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Once allies, now clearly foes, Apple and Google have been in an intense battle to win the hearts and minds of people across the planet. And while Apple has lost its dominance and market-share to Google’s Android, you could argue that the Cupertino-based giant has outsmarted its Mountain View rival.
If we look purely at the numbers then we all know that Google is the clear leader. Relying on various brands, like Samsung and HTC, Android has swamped our markets ...
Take a little test by yourself: say the word "tablet", and what is the first thing that pops into your mind? The iPad. While there are many other tablets out there, the iPad is the first one everyone thinks of. Even in Android-dominated Asia, the iPad still owns the Asian market in terms of sales. Analysys International reports that the US tech company still dominates after third quarter sales puts them at 71% of the market. Second place Lenovo only ...
Well well. It seems that Facebook has decided to take some proactive steps towards encouraging its employees to think more about Android. Recently companies like Yahoo have taken steps to ensure their staff are using the devices most users have, and Facebook seems to be following suit with a range of posters around its headquarters promoting the switch from iPhone to Android.Frankly, the move seems a bit delayed: after all, Android is the biggest smartphone OS globally and Google's most ...
China has, at present, 390-million mobile internet users among its billion-strong phone subscribers. And now new data for 2012 Q3 from Beijing-based mobile analytics startup Umeng claims that, among all those mobile users, Chinese consumers have snapped up just over 200-million iPhones and Android smartphones. Of those, 60-million are iPhones, and 140-million of them are Android-powered devices.The researchers reckon that 200-million figure has rocketed up from a mere 87-million iOS and Android phones in China in 2012 Q1. Though these ...
Apple seems to think that it can claim a chunk of the English language as its own: specifically, the name for its "pioneering" App Store created in 2008.It claims there is no room in the world for any "app stores" other than its own. In an ongoing legal battle that started last year, the Cupertino giant has argued that "App Store" is a trademark phrase, giving it the right to stop competitors like Amazon using it. A little Don ...
Developers and advertisers that use power edition and the Facebook Ads API now have the ability to choose which mobile platform their ads appear on... well, at least they can choose between iOS and Android, but not Windows Phone or BlackBerry as yet. This allows iOS and Android developers to save money and time by avoiding sending adverts to users of a competing operating system.According to TechCrunch, it's a lesser-known feature of the new mobile app install ads Facebook launched ...
Despite the fact that the press launch was cancelled due to hurricane Sandy, Google still débuted its new Nexus phone, larger tablet and an updated Android OS yesterday. And nestled near the end of the official Google blog post detailing all the new Nexus products, was a sign that Google Play's previously US-only Music offering is getting serious, with more cloud storage and more songs, in more countries around the world.Andy Rubin, Google's senior vice president of mobile and ...
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