mobile OS

Android Malware Is Getting Stealthy, Researchers Say

Cyber criminals are hoping better malware encryption will help them exploit Google's operating system

13 years ago

Apple Apps Boast Better Retention Than Android

New figures show that apps running on the iPhone and iPad are used much more frequently than on Android devices

13 years ago

Microsoft Builds Windows Phone 7.8 Site To Counter Backlash

Microsoft has launched a new website touting the Windows Phone 7.8 OS as it seeks to head off a user…

13 years ago

Mozilla Touts Speedy Android Browsing With New Firefox

Mozilla has released a speedier version of its Firefox browser for Android, that also promises more personalisation

13 years ago

US Military Working On ‘Mobile Armour’ For Android

The US' DARPA military research agency has contracted security firm Invincea to create a secure version of Android for mobile…

13 years ago

Nokia Sales Estimates Down, Thanks To Microsoft Upgrade Policy

Japanese analysts expect things will get worse before they get better

13 years ago

Torvalds Bashes Nvidia Over Linux Support

Linux Torvalds has criticised Nividia for allegedly offering weak support for Linux developers, while exploiting the Android market for its…

13 years ago

Microsoft Snubs Motorola Patent Settlement Overtures

Microsoft has brushed off overtures by Motorola, which is seeking to settle their patent dispute

13 years ago

Microsoft Launches Android Challenger Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has launched Windows Phone 8 to challenge the domination of Android and Apple iOS

13 years ago

Oracle Agrees Zero Damages In Google Java API Lawsuit

In another setback Oracle has accepted zero financial damages from Google over its Java API lawsuit

13 years ago

Developers Confident Of Nokia Chances With Windows Phone 8

Developers are optimistic about the chances of Nokia and Microsoft succeeding with Windows Phone 8

13 years ago

Amazon Appstore Coming To UK This Year

International rollout of the Android application store begins

13 years ago

Kaspersky: Mobile Zeus Trojan Poses As Android Security Tools

Researchers have discovered a set of malicious Android applications posing as security software in the latest example of malware targeting…

13 years ago

Six Arrested Over Japanese Porn Blackmail Virus

Salarymen find new sources of income by running porn blackmail scam

13 years ago

IDC: Apple iPad To Increase Lead Over Rivals

The iPad 3's new features and lower prices on the iPad 2 will help Apple gain further tablet share over…

13 years ago

Apple Gets Loyalty By Making Upgrades Easy

Users will follow apple for its easy-to-understand upgrade path, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

Google: Android Activations Top 900,000 per day

Google's Android director Andy Rubin has boasted of Android's activation success, while denying he is planning to leave the company

13 years ago

Android Tweaks May Double Performance

Linaro's Android 4.04 performance-boosting updates, are available for Galaxy Nexus handsets

13 years ago

Judge Throws Out Apple VS Google Patent Lawsuit

If the decision stands, neither side will be able to appeal

13 years ago

Intel: We Will Flood Mobile Market With Chips

Mike Bell says Android remains the focus for Intel and that it has no plans to enter the hardware market

13 years ago

Windows Phone Reaches 100,000 App Milestone

More than 100,000 apps published on Windows Phone Marketplace, making it a quicker grower than Google Play

13 years ago

Asus Shows ‘World’s Biggest Tablet’

At Computex Asus has previewed transformable devices including a Windows 8 laptop/tablet and a desktop with an 18.4-inch detachable touchscreen

13 years ago

Report: WWDC To Focus On iOS, iCloud

An investor note from Sterne Agee has put the mobile iOS operating system and iCloud forward as the focus for…

13 years ago

Oracle Plans Appeal After Losing Android Java API Lawsuit

Oracle is to appeal after a US Judge ruled in favour of Google and said that Java APIs are not…

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S III Launches Today Amid Pebble Blue Delays

Device available on major networks, but 32GB Marble White and both Pebble Blue versions delayed

13 years ago

Rockstar Consortium Launches Patent Attacks

The patent group backed by Apple, Microsoft, RIM and others has already opened negotiations with up to 100 potential licensees,…

13 years ago

Nokia Lumia 610 To Hit Stores Next Week

The cheapest Lumia Windows Phone handset is to hit the UK next week, to aid Nokia's mobile fightback

13 years ago

Android, iOS Enjoy Total Domination Of Mobile Ecosystem

Android and iOS now enjoy total domination of the mobile ecosystem, as Symbian languishes at just 6.8 percent

13 years ago

Android Did Not Infringe Oracle Patents, Jury Decides

Good news for Google after a jury ruled that Android did not infringe Java patents belonging to Oracle

13 years ago

Open Source Won The Mobile Platform Wars

Open source has won on mobile devices, because it makes for better software, says Funambol's Fabrizio Capobianco

13 years ago