Android is a mobile operating system (OS) based on the Linux kernel and currently developed by Google. With a user interface based on direct manipulation, Android is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android Wear). Android is the most popular mobile OS. As of 2013, Android devices sell more than Windows, iOS, and Mac OS devices combined.
After years of driving PCs to be commodities, Microsoft is now imbuing devices that have Google operating systems with Windows. The doubles have their place along with Microsoft’s own devices, but… Read more »
Google has posted notice on the Wallet developer site that it is shutting down the API powering digital goods purchases on web and mobile internet sites on March 2. Read more »
Mandalay Digital plans to combine Appia with its own mobile business Digital Turbine to create a marketing network that will bring mobile carriers back to the table when it comes to… Read more »
This year’s Nexus 6 is a beast of a phone. Does that make last year’s Nexus 5 completely obsolete? Not at all, particularly after you install Android 5.0 on it, which… Read more »
The anti-tracking service has also revealed a partnership with Deutsche Telekom, which unlike some carriers seems to be more interested in protecting its customers than selling them out to advertisers. Read more »
Investors were not happy with Google’s recent 3Q 2014 results, primarily pointing to the continued decline of mobile CPCs (2% y/y). Some critics are circling – is Google vulnerable as mobile… Read more »
In what probably never would have happened under the first two CEOs to lead the historic software company, Microsoft plans to announce on Wednesday that it is open sourcing the entire… Read more »
Along with a new version of Android for phones, Google-powered smartwatches are on tap to get updates too. An early build shows several Android Wear improvements including weather icons on watchfaces,… Read more »
Our phones hold all sorts of personal information so handing them over to a friend, your kids or someone else to borrow is always a bit of a risky proposition. The… Read more »