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New Stagefright bugs leaves some 1.4 billion Android settlers vulnerable

Thursday, October 1, 2015 3:26 pmThursday, October 1, 201512 Comments

If you care about security, perhaps you should think about switching to Apple’s superior iPhone…

Glacial: Apple v. Samsung heads toward fourth jury trial

Wednesday, September 2, 2015 7:33 pmWednesday, September 2, 20153 Comments

In March or April of 2016, yet another jury will be summoned to federal court in San Jose to weigh in…

Beleaguered Samsung loses $44 billion of value in worst streak since 1983

Monday, August 31, 2015 3:56 pmMonday, August 31, 201521 Comments

Tepid demand for beleaguered Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones triggered a fifth straight monthly decline…

What if Apple had released the fatally flawed Galaxy Note 5?

Friday, August 28, 2015 2:58 pmFriday, August 28, 201538 Comments

When the device’s S Pen stylus is inserted the wrong way…

Major Samsung Galaxy Note 5 design defect: Inserting ‘S-Pen’ backwards permanently damages device

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 2:51 pmTuesday, August 25, 201524 Comments

Samsung: “You’re inserting it wrong.”

Beleaguered Samsung slumps to 10-month low on disappointment with latest phones

Monday, August 17, 2015 8:30 amMonday, August 17, 201515 Comments

Beleaguered Samsung Electronics Co. latest phones are very disappointing…

Android reeling after two major security failures

Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:34 pmThursday, August 13, 201527 Comments

Android security woes got even worse on Thursday, with two separate reports…

Waiting for Android’s inevitable security Armageddon

Monday, August 10, 2015 5:28 pm17 Comments

The Android ecosystem can’t deal with security, and it won’t change until it’s too late…

This is how Apple’s iPhone kills Android phones

Friday, August 7, 2015 4:00 pmMonday, August 10, 201514 Comments

Android OS has failed most of the smartphone makers…

Certifi-gate: Hundreds of millions of Android devices vulnerable to stealth unrestricted access

Friday, August 7, 2015 12:01 pmFriday, August 7, 201522 Comments

Certifi-gate allows malicious applications to gain unrestricted access to an Android device silently…

Malformed video files can be used to crash half of all Android phones

Thursday, July 30, 2015 12:25 pmThursday, July 30, 201510 Comments

An attack that puts more than 50 percent of Android phones into a persistent vegetative state…

Security journalist: Goodbye, Android, hello Apple iPhone!

Wednesday, July 29, 2015 8:18 pmWednesday, July 29, 201547 Comments

Last week, I was hanging out with some hackers and security experts at a conference…

950 million Android phones can be hijacked by malicious text messages

Monday, July 27, 2015 3:03 pmMonday, July 27, 201515 Comments

Almost all Android mobile devices available today are susceptible to hacks…

Porn clicker keeps infecting Android apps on Google Play

Friday, July 24, 2015 12:55 pmFriday, July 24, 20155 Comments

This porn clicker Trojan, which we detect as Android/Clicker, has once more infiltrated…

New Android malware strains to top 2 million by end of 2015

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 9:57 amWednesday, July 1, 201517 Comments

By the end of 2015, researchers expect the number of new Android malware strains…

Researcher: Free Android apps connect to thousands of tracking and ad URLs

Wednesday, May 6, 2015 10:27 am12 Comments

“The average free Android app silently connects to more than 100 different web addresses…

Apple’s blockbuster earnings defy the ‘conventional wisdom’

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:38 amTuesday, April 28, 201533 Comments

There is an awful lot to celebrate in Apple’s recent performance…

Symantec: 1 in 5 Android apps is malware

Saturday, April 25, 2015 10:01 amSaturday, April 25, 201559 Comments

Android malware is on the rise…

Ben Bajarin: Antiquated thinking is the root of most bad Apple analysis

Friday, March 6, 2015 10:58 amFriday, March 6, 201518 Comments

Many tech business theories were created in an era very different from the one we live in today…

Android phone shipments fell for the first time during 2014 holiday quarter

Friday, January 30, 2015 3:49 pm11 Comments

Google’s Android is being attacked by Apple’s iOS…

Beleaguered Samsung shutters flagship London store amid falling sales

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 9:07 amWednesday, December 24, 201428 Comments

Samsung made a big point of promoting its Experience Stores…

Samsung axes heavily-promoted ‘ChatON’ mobile-messaging chat service

Friday, December 19, 2014 9:56 amFriday, December 19, 201411 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday that it would discontinue…

iPhone user tries Galaxy Note 4, hates it; can’t wait to get back to iPhone

Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:55 pmThursday, December 18, 201420 Comments

The Galaxy Note 4’s stock camera app ‘atrocious,’ managing music on the device is ‘a nightmare,’ and the Google Play app store is ‘a clusterfsck’…

Foxconn robots better, but still not precise enough to assemble Apple iPhones

Friday, December 5, 2014 3:58 pmFriday, December 5, 201421 Comments

Although Foxbots have been used in the company’s production line ever since June…

Yet another reason to get a real iPhone: Carriers install apps on Android phones without users’ permission

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:01 pmTuesday, December 2, 201436 Comments

Carriers can now push garbage apps onto Android setttlers’ handsets whether the settler wants it or not…

Beleaguered Samsung’s ‘flagship’ Galaxy S5 sales have plummeted as much as 50% in China

Monday, December 1, 2014 5:28 pmMonday, December 1, 201426 Comments

Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S5 has been struggling to match the successes…

With iPhone 6/Plus, Apple taking bigger slice of the smartphone pie

Thursday, November 27, 2014 9:00 amThursday, November 27, 20148 Comments

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus finally brought Apple into the world of larger-screen smartphones…

GapGate: Samsung insists Galaxy Note 4 design defect that can worsen over time is a feature, not a flaw

Friday, October 3, 2014 9:36 am28 Comments

Samsung’s device has a gap between its screen and frame…

Samsung ‘build quality’ or lack thereof: Galaxy Note 4 gap between screen and trim ‘may expand’ over time

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 6:01 pmWednesday, October 1, 201447 Comments

Samsung Galaxy Note 4s include a gap large enough to insert a business card that can expand over time…

Lacking its own OS, Samsung flounders in Apple’s formidable wake

Tuesday, September 23, 2014 12:55 pmTuesday, September 23, 201430 Comments

As Samsung struggles to develop their own operating system…

Foxconn CEO disappointed with current-gen iPhone-assembling robots; next-gen ‘Foxbots’ in the works

Monday, September 22, 2014 6:28 pmMonday, September 22, 20149 Comments

Foxconn – who is responsible for assembling the new iPhones – is failing to meet the high demand…

After appearing on stage with Samsung, Adam Levine tweets from his Apple iPhone

Monday, September 8, 2014 3:01 pmMonday, September 8, 201434 Comments

Last week, Samsung invited Adam Levine from Maroon 5…

Fragmandroid: Bounden delayed on Android due to widespread fragmentation, faulty or faked gyroscopes

Wednesday, May 21, 2014 1:58 pmWednesday, May 21, 201420 Comments

After long and painful discussions in the Game Oven office…

NYT: Samsung cannot compete, Apple’s iPhone 5s is by far the world’s best smartphone

Monday, April 21, 2014 11:58 amMonday, April 21, 201450 Comments

Samsung’s flagship phone sure isn’t the best phone on the market, that title belongs to Apple’s iPhone 5s…

Review of Samsung Gear Fit stupidband: ‘The pinnacle of fitness failure’

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 3:30 pmWednesday, April 16, 201421 Comments

I’m honestly dumbfounded….

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