technology that gives it a lower pixel density and poorer color accuracy than Apple's Retina Display found on the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4.

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Steve Jobs vowed to 'destroy' Google Android, called it a 'stolen product'

2011/20/10, 08:10 pm

Steve Jobs said he would spend his "last dying breath" fighting Google's Android mobile operating system because he viewed it as a "stolen product," according to an upcoming biography on the Apple co-founder.

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Samsung ships 20M smartphones, besting Apple's 17.1M iPhones

2011/20/10, 11:10 am

Samsung reportedly shipped 20 million smartphones last quarter, pushing it ahead of rival Apple in terms of total units.

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Enterprise users prefer Apple as iPhone, iPad reign over Android

2011/20/10, 10:10 am

Newly published data on enterprise device activations show that Apple's iPhone remains the top choice for corporations over Android, while the iPad represents nearly all of enterprise tablet adoption.

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