Android News
Google’s New Mobile Assistant Is On Her Way
5th March 2012
It is being widely speculated that Google is working on launching a new product that would rival Apple’s Siri, which is available on the iPhone 4S. This product is likely to be called ‘Google Assistant’. More »
50% Of UK Mobile Customers Own Smartphones
28th February 2012
25 Million UK consumers are estimated to own smartphone devices, accounting for 51% of the total mobile market and nearly 10 percent of all Internet traffic. More »
Facebook Updates Android App, Mobile Ads Coming Soon?
8th December 2011
Facebook has just launched a major update for their Android app. The update brings the app closer to the experience of browsing Facebook from a computer and delivers content much faster than the older versions of the app More »
Google Music – Hit Or Miss?
18th November 2011
On Wednesday, Google launched an update to a service called ‘Google Music’ that was previously in beta. The service is now available to everyone in the United States and will allow users to upload, purchase, store, share and listen to music in digital form from any device. More »
Android Users Most Educated, iPhone Users Least Into Music
31st October 2011
The latest State of The Mobile Web report from Opera focuses on the habits of users of different mobile operating systems. The study finds that users of different operating systems have different mobile browsing habits. More »
Google Android Apps Blocked In China
10th October 2011
First they blocked Google search, driving the world’s most popular search engine out of the country, now the Chinese authorities seem to have set their sights on Google Android. More »
Tablet Sales To Increase 5x
30th September 2011
A study conducted recently by Juniper Research has found that the sales of tablet devices is set to go up by leaps and bounds. More »
Google Buys Motorola Mobility
16th August 2011
It has been recently announced that Google is all set to buy over Motorola Mobility. More »
Are Microsoft And Apple Using Patents To Attack Android?
8th August 2011
A recent blog post from Google claims that Microsoft, Apple and Oracle have teamed up in a bid to make it difficult or expensive for users to access the Android open operating system. More »
1 Billion Smartphones To Be Sold Each Year
21st July 2011
According to estimates by Juniper Research, the number of smartphones sold in 2016 will be over 3 times as much as the number of smartphones sold in 2010. More »
Gender Greatly Influences Content Of Tweets
13th June 2011
Until recently, no one had studied how the gender of a user determined the subject of their tweets on the popular social network, Twitter. More »
Mums Turn To Smartphones For Shopping
17th May 2011
It is a well known fact that women in general and moms in particular have to attend to a variety of tasks all at once. The advent of smartphones has made their lives a little bit easier. More »
No Surprises: App Usage Highest On iOS And Android
27th April 2011
The growing number of smartphones has inevitably led to an increased usage of mobile apps, and this in turn will increase the opportunity for revenue generation. More »
In-App Billing For Android Apps
31st March 2011
Mobile payments have become the hottest topic of the month. Orange first announced their offering in the UK. Google followed suit with the announcement of a partnership with Mastercard and now another announcement about the launch of In-app Billing for the Android market. More »
Google Turns Mobile Phones Into Wallets
29th March 2011
Google is in talks with Mastercard and Citigroup to enable users to make payments for their purchases through their Android phones. More »
Grindr – World’s Most Popular Gay App – Now On Android
9th March 2011
The extremely popular gay app, Grindr, has just been launched on Android. All users of the Android OS 2.1 and 2.2 with medium and high resolution screens will now be able to use this service. More »
Tablet Sales Soaring
28th February 2011
Reports recently published by various analysts have shown that the sale of tablets has increased greatly over the last year and the trend is set to continue. More »
Mobile Music Industry Hits The Right Notes
25th February 2011
A study conducted by Juniper Research has indicated that by 2015, the mobile music industry will be worth $55.5 billion. More »
Bing Hopes To Reinvent Mobile App Market
24th February 2011
Having made a minor dent in the search market, Microsoft now hopes to be able to gain a larger share in the mobile search market. In order to do this they have decided to change the way people use the mobile Internet by refining the number of apps that are used by consumers.
Google Calls Facebook Contacts Unreliable
23rd February 2011
Google and Facebook have never been all-out rivals, but a new turn of events makes it seem as though Google is starting to feel the pressure mounting from Facebook, and this time Google has set the ball rolling. More »
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