mobile OS

A Million Users Hit By Android Malware In 2011

Android phone users are regularly being hit by numerous malware varieties, according to a Lookout report

14 years ago

DoJ Wades In To Android Patent Attacks

Microsoft and Apple are being questioned about Nortel's former wireless patents and Android-bashing

14 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

14 years ago

Android Nears 50 Percent Of Global Smartphones

Android is just shy of the 50 percent mark for the global smartphone market, according to Canalys data

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Revenue Is Tiny

Microsoft's Windows Mobile revenue is puny compared to that of iPhone or Android. Nicholas Kolakowski asks if things are about…

14 years ago

iPhone 5 Rumoured For October Launch

The latest rumours have it that Apple's next iPhone model could appear in late September or early October

14 years ago

Symbian Powered Nokia 500 Introduced

Nokia has introduced the Nokia 500 smartphone running Symbian, but will anyone buy it?

14 years ago

Google Overhauls Tablet Search

Google has refashioned its search interface and ads on iPad and Android 3.1 'Honeycomb' tablets

14 years ago

Apple, Samsung Smartphones Surpass Nokia

Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Android devices both passed Nokia in smartphone sales in the second quarter

14 years ago

HTC Gingerly Launches Android Update For Desire

Gingerbread update finally arrives for HTC Desire handsets, but there's a very big health warning

14 years ago

Google Maps Catches The Bus

Google has integrated London's public transport system into Google Maps, alongside a handful of updates

14 years ago

Android Still Leads iOS In Smartphone Sweepstake

Android has grown its smartphone market share ahead of Apple's iOS, thanks to the arrival of new handsets

14 years ago

Samsung Shifts 5m Galaxy S II Phones Ahead Of US Launch

Samsung has sold 5 million Galaxy S II devices in just 85 days, and that is before it has hit…

14 years ago

Google Emails Come Home To Roost In Oracle Java Suit

Potentially damaging emails could make it hard for Google if the patent lawsuit against Oracle goes to court

14 years ago

WP7 SDK Beta Ready And Mango Phone Is Announced

Microsoft's WP7 Mango update will feature on the Fujitsu Toshiba IS12T and a refreshed SDK is available now

14 years ago

Windows Phone Mango Update Reaches RTM

Microsoft’s "Mango" update has gained Release To Manufacturing status but no release date has been set

14 years ago

Amazon And Kobo React To In-App Purchasing Policy

Amazon and Kobo have complied with Apple's in-app policies but Kobo plans to build an HTML5 e-reader app

14 years ago

Nokia Had Little Choice Over Win Phone 7, Says IDC

An IDC analyst has said that Nokia had little choice other than to adopt Windows Phone 7 going forward

14 years ago

RIM Job Cuts Won’t Save Its Corporate Strategy

RIM hopes that trimming the fat will boost its enterprise strategy. Sophie Curtis says the changes must go to the…

14 years ago

Survey: Consumers Want iPhone 5, Sight Unseen

Apple's iPhone 5 is seeing heavy demand from consumers, even though they know nothing about it

14 years ago

Mozilla Working On Custom Mobile OS

The Mozilla Foundation is building an open source operating system to rival Google's Chrome OS on mobile devices

14 years ago

Plenty Of Rare Bits Will Be Pulled Out Of The Black Hat Conference

This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across…

14 years ago

Oracle Told To Lower Android Patent Damage Claim

Oracle must lower its starting point for Android damages to $100m, but could depose Google CEO Larry Page

14 years ago

Google And Oracle Chided As Java Lawsuit Heats Up

US District Judge Alsup told Oracle and Google to be more reasonable in the Android Java patent case

14 years ago

Nokia Pays The Price As Handset Sales Slump

Nokia is paying the price for its decision to ditch Symbian and make the jump to Windows Phone 7

14 years ago

Windows Phone Developers Get Mango App Hub

Microsoft announced enhancements to its App Hub developer portal for Mango release of Windows Phone OS

14 years ago

Lenovo Tablets Shape Up For Work Or Leisure

Lenovo's tablets support Android or Windows 7 and are positioned both for consumer and business spheres

14 years ago

Google Adds 3D Buildings To Map Of London

Visitors to London can now navigate the streets in 3D, thanks to a Google Maps for Android upgrade

14 years ago

Can Amazon Give Google A Hit Honeycomb Tablet?

Amazon's Android tablet, slated to hit the market this October, could give Honeycomb a final chance for success, says Clint…

14 years ago

iPhone Preferred Over Android As Short-term Buy

Apple's iPhone is the favoured buy for the next 90 days, beating Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7

14 years ago