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posted on 07 December 2012
The latest research from the International Data
Corporation (IDC) about Android shows that it will not go
out of fashion for at least the next 4 years with a 63.8 percent
market share.
By 2016, the prediction is that Windows Phone will take over,
going from its current 2.6 per cent to an 11 per cent stake by
2016.
IDC's Mobile Phone team Ram... [read more]
posted on 29 October 2012
When it comes to the tablet market, Android-based
7-inchers seem to do the trick for 41 per
cent of the entire tablet market.
This illustrated a significant rise in demand for such tablets -
from roughly 5m to double that, with consumers snatching the likes
of Amazon's Kindle Fire 7inch as well as
Google's Nexus 7.
Meanwhile Apple's iPad sto... [read more]
posted on 10 September 2012
Virgin Media recently announced the launch of
its Virgin TV Anywhere service allowing users to
stream live television channels straight to their
computers or iPads.
The service will initially be limited to Apple's
iPads and those online but Android users
can expect to be able to access the service in
2013.
It is similar to Sky's existing Sky... [read more]
posted on 13 April 2012
Critics have recently pointed out that Android
is far from being Google's biggest cash cow as it
doesn't bring as much income to the company compared to its other
products.
However, the search giant's CEO, Larry Page,
has concluded that sceptics failed to see the long term picture
during a conference call discussing the results for the first
... [read more]
posted on 09 March 2012
According to recent reports, Google is very adamant to push its
newest payment service, Google Wallet, through to
Android. The financial feature aims to steal the
spotlight from Apple's in-built iOS payment
system.
According to recent reports, Google has started to threaten app
developers who incorporated competing payment systems such as
Pay... [read more]
posted on 17 February 2012
It seems that HP is becoming increasingly wary about Google
buying out Motorola, saying that this move could
be the first one before the search giant makes Android exclusive to
the mobile maker.
ItPro reported HP's CEO, Meg Whitman, as
pondering:
"Android may end up being a closed system because of the
Motorola deal and it is fragmented in m... [read more]
posted on 08 February 2012
Good news for Google's OS customers who like
using Chrome as their default browser, because it
has now made an appearance (along with other features) on the
Android Market.
The search giant's strategy is very simple: although it is still
in the beta version, users can download it so that Google can see
whether or not it is successful, and req... [read more]
posted on 07 February 2012
Some of you might have noticed that last January's financial
figures showed that HTC's sales were not as
fruitful for the firm, as for, say Samsung or Apple.
However the smartie maker stated that instead of looking for
faults elsewhere, some of the poor sales were attributed to its
failure to produce ground-breaking functionalities and innova... [read more]
posted on 06 February 2012
It seems that Motorola has harpooned the whale
that is Apple with an injunction resulting in the
latter's online store based in Germany ceasing the sales of its
older versions of the iPhone and iPad (3G).
However, according to Apple's spokesperson, customers can still
get their hands on the devices in Apple stores and legal
resellers.
While ... [read more]
posted on 10 January 2012
Android advertisers are given permission
through apps which can pose as a privacy threat to
consumers' personal data, a security firm found.
According to F-Secure, Android users' details
may be at risk as the operating system grants advertisers the same
rights as app developers which allow them to bundle the features
thus gather data without ... [read more]