Samsung celebrity tweets out support for Galaxy S4 from his iPhone

Spanish tennis player David Ferrer sent a tweet out to his more than 350,000 followers noting his pleasure with using Samsung's new Galaxy S4, but accidentally sent the message from his iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 100

Samsung's new 7" Galaxy Tab 3 to take on Apple's iPad mini, and take phone calls

Samsung on Monday announced its new third-generation Galaxy Tab, a modestly equipped 7-inch tablet with a 3G-enabled variant that will also double as a phone.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 154

Loyalty to Apple driving iPhone market share gains vs. Android - survey

A new poll of smartphone users reveals that loyalty to the iPhone is chipping away at Android's market share lead, and could lead to the iPhone overtaking Android in the U.S. in just a few years.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 63

ACLU: Android fragmentation creates privacy risk

The slow update schedule for smartphones running Google's Android operating system, along with the resulting fragmentation in OS versions on the platform, creates a security risk for owners of those phones, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 118

Google's Android has flatlined in the U.S. as Apple's iPhone steals all growth

Smartphone sales at AT&T and Verizon Wireless over the past two years show that Android isn't growing in the U.S. and that all new growth is coming from Apple's iPhone.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 151

Apple's iOS beating Google's Android in mobile ads with 75% spend share

While Android devices continue to sell in large quantities, the advertising dollars that support the platform are increasing going to Apple's iOS, which now claims a 75 percent ad spend share of the leading ad server marketplace.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 33

Facebook Home for Android developed with Apple's Quartz Composer

Facebook Home, the social network's package of Android apps intended to take over the user experience of select smartphones running Android, was rapidly prototyped using Apple's powerful Quartz Composer visual programing tool.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 33

Samsung announces new Galaxy Mega smartphone with 6.3" display

Pushing the trend of big-screen smartphones even further, Samsung on Thursday announced a pair of new handsets dubbed "Galaxy Mega," with the larger version sporting a jumbo-sized 6.3-inch display.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 166

Play time over for 60K low-quality apps as Google fights Android spam

Google recently undertook a considerable spring cleaning effort in its Play Store, sweeping away nearly 10 percent of the apps in the Android app repository in order to cut down on the number of "spammy" apps — a move that could signal a more Apple-like approach to Google's handling of its marketplace.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 62

Microsoft lambasts Google for sharing personal information of Android users

In the latest phase of its anti-Google campaign, dubbed "Scroogled," Microsoft has begun to highlight the fact that Android users' personal information is shared with developers every time they download an application.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 122

Mobile app downloads grow 11% in Q1 2013, revenues hit $2.2B

The overall app market for smartphones and tablets grew to $2.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2013, according to new figures out from Canalys.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 28

Struggling HTC reports record low quarterly profit

The smartphone industry is increasingly becoming a two-horse race between Apple and Samsung, as rival handset maker HTC Corp. on Monday reported its lowest quarterly profit since the company began reporting in 2004.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 25

Editorial: Apple's market disruption savvy is bad news for Android

There's more than one way to disrupt a market's status quo, and all forms of disruption aren't equally valuable, as indicated by the value created by Apple's iPhone compared to Google's Android platform.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 167

Fragmentation means nearly half of Android users won't get Facebook Home

The "openness" of Google's Android platform may have made Facebook's new Home experience possible, but the fragmented nature of the Android market means that nearly half of all Android users will be unable to run its new Home feature.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 71

Zuckerberg unclear on iOS Facebook Home, says Android's openness allows unique experiences

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was non-committal on Thursday when asked if iOS users could expect to see Facebook Home showing up on their devices, saying instead that the openness of Google's Android platform made possible experiences "that you can't have anywhere else."

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 69

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