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Android triumphs over iPhone app store
The endless war between Apple and Android has seen a decisive victory, for the Android app store at least. In the second quarter of 2011, more Android apps were downloaded than iPhone apps, according to a recent report.ABI researcher, Lim Shiyang said, "Android's open source strategy is the main factor for its success. Being a free platform has expanded the Android device install base, which in turn has driven growth in the number of third party multi-platform and mobile operator ...Taking on a continent: Android’s African invasion
Mobile phone manufacturers, operators and of course Google started a big push on Android into Africa this year.Samsung, HTC and Huawei are moving Android phones into the market. Some operators are seeing the signals and starting to subsidise Android handsets to get them to a price point that is palatable by a larger number of buyers. Google continues to push for local content, works with developers, does g-[country] events and puts on contests.While the primary phones in Africa are ...The incredible rise of Android apps
Probably the most significant development in smartphone technology, apart from the technology itself, is the rise of mobile applications. In fact, the International Data Corporation predicts that the number of mobile application downloads worldwide will grow from 10.9-billion in 2010 to 76.9-billion in 2014 and mobile app revenues will surpass US$35-billion in the same year.
Paulo Ferreira, Head of Product and Software Solutions at Samsung, reckons the most important reason for apps becoming so successful is that people’s most important ...Reports: Google to announce smartphones will replace credit cards
If one thought that Google would take a minute's rest after yet another highly successful I/O conference earlier this month where a slew of new Google products and developments – most notably Google Music – were announced and released, think again.According to "a source familiar with the matter", Google is expected to launch what just may be its most groundbreaking innovation yet – smartphones that we'll use like credit and debit cards.According to these sources, on Thursday, in a ...Apple responds: ‘We are not tracking your location’
There has been plenty of buzz about the iPhone and its operating system, iOS 4, and how it has been secretly tracking the locations of its users. After more than a week of silence, Apple finally responded. The first response was allegedly from CEO Steve Jobs—who is still on medical leave from Apple—when he replied to an email received from a customer. The customer was unnerved at the realisation that their “location is being recorded at all times” and they ...African developers to compete on innovative Android mobile apps
Every day more than 300 000 Android devices are activated globally. A growing number of these mobile device activations are in markets across Africa, making local African mobile content more relevant and important than ever before.In recognition of this, Google today announced its Google Android Developer Challenge, inviting talented and creative developers in sub-Saharan Africa to design and build original Android applications for mobile phones that will delight users.Categories for entries include entertainment, media and games; social networking and communications; ...Android VP tries to allay fears of developer community
The Android mobile platform is a runaway smash hit with users around the world. Research firm Gartner has released a report predicting that nearly half the world's smartphones will run Android by the end of 2012.But a backlash has been developing in recent months from developers over Google's perceived reluctance to release its latest Android code, encapsulated in an article in Business Week that described "a scenario where Google could have total control over what sort of tweaking can ...Android phones that will enhance your love life
In August of 2010, OkCupid.com released some vital industry statistics: iPhone users were having more sex than users of any other smartphone brand. BlackBerry users were in second place, and then in third - or dead last if you prefer - were the fandroids.OkCupid extracted EXIF data from photographs to figure out which smartphones 9 785 of their 30-something members were using, and crossed it with all kinds of user behaviors and found data on the number of sexual partners ...Google initiates remote app removal for Android malware
The "Droid Dream" series of malicious attacks to the Android Market last Tuesday saw internet powerhouse Google yet again extend their far-reaching safety net by initiating their "remote application removal feature" on Saturday evening to counter the threat. The attacks, in which malicious code is appended to legitimate applications, could be exploited to gain root control over an Android-enabled phone and steal sensitive data.Initially, within minutes of learning of the issue, Google removed the applications without any further indication as ...Honeycomb and Xoom: Just one look and then my heart went boom
I’m in love with Android Honeycomb and I want it right now. Google held a special event at its headquarters in Mountain View on Wednesday, and gave an in-depth demo of the latest operating system for tablets: Android 3.0, also known as Honeycomb.Honeycomb is tailored for the new generation of tablet-sized computers," Google mobile products director Hugo Barra said while demonstrating software features at the Internet titan's headquarters in Mountain View, California."We've spent a tremendous amount of time really optimizing ...
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