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Tag: App Store wannabes

Apple’s App Store again destroys Google Play in global app Christmas spending

Thursday, January 2, 2020 3:49 pm7 Comments

Apple’s App Store accounted for 70 percent of spending between the two platforms at $193 million, growing about 16 percent Y/Y…

New adware with destructive capabilities infects hundreds of Android apps in Google Play store

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 6:02 pmWednesday, March 13, 20199 Comments

Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that was running rampant on the Google Play Store…

Apple invites developers to workshop in Paris

Friday, March 16, 2018 3:34 pm1 Comment

Apple has begun sending out a limited number of invitations to a developer workshop…

Apple denies allegations of abusing French developers who’ve earned one billion euros from App Store

Thursday, March 15, 2018 3:33 pmThursday, March 15, 20185 Comments

Apple has issued a statement defending against allegations made by France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire…

Europe tightens screws on Apple, other U.S.-based tech firms

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 5:01 pmWednesday, March 14, 201815 Comments

Europe is zeroing in on U.S. tech companies amid rising trans-Atlantic trade tensions…

France to sue Apple, Google over developer contracts

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 9:43 am11 Comments

France will take Google and Apple to court over contractual terms imposed…

Google Pixel 2 XL phones’ oleophobic coatings are already wearing off, leaving behind smudges

Tuesday, November 7, 2017 1:55 pmTuesday, November 7, 20174 Comments

Saying that Google Pixel 2 XL phone has a few issues is an understatement…

Google doubles warranty on its slow Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL phones amid screen burn-in, audio flaws

Friday, October 27, 2017 12:02 pmFriday, October 27, 20178 Comments

Google says it is doubling the warranty on its new flagship smartphones following complaints…

Google ‘actively investigating’ multiple reports of Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 11:49 am8 Comments

Google said Monday it is ‘actively investigating’ reports of its Pixel 2 XL phones exhibiting screen burn-in…

Yet another problem for Google’s slow Pixel 2 and 2 XL phones: They emit a high-pitched whine and clicking noises

Tuesday, October 24, 2017 3:27 pmTuesday, October 24, 201712 Comments

After dealing with all sorts of screen issues, another problem with Google’s phones…

Google’s slow Pixel 2 XL may have a major problem: Screen burn-in

Monday, October 23, 2017 5:14 pmTuesday, October 24, 201713 Comments

Google’s Pixel 2 XL is one of a pair of smartphones that the tech giant introduced this month…

Google can’t make a good phone and it’s embarrassing

Friday, October 20, 2017 9:57 amFriday, October 20, 201719 Comments

Google’s Pixel 2 XL isn’t sitting on a shelf. It’s going in the trash…

Google’s new Pixel 2 Phones, their worst ever?

Thursday, October 12, 2017 4:21 pmThursday, October 12, 20178 Comments

With Google putting so much marketing effort into their latest Pixel 2 phones…

Apple poised to kill some 200,000 legacy 32-bit iOS apps

Wednesday, March 15, 2017 10:28 amWednesday, March 15, 201724 Comments

A decade since launching the first iPhone and nine years since opening the App Store…

Google removes Android app made by the Taliban from its Play store

Monday, April 4, 2016 4:27 pmMonday, April 4, 201610 Comments

Google has removed an app made by the Taliban from its Play store…

Watch this guy snap Google’s Android flagship Nexus 6P phone in half with his bare hands

Saturday, November 7, 2015 9:44 amSaturday, November 7, 201524 Comments

What happens if you try to bend Google’s Android flagship Nexus 6P phone? SNAP!!!

Video: Google’s Nexus 6P bends easier than iPhone 6 Plus, scratches like an iPhone 5

Friday, October 30, 2015 1:31 pmFriday, October 30, 201522 Comments

Two defects come with Google’s latest flagship Android phone…

‘Shockingly bad’ Google Android 5.0 Lollipop update bricks phones, tablets; kills apps

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 8:59 pm69 Comments

Early adopters of Google’s latest Android operating system are warning…

Verizon in talks to launch new Android app store

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 4:02 pmWednesday, August 20, 20149 Comments

Verizon Communications Inc is planning to launch a mobile software store…

Wall Street’s patience with Amazon’s losses wears thin

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 9:52 amTuesday, July 29, 201443 Comments

Amazon reported a wide-than-expected second quarter loss last week…

Convicted patent infringer Samsung’s patent deal with Google suggests concern about ability to settle with Apple

Monday, January 27, 2014 9:57 amMonday, January 27, 201430 Comments

Late on Sunday, Samsung and Google announced a ten-year global patent license agreement…

Samsung and Google ink global patent agreement

Sunday, January 26, 2014 8:22 pmSunday, January 26, 201446 Comments

Google Inc and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, which are frequently…

Henry Blodget was wrong; Apple knows exactly what it’s doing with its iPhone business

Tuesday, January 14, 2014 3:27 pmThursday, September 10, 201516 Comments

Apple is the more lucrative platform…

Lenovo targets those too poor to afford Apple’s iPhone

Friday, November 8, 2013 3:28 pmFriday, November 8, 201312 Comments

Chinese multinational Lenovo recently announced a unique smartphone business strategy…

Apple, Samsung crush Asian smartphone rivals

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 9:00 amWednesday, July 31, 201314 Comments

Apple Inc.’s grip on the smartphone industry is being felt across Asia…

Latest self-replicating Android Trojan looks and acts just like Windows malware

Friday, June 7, 2013 5:31 pmFriday, June 7, 201323 Comments

The Android Trojan can copy itself and other malicious applications to other devices located nearby…

Canalys: Apple dominates with 74% of worldwide mobile app revenue

Monday, April 8, 2013 2:00 pmMonday, April 8, 20138 Comments

Worldwide, Apple’s App Store accounted for the largest indexed proportion of revenue…

Is Google’s Android on the ropes?

Monday, March 25, 2013 11:01 amMonday, March 25, 201323 Comments

Android has some 70% unit share of the mobile handset market…

Google’s Larry Page: How well is your ‘thermonuclear war’ working, Apple?

Thursday, January 17, 2013 4:25 pmWednesday, March 13, 201373 Comments

In one of the rare interviews he has granted as CEO…

Judge orders settlement talks prior to trial for Apple and Amazon in ‘App Store’ dispute

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:32 amWednesday, January 16, 20136 Comments

U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte on Monday ordered…

Steve Jobs would have drowned somebody in the Pacific Ocean if this happened at Apple

Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:33 pm33 Comments

The geeks at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas worked themselves into a lather…

Research firm ranks Apple App Store as top mobile app storefront; Microsoft edges Apple on app discovery

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 4:33 pm10 Comments

In terms of implementation, Apple came first, ahead of Google and RIM…

Android, schmandroid: Apple’s iOS platform is the undisputed app cash king

Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:02 pm7 Comments

Comparing the cash pouring into Apple’s App Store versus Google Play isn’t much of a contest…

For iPad wannabes, it’s about to go bad and get ugly

Thursday, October 18, 2012 12:32 pm35 Comments

Remember the pundits who laughed off the tablet form factor and called them toys?

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