Unlike Android and Chrome, Google's new operating system will not be based on the Linux kernel. The new OS will use a new kernel called Magenta
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Google Releases Duo Video Chat App
Duo launches with 'Knock Knock' feature for live preview of caller
Skype For Windows Phone Ends ‘Early 2017’
Microsoft reveals final resting date of native Skype client as Skype-for-the-cloud marches forward with Windows 10 Mobile
New CMA Measures Will Ensure Banks Exploit Technology
Banks aren’t doing enough to compete for customer’s business, claims CMA report
Web Users Are Still Being Tracked By Their Smartphone’s Battery Status
Battery Status API in HTML5 is being used to track user activity, warn security researchers
Salesforce Buys Cloud-Based Word Processor Quip In £442m Deal
Salesforce splashes £442 million to add collaboration cloud services to its own portfolio
SwiftKey Stops Cloud Sync Following User Data Leak
SwiftKey users reported seeing other users' email addresses and autocorrect suggestions, prompting SwiftKey to shut down its cloud sync service
Samsung Keeps Smartphone Lead As Apple Suffers Poorest Quarter
Samsung ships 77 million smartphones, but Apple hit by 15 percent decline
Stagefright Poses Serious Risks One Year After It First Surfaced
ANALYSIS: One year after the Stagefright Android flaw was first reported, its effects are widespread. More than 100 related flaws have emerged and hundreds of millions of users remain at risk
Qualcomm Pays £15m To Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
Qualcomm claims it has strong defenses against accusations of blocking women in STEM, but will work to make improvements
Google Will Tell 999 Responders Where You’re Calling From
Google launches Emergency Location Service in the UK, allows higher accuracy during mobile 999 calls
BlackBerry Packs Good Dynamics Apps Into Microsoft Azure
Good Dynamics Secure Mobility Platform now available in Microsoft Azure Marketplace
Apple Watch Sales Dive As Smartwatch Market Falls 32 percent
Apple is the sole smartwatch vendor in the top five to experience an annual decline in shipments, selling just 1.6 million wearable devices
Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 Ready For Autumn’s Smartphones
Snapdragon 820 successor promises 10 percent performance boost
Facebook Live: Important New Witness To Crimes
NEWS ANALYSIS: You can run but you cannot hide from a ubiquitous social network like Facebook - especially now that it enables users to broadcast live video at any time
Google Buys Anvato For Cloud Platform Video Services
Google ramps up OTT video efforts, picks up customers such as NBC, Fox sports and CBS
Google Dishes Out £376k In Android Bug Bounties
Top researcher pockets £52,000 as Google uses Android vulnerabilities to secure Android N
EU Suggests New Price Cuts Ahead Of Roaming Abolition In 2017
The European Commission wants to slash prices yet again to prepare for next year's roaming charges scrap
OnePlus 3 Tries To Solve Battery Woes With ‘Dash Charge’ Feature
China's OnePlus releases OnePlus 3, a £309 smartphone that strives to continue the startup's favourable legacy of Android devices
WWDC 2016: Apple Dumps OS X, Announces Siri-Enabled macOS Sierra
MacOS Sierra will support Apple Pay on the web, and Siri comes to desktop
Why Bots Aren’t Ready To Replace Mobile Apps
Everybody's hyping bots as a solution to out-of-control mobile apps. Don't believe the hype
What We Learned When We Chilled With Netflix’s Top Innovator
4K HDR, algorithms, a rocketing user base, and virtual reality – what’s Netflix up to in 2016?
Cloud Storage Platforms StreamNation And Shutter To Shut Down
Deezer co-founder's cloud startup to focus on new 'Project Noah' as StreamNation axed because of slow uploads
Salesforce Says Latest Apps Let Users Run Business On Mobile Devices
Salesforce.com is introducing new and updated products based on its Lightning application technology that are designed to enable businesses to run their sales operations entirely on mobile devices
Samsung Brings Ad Blocking To Its Android Browser
Samsung Internet now lets users install content and ad blocking plugins
Facebook Sales Hit £4bn As Mobile Advertising Pays Off
Facebook reports £700m in quarterly profit as mobile user base reaches almost one billion a day
Prank Website Crashes iPhones, Chrome, And Firefox Browsers
A prank website doing the rounds today is causing havoc for internet users as their browsers crash and iPhones reboot
WhatsApp Scraps Annual Subscription Fees
Facebook-owned WhatsApp goes free as service wants to remove barriers to adoption and connect users to businesses
Millions Of Travellers Put At Risk By Mobile Ticket Sites
Aer Lingus and Chiltern Railways among firms that put customer details due to unsecure mobile platforms, Wandera study reveals
Microsoft Unveils App Creation Platform PowerApps
Microsoft says PowerApps is is "an enterprise service for innovators" to connect, create and share business apps with your team