Why Samsung's smartphones are winning in shipments but losing in business

This summer, Samsung Electronics reported a 22 percent drop in mobile revenues and a 34 percent collapse in year-on-year profits in its IM division, which includes smartphones, tablets, PCs, watches, and other products comparable to Apple's business. Over the same three months, Apple reported a greater than 17 percent increase in both its revenues and profits. Why is the world's largest phone maker by unit volume performing so poorly?

Daniel Eran Dilger 7 years ago 28

Tests show iPhone XS LTE speeds best iPhone X, can't match Galaxy Note 9 or Pixel 2

Though a handful of early iPhone XS adopters are complaining about less-than-desirable cellular reception, a new test reveals Apple's latest flagship smartphones boast much improved LTE performance over last year's model. However, the XS models, which rely on Intel modems, are still behind handsets that use battle-tested Qualcomm silicon.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 26

Google Maps for iPhone gains Apple Music controls, new commuting options

Google on Monday revealed a major update of Google Maps rolling out to iOS and Android this week, including a new Commute tab and support for music service control without switching apps.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 4

Google could be paying Apple $9B or more to stay Safari's default search engine

A new estimate suggests that Google will end up paying in excess of $9 billion to stay the default search tool in Apple's Safari browser this year, and possibly far more in 2019.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 33

Apple and other tech giants are outspending legacy companies on infrastructure

The big five tech companies in the U.S. spent $80 billion on "big ticket physical assets," twice the level of three years ago, and much more combined than established companies like General Motors.

Stephen Silver 7 years ago 7

Waze hits Apple CarPlay in iOS 12, becomes second third-party navigation app available

On Monday, Waze for iOS updated with support for CarPlay, becoming just the second app to take advantage of third-party navigation support introduced in iOS 12.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 13

Hands on: Google Maps in CarPlay fights Apple Maps for your dashboard

After being teased during WWDC, we finally have our hand on Google Maps in Apple's CarPlay. AppleInsider takes a spin to see how it compares to Apple's own option.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 25

Google Maps becomes first third-party navigation app with Apple CarPlay support

Google on Tuesday updated the iOS version of Google Maps with CarPlay support, taking advantage of iOS 12's ability to employ navigation options beyond Apple Maps.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 28

Google expected to announce Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL on Oct. 9

Google on Thursday announced sent out invitations to a special press event scheduled for Oct. 9, where the company is widely expected to launch new "Made by Google" hardware including Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL smartphones.

Mikey Campbell 7 years ago 13

Google's $50 Titan Security Keys for consumer accounts now available in U.S.

Google has started to sell its Titan Security Keys to the public in the United States, expanding the availability of the Google-produced hardware tokens from just its cloud customers to anyone who wants to enhance the security of their Google account — and they work on the Mac and iOS.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 20

Apple part of industry group lobbying for comprehensive US federal privacy law

A group of which Apple is a key member is "aggressively" lobbying the Trump administration and others in pursuit of a federal privacy law, with the goal of shortcircuiting a California law and creating something corporate-friendly, according to a report.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 11

Android collects nearly 10 times more user data than Apple's iOS

Adding to an ongoing location-tracking scandal, a research paper claims that idle Android devices are sending nearly ten times as much data to Google as iOS devices do to Apple's servers.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 49

Lawsuit takes aim at Google for constant location history tracking

A man from San Diego has launched a class action suit versus Google over the recent discovery that the company's iOS and Android apps continue to track a user's location even if Location History is disabled, calling the unwanted tracking a breach of the user's privacy.

Malcolm Owen 7 years ago 23

Google may be prepping self-designed smart display for Christmas

Potentially creating an even bigger gap with Apple in the smartspeaker market, Google is looking to ship its own smart display in time for the holiday shopping season, a report claimed on Friday.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 21

Google confirms it tracks users even when 'Location History' setting is disabled

Google updated help center documentation Thursday to clarify its location data collection policies, changes made in light of recent revelations that the firm's apps and website continue to harvest user information even when a global "Location History" setting is disabled.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 40

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