BRUSSELS/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google will charge hardware firms up to $40 per device to use its apps under a new licensing system to replace one that the European Union this year deemed anti-competitive, a Read more…
PARIS (Reuters) – The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Tuesday it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the US tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the Read more…
Samsung Electronics and Google announced they are collaborating to make their messaging clients, Android Messages and Samsung Messages, work seamlessly with each company’s RCS technology, including cloud and business messaging platforms. To date, Google and Read more…
The EU has fined Google a record 4.34 euros ($5.03 billion) for three practices that it considers illegal when it comes to how Google ensures that its ecosystem is the dominant ecosystem on Android. But Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A European Union (EU) antitrust judgement against Google on Wednesday invites more competition from software developers including Microsoft, Amazon.com and Samsung Electronics, but still leaves them at an disadvantage, industry executives Read more…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Google is under investigation in Australia following claims that it collects data from millions of Android smartphone users, who unwittingly pay their telecom service providers for gigabytes consumed by the activity, regulators Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Monday launched a spinoff of its Android operating system for home appliances and other machines, following mixed results with Android offshoots for cars, smartwatches and televisions. ‘Android Things’, which Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese smartphone maker ZTE Corp’s US woes deepened on Tuesday, as regulators proposed new rules that could cut into its sales, while a supply ban means it may not be able Read more…
Android’s already poor security takes another leg down as it transpires that many Android handset makers are not applying security patches, although whether this makes Android devices less secure in practice remains open for debate. Read more…
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google launched a stripped-down version of its Android software in India on Tuesday, as it attempts to woo millions of basic phone users in the fast-growing wireless services market. The Android Oreo Read more…
Despite Google’s best efforts, the situation with fragmentation in Android devices appears to be materially worsening, further reinforcing the need for Google to take Android completely proprietary. Fragmentation in Android comes in two forms: Vertical Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is offering security experts a bounty to identify Android app flaws as the Alphabet unit seeks to wipe out bugs from its Google Play store. Each flaw will score at Read more…
Microsoft has admitted that Windows 10 on mobile is no longer a focus, finally putting to bed any hope (however tiny) that Android handset makers had to escape from Google’s clutches. Their only hope now Read more…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The pioneer of mobile app analytics, App Annie, on Tuesday said it has begun tracking Android app usage in China, a landmark for understanding consumer behavior in the world’s top smartphone market, Read more…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google on Wednesday unveiled tools to make augmented reality apps for mobile devices using the Android operating system, setting up its latest showdown with Apple’s iPhone over next-generation smartphone features. Phone-based Read more…
After two-and-a-half years as an iPhone user, I decided to try and make the switch to Android. I have switched from iPhone to a Samsung Galaxy s8, and was amazed by how easy it was. Read more…
Ahead of its developer conference, Google i/o, Google has demonstrated another version of Android that will be able of running many more aspects of the car beyond infotainment. While Android Auto is limited in terms Read more…
(Reuters) – Google announced on Sunday that it will bring Google Assistant, its digital assistant technology, to smartphones running the latest versions of its Android operating system, vastly expanding its reach. The Google Assistant was Read more…
Apple has released excellent results, highlighting that – contrary to my previous view – iOS has been the main beneficiary of Samsung’s recent woes. Apple’s FQ1 17A revenues/Adj-EPS were $78.4 billion/$3.36, compared to consensus at Read more…
In the quest to find the best open-standard 4G modem to replace the popular but old Osmocom, hackers at the 33rd Chaos Computer Congress selected the Quectel EC20 mini PCI-e card, which uses the Qualcomm Read more…
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