While it’s no secret that Google’s Android platform is a significant target for malware, the latest findings by Finnish security form F-Secure are nothing short of horrifying: Android malware has nearly quadrupled in only one year!
Shipments of two of HTC’s latest and most popular smartphones are being blocked by U.S. customers over violations of Apple patents. The shipments are being held due to a previous ITC ruling banning the import of HTC’s Android phones.
Just how big is the problem of Android fragmentation? In order to do thorough quality insurance, developers such as Animoco must test their apps on up to 400 separate devices!
Google are working on a clone of Apple’s incredibly popular Game Center feature on iOS, which allows you to go up against your friends in most games available on the iPhone, if an inside source is to be believed.
Apple’s iOS devices continue to dominate Android in areas of actual usage, like web traffic share. According to a new report, Apple is also walloping Android in one other significant area: mobile gaming!
Over the past couple of days two reports have been released showing Android with a healthy hold on the U.S. smartphone market. One small problem with those numbers. Sales data from the three largest U.S. carriers don’t back them up. At all.
This will no doubt not appeal one bit to Android fans, but an article published on Forbes suggests that Android has reached is peak and that the only way it can go is down.
iOS’s superiority in terms of app appearance is down to several factors including fragmentation and developer support, an investigation by Wired reveals.
The folks at Lookout have produced an interesting infographic that maps out the rise of the two smartphone superpowers – Apple and Google – over the past 5 years. Check it out – it’s definitely worth a look!
After Google Drive, it’s now the turn of LG to launch its cloud streaming service. Called the very original LG Cloud it will launch on May 1st and allow users as per usual to upload all their data and then stream it to their many devices, but not iOS!
Apple have axed app search engine Chomp from the Android platform after acquiring it in February. There is now only the option to download the app for iPhone and iPad.
Newly provided documents reveal that Android was originally designed without any sort of touchscreen in mind, and the original “Google phone” concept resembled a Blackberry more than an iPhone.
Amazon, the world’s largest Internet retailer, is set to allow users make in-app purchases within Android apps sold in its online store. This would match a feature already offered by Apple and Google in their respective app stores.
Walter Isaacson, author of last year’s bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, says that Apple’s “less emotional” new boss Tim Cook is likely to settle a dispute with Google over the Android mobile operating system.
According to a recently released study, wealthier smartphone owners are less likely to play games or tweet. They opt for news, travel and finance apps. Their phone of choice? The iPhone.
The mobile platform war between Google and Apple continues to rage on – but is that really a smart move for Google? According to a new report, Google has earned a whopping four times as much revenue from Apple’s iOS platform than their own Android platform!
