A week after Apple's not-so-successful release of its new iPhone operating system, today we get an in-depth look at the strict guidelines that dictate Google's design team, showing exactly why the Google app icons all have a similar look and Apple's most certainly do not.
Google unveiled its new streaming music service at their annual I/O developers conference on Wednesday. It has a very long name and some pretty cool new features. Whether it will actually do anything to upend your listening habits and the market for streaming music services, well, that's up for some immediate debate.
Considering there's a large swath of people who hate iMessage for its frequent downtime and unreliability, you would think BlackBerry would be smart enough to launch its long-popular BlackBerry Messenger app for the iPhone. Oh, they're doing that now? And for Android, too? Good. Finally. Now here's how they're going to make money off you.
Are you an Android user who's been hoping for a service similar to the iOs GameCenter or XBox Live on your phone? Fear not, your wishes may be granted sooner than you think.
Facebook's biggest foray into cellphone software, Home, is now officially available to the cellphone masses, and there sure are a lot of ways to download it. For those having trouble deciding whether to take the plunge, we put together this little personality guide for the dawn of the "Facebook phone" era.
Cross your fingers, cross your legs. Cross your arms and bow your head. The seemingly never-ending rumor mill spinning around the idea of a Facebook phone may finally come to a stop at a just-announced event next week.
Android just lost its head, but Google might have created a two-headed monster with its mobile and desktop platforms. The new boss has led most tech prognosticators to prognosticate that the two systems wille be unified as one.
Now that Samsung has its own hype cycle, it seems only fair to keep track of what the tech rumormongers are saying about the upcoming Galaxy S IV.
Google is expected to pay an estimated $1 billion to Apple in 2014 to keep its search engine as the default on iOS devices because, well, Google makes a huge portion of its mobile revenue from iPhones and iPads — enough to make rivalries disappear.
In an attempt to explain the popularity Android phones over Apple's "superior" iPhone, Gizmodo's Sam Biddle comes to the not-so-nuanced conclusion that "Android Is Popular Because It’s Cheap, Not Because It’s Good," an explanation that only explains part of the phenomenon.
Maybe you got a new smartphone or tablet for Christmas, or maybe you're just re-stocking your device. Either way, these are the new essentials for your iPad, Android device, and, in all cases, your iPhone.
The latest in smartphone malware is a sneaky digital beast, one that surreptitiously makes charges to your phone bill.
In her first big product overhaul, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has announced a redesign of Yahoo Mail — and it focuses a lot on the mobile experience, as promised.
Researchers have identified 41 apps from Google's Play store that could expose bank information and leak e-mail and Facebook passwords, among other things.
You'd have a hard time finding an iPhone user who's in love with the new Google-free maps option in iOS 6 -- which is exactly why Google is showcasing a new set of upgrades for its Maps app on Android.
Fresh off the heels of a favorable court ruling, Samsung announced this morning that it's adding the brand new iPhone 5 to the list of Apple gadgets that it thinks rip off its patents.
While talking up its mobile strategy world domination plans to the outside world, Facebook has been pushing its employees to shift focus from big to little screen.
Newly appointed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is giving her entire staff new iPhones, which has to burn her former Google colleagues a little.
At this week's Google developers conference, which begins today and goes through Friday in San Francisco, the company will for sure release a tablet, but exactly what that tablet will look like is less certain.
People who own iPhones are "in a cult." Android users have "slightly larger than average heads." These were some of the assumptions explored by Queena Kim in a segment that aired Monday on American Public Media's Marketplace.
The latest front in the great Google-Apple war is to provide 3D maps on Smartphones, which at first sounds like a chest-thumping battle of techno-corporate pride, but after a bit of investigation might actually benefit people who are stuck with plain old 2D.
Speaking at the AllThingsD conference last night, Tim Cook suggested Apple has had its rivalry with Google on the brain, furthering the simmering war between the two companies.
The jury has handed Google a major win in its case with Oracle over whether the search giant violated patents by using some of Oracle's code for its Android apps, The Next Web reports.
As Android widens its lead in the smartphone and tablet marketplace, Apple is starting to look a little frightened.
We knew well before Facebook bought Instagram for a billion dollars that people really liked photo apps on their iPhones and Androids.
In the hours following Facebook's announcement of its $1 billion acquisition of photo sharing app Instagram, some segments of the Internet reacted with extreme emotions, but the one that really stands out is all the hate.
The super-duper popular iPhone app Instagram, which adds filters to regular pictures, making them look retro and ready for sharing, has finally made it to Android phones.
Google's hardware expansion plans into tablet world, like its social expansion plans into Facebook world, will probably fail.
When naming one's child there are two ways to go: The risky character-building route, or the safe, but possibly lame, classic name path. The same goes for phones.
With warrantless cell phone searches increasingly allowed by law enforcement, the privacy aficcionado prone to losing phones or getting arrested will want to be able to lock the cops out manually, and it looks like Android's the best operating system for that.
Given its history of offering free services in exchange for runnings ads alongside them, Google is taking a step towards the pay-to-play model with the launch of its new iTunes equivalent: Google Play.
Looking at the future of the iPhone, two articles, one from the Wall Street Journal's Anton Troianovski the other from The New York Times' Kevin J. O'Brien, out of the Barcelona's Mobile World Congress reach some differing conclusions
Behind every bigoted robot there's a human, behind the latest bigoted robot, Iris, there are a lot of bigoted humans.
At the Consumer Electronics Show today, we've learned this somewhat astonishing stat -- even by Google's standards.
A good indication that, despite complaints on Twitter, we got the smartphones we wanted for Christmas? Just check out all the apps we downloaded to celebrate the birth of Jesus this year.
Just two weeks, practically nobody knew what Carrier IQ was, but thanks to a viral YouTube video showing evidence that the company's software was logging keystrokes on smartphones, a growing list of federal agencies are opening investigations.
Carrier IQ, the controversial software company suspected of spying on over 150 million smartphone users, is opening its kimono and admitting to some mistakes.
The announcement of Android's 10 billionth app download should be great news for developers. After all, more downloads means more money, right? Actually, it might not.
While everybody is busy flipping out about the Carrier IQ smartphone spying controversy, more and more data security experts are raising their hands with a calming comment: It's not necessarily a good thing, but it's not that bad.
It only took a scolding letter from a Senator, a class action lawsuit and a few thousand news stories, but smartphone software makers Carrier IQ finally responded to allegations of logging keystrokes and spying on users on Thursday night.
An Apple hacker has discovered that Carrier IQ, the shady smartphone software recently found to be logging keystrokes on Android, BlackBerry and Nokia devices, is also installed on the iPhone. Don't worry, fanboys. It's off by default -- probably.
An Android developer recently discovered a clandestine application called Carrier IQ built into most smartphones that doesn't just track your location; it secretly records your keystrokes, and there's nothing you can do about it.
Ashamed of its thieving, Apple has hidden some of its more blatant Android pilfers.
The gadget is a hit, but its share of the market for tablet computers fell sharply last quarter, as Android devices surged.
Alongside the new Galaxy Nexus phone, Google unveiled its latest: Ice Cream Sandwich. No, it's not a delectable summer treat, it's a jazzed up name for Google's latest Android update.
They're still making boatloads of money, though
For different regions of the country, all smartphones are not created equal
Most Android users say they'll switch to another phone
In Larry Page's first quarter as CEO, he has some good news to report
Wrapping up battlefield testing, the Army has some familiar issues with iPhones and Androids
A lawsuit shows how the search giant avoids sharing sensitive information over email
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