Microsoft’s been buying up mobile app startups recently to go along with CEO Satya Nadella’s “mobile-first, mobile everywhere” mantra, and its latest purchase is calendar maker Sunrise for “north of $100… Read more »
A new report from Kantar Worldpanel tracking smartphone sales in the United States indicated that phones running Apple’s iOS operating system may have passed those running Android in terms of market share… Read more »
In December, it looked like Google had phased out last year’s Nexus phone in favor of the bigger, newer, and more expensive Nexus 6. The Nexus 5 was then listed as out… Read more »
What does Microsoft see in Android developer Cyanogen? It’s a question raised on Thursday by a new report in the Wall Street Journal that says that Microsoft is planning to be… Read more »
Facebook is serious about spreading its service to people in countries without fast cellular networks or cutting-edge smartphones. Its new Android app, Facebook Lite, which isn’t available in the United States… Read more »
Google’s ambitious modular phone is inching closer to a public “market pilot” scheduled for later this year, and ahead of the second Ara developer’s conference later this week, Google has released… Read more »
Security researchers are up in arms this morning over Google’s decision to stop patching a core Android component on older devices. According to Tod Beardlsey, an engineer at security firm Rapid7,… Read more »
Though smartphones are getting slimmer by the year, there are still plenty of people who would compromise on a thin-and-light device for better battery life — which explains the success of chunky battery… Read more »
It’s been a tough few years for HTC, the Taiwanese hardware maker that made many of the great early Android phones. But there’s light at the end of the tunnel: In the… Read more »
Here’s an interesting new smartphone strategy from Alcatel: The company’s new line of Pixi phones will give consumers a choice between Firefox OS, Android, and Windows Phone. Alcatel wants its Pixi brand to… Read more »