The addition of Instagram to Android caused the service to add a million new users in just a half a day. Within its first 12 hours of being made available through the Android app marketplace, the app was downloaded a ...
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Google’s mobile operating system is now on the majority of smartphones in the US. Android has long held a majority of the smartphone market on a global scale, since Apple’s iPhone platform has a proportionally less greater impact in several ...
Read More »Google updates Maps on Android
Google has revamped its official Google Maps app for Android. As part of the new update, which takes the app to version 6.5, Google has optimized the interface for the lucky few people who manage to be running the new ...
Read More »850,000 Android devices activated daily
The latest daily Android activation numbers are sure to make your head spin. The head of Google’s mobile division Andy Rubin announced at the Mobile World Congress in Spain this week that there are 850,000 new Android devices being activated ...
Read More »Steve Wozniak sings Android praises
Steve ‘The Woz’ Wozniak has become an unexpected voice for the benefits of Apple’s rival Android platform. Wozniak, who is of course the co-founder of Apple, said in a recent interview with the website Thedailybeast.com that although his primary phone ...
Read More »Xbox Live might come to iPhone, Android?
One of the most distinguishing and highly differentiated features of Windows Phone might lose its Windows Phone exclusivity. A few eagle-eyed Microsoft onlookers happened upon a new job listing at the company’s official website, and it states pretty clearly that ...
Read More »3.7 million Android activations over Christmas
It was a very Merry Christmas for Google’s mobile operating system this year. As Google’s Android head Andy Rubin wrote on Google+, “There were 3.7M Android activations on 12/24 and 12/25. Congrats team-Android!” While Rubin didn’t break down how many ...
Read More »Sony Ericsson on Ice Cream Sandwich plans
Sony Ericsson, which has provided one of the most ambitious Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade promises to date, has released more details on the process and when it’s set to begin. So far no device is being upgraded to Ice Cream ...
Read More »Android takes 53% of US smartphone market
The NPD Group has confirmed that Google’s mobile Android operating system managed to claim more than half of the U.S. smartphone market in 2011. The popular OS captured an impressive 53% of smartphone sales from January-October 2011, while Apple’s iOS ...
Read More »Android activations reach 200 million
The number of Android devices that have been activated has doubled in just six months. That’s an even more impressive statement when you realize that six months ago, there were already a whopping 100 million Android activations. That little nugget ...
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