Android

With Android KitKat, Google knows everything you do… and that’s scary

Android KitKat (4.4) is all about “connecting the next billion users”. That’s a lofty ideal from Google, and the fact that the new version…

How Google clamps down on Android’s open-source: the key is Google apps

Google is often seen as the good guy of the big corporations operating in the world today. Its informal motto is “Don’t be evil”…

iMessage app for Android removed after security concerns

An app that lets users send and receive messages using Apple’s iMessage service on Android devices sounds cool right? But it’s also very fishy….

BBM for iPhone, Android to save us from iMessage, WhatsApp on 21 September

While BlackBerry is rumoured to be pursuing a sale — to be wrapped up as quickly as November — and preparing another round of…

JellyBean continues its rise, now running on 45% of Android devices

Google may have just announced the name for the latest version of Android, but the as-yet-unreleased KitKat isn’t making a mark on the millions…

Meet Kit Kat, the latest flavour of Android

Google has announced that the next flavour of Android won’t be called Key Lime Pie, as we’ve been led to believe until now, but…

Google finally brings out tool to help you find your lost Android

This has been a long time coming. Google is set to release a series of updates that will help you find your lost or…

Kenya’s Maasai vets and the Android connection

There is much excitement in the developed world over the strides that have been made in the mobile market during the last couple of…

Going Android? Start with these eight apps

Everyone at my office got iPhones last year, but I didn’t really think the screen would last in my pocket next to my keys…

Android expected to dominate mobile app market by 2013

According to a recent survey by mobile research firm, research2guidance, the smartphone app market is enjoying explosive growth and is currently worth $2.2-billion dollars,…

How I divorced my iPhone and ran off with a cellphone named Desire

My iPhone and I had been together for close on two years, when an SMS from a total stranger made me think the time…

HTC reveals new range of Android phones

Global smartphones manufacturer HTC on Friday introduced an enhanced experience of Sense, the company’s mobile user interface, that it says will be available on…

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