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Android Overtakes Windows As #1 OS

Fergus Halliday April 4, 2017 No Comments

In a sign of just how much smartphones have displaced the traditional PC paradigm, StatCounter say that Google’s Android platform has now surpassed even Windows as the world’s biggest OS.…

Google, HTC, Samsung and LG Ink Patent-Protection Agreement

Fergus Halliday April 4, 2017 No Comments

Google have announced that a new agreement is in place to ensure peace between the various vendors who rely on its Android OS for their smartphones, called PAX. Revealed via…

Google Pushes App Developers To Adopt 18:9 Displays

Fergus Halliday March 31, 2017 No Comments

With both the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8 adopting 18:9 aspect ratios, it looks like the future of smartphones will be in widescreen. However, unless developers get on board…

Android App Revenues Poised To Overtake iOS In 2017

Fergus Halliday March 30, 2017 No Comments

According to new data out of App Annie, consumer spend on Android applications is set to overtake that of users on iOS platforms for the first time in 2017. However,…

Google Eye LG For New Pixel

Fergus Halliday March 30, 2017 No Comments

While last year’s Pixel smartphone was marketed as the Android experience designed by Google, the nuts and bolts of the machine were actually built by HTC. However, that could be…

Google And Symantec Fued Over Net Security

Fergus Halliday March 29, 2017 No Comments

Google has issued a threat to internet security giant Symantec, threatening to downgrade Chrome’s trust of security certificates vetted by the company. As originally reported by TechCrunch, the two companies…

Telstra Joins YouTube Advertising Boycott

Fergus Halliday March 28, 2017 No Comments

Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra have joined ranks with companies across the world by dropping advertising on YouTube in response to an investigation by The Times last week, which found…

Android Creator Teases New Smartphone

Fergus Halliday March 28, 2017 No Comments

Andy Rubin, the figure behind the earliest version of Google’s Android, has teased that his next smartphone project may soon be unveiled. Posting on Twitter, Rubin says “I’m really excited…

Google, Symantec Security Clash

Computer Daily News March 27, 2017 No Comments

Google and Symantec are set to lock horns over the use of standard certificates that check the identity of thousands of Web sites. Google said it will tweak its Chrome…

US Telcos Drop Google Advertising

Jon Bragg March 23, 2017 No Comments

AT&T and Verizon are pulling advertising from YouTube and Google after ads from the brands appeared alongside controversial videos and articles. The two telcos join a wide range of other…