“American technology is winning the smartphone wars. Apple’s iPhone captures the lion’s share of the industry’s profits and Google’s Android operating system easily dominates smartphone market share,” Brian S. Hall writes for ReadWrite. “Is this a cause for concern in China – which has grown accustomed to dominating tech manufacturing?”
“Clearly, something is bothering the Chinese establishment,” Hall writes. “Two weeks ago, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) sounded an alarm about Android’s dominance: ‘While the Android system is open source, the core technology and technology roadmap is strictly controlled by Google.'”
Hall writes, “Late last week, China’s official media, China Central Television (CCTV), went after Apple.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
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Those numbers he’s throwing around seem very high in Android’s favor. Are the close to correct or just a guess?
What attack on Android?
The only one being attacked left, right and centre both home and abroad is Apple.
Android is still getting attacked by malware authors, left, right and center….
The Hindmost? Why, that’s Steve Balmer! 😉
The Korean & SamDung corruption has been going on for YEARS!!! It has now corrupted the U.S. government, U.S. Media and the fabric of the U.S. judicial System If you can even call it a judicial system anymore.
http://www.kernelmag.com/features/report/3028/samsung-power-corruption-and-lies/
The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology must be wrong when it asserts that “While the Android system is open source, the core technology and technology roadmap is strictly controlled by Google.”
Everyone knows that Android is Open™.
What do you expect? They’re communists!
Red Commies do not like uncontrolled capitalism. 😉
They would just like to put you in a “Re-education” “program”.
What do Commies hate more than capitalists? Another communist party taking thier loyal followers, this way they loose control. No mistake the bigger the corporation the more evil they become, I call this the “minions affect”, its what creates dominant dictators out of mild mannered humans. Did you know that if you cannot pull out your battery, your sim card still send a signal as it passes a mobile tower? In a recent murder case both the murderer and his victims mobile where traced like this by the police.