Apple's $20M purchase of WiFiSLAM snubs Google's Android for indoor map tech

Apple's latest acquisition, WiFiSLAM, was an Android-centric indoor location positioning tool for developers that has now been taken off the market.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 46

Editorial: Google’s Android powered by remarkable new 'Flawgic'

Google’s Android platform is powered by a novel technology that transcends conventional hardware and software. And just as Android hardware and software has looked to Apple for inspiration, this compelling new “flexibly adaptive logic” is also related to something that first originated within Apple.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 344

BlackBerry 10 predicted to hold less than 5% market share through 2016

While BlackBerry's CEO this week called Apple's iOS platform outdated, it's the BlackBerry 10 operating system that's expected to have very little effect on the smartphone industry for the coming years.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 38

Developers prefer Apple's iOS Maps SDK over Google Maps

An in depth comparison of the development frameworks behind Apple's Maps and Google's finds pros and cons in both, but highlights Apple's as more mature, less limited and recommended for most third party app developers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 50

Market shares collapse with 'brutal speed' in cyclical smartphone industry

A closer look at market shares in the highly competitive smartphone industry shows sales trends can be reversed in an instant, and companies that once dominated could quickly find themselves on the verge of collapse.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 66

New 'Why iPhone' section of Apple's web site touts smartphone superiority

After years of all but avoiding any mention of its mobile competitors, Apple has launched a new site that highlights iPhone's advantages as a smartphone, similar to its "Get a Mac" campaign that took on Windows PCs.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 73

Samsung's Galaxy S4 distracts attention away from Android

Samsung's Galaxy S 4 launch appeared poised to leverage Android to further distract the public's attention from Apple's iPhone. Instead, the company appears to have created its own apps and services to distract away from Android.

Daniel Eran Dilger 13 years ago 92

BlackBerry to launch new enterprise security solution for iOS & Android

BlackBerry announced on Thursday it plans to offer a solution that will separate and secure both work and personal data on the most dominant mobile platforms: Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 8

Apple's Schiller: Samsung Galaxy S IV may 'ship with an OS that is nearly a year old'

Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller took aim at Android in general and Samsung in particular, saying that the Galaxy S IV will ship with "an OS that is nearly a year old" in an interview published just hours before Apple's chief rival is expected to reveal its newest flagship model.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 113

Apple's Schiller speaks out against Android on eve of Galaxy S4 debut

With just hours to go before Samsung is expected to announce the next-generation Galaxy S4 smartphone, Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller offered his thoughts on why devices running Google's Android are inferior products compared to the iPhone and iOS.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 212

Andy Rubin leaves Google's Android team for 'new chapter' at same company

Google Android chief Andy Rubin is leaving his position, the company announced on Wednesday, to take on an undefined "new chapter" at the company.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 52

Apple uses mom-and-pop shops to jump into second place in India's smartphone race

Apple's increased efforts in the world's second most populous country appear to be paying off, as a new report has the iPhone maker grabbing second place in smartphones behind Samsung in India.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 27

IDC projects Android tablets will pass Apple's iPad this year, sees little good news for Microsoft

The year 2013 will be the one in which shipments of tablets running Google's Android operating system will pass those of Apple's iPad, according to a new analysis out from IDC.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 61

Apple rival Samsung's Galaxy S IV shows up in online video ahead of launch

Just days before its official unveiling at a massively hyped event in New York, a video has emerged online appearing to show off the Galaxy S IV, the new flagship smartphone that Samsung hopes will unseat Apple's iPhone 5 atop the bestseller list.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 86

Apple's iPhone accounts for two thirds of smartphones watching Web videos, report says

A Web video provider reported on Monday that two thirds of mobile-based traffic seen on its network originate from Apple's iPhone, while Android devices accounted for roughly one third.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 28

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