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Tag: iOS knockoffs

Android’s market share shows significant declines while Apple’s iOS gains

Friday, April 22, 2022 11:40 am2 Comments

Android’s global share of the operating system space has been declining over the past five years. Its worldwide market share in January 2022…

Leaked screenshots reveal Apple-like privacy features in Android 12

Wednesday, February 10, 2021 11:38 amNo Comments

Google is expected to unveil Android 12 in a few weeks and XDA Developers has shared screenshots that show some Apple-inspired (of course)…

Disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin’s Essential shuts down

Wednesday, February 12, 2020 5:10 pmThursday, February 13, 20204 Comments

Essential Products, an Android smartphone peddler founded by disgraced Google executive Andy Rubin is shutting down, the comnpany confirmed Wednesday…

Samsung skips from Galaxy S10 straight to ‘S20’

Monday, January 13, 2020 11:01 am1 Comment

Leaked images of Samsung’s Galaxy S10 successor show the South Korean dishwasher maker is skipping all the way to 20: “Galaxy S20.”

8 things Apple’s iOS does better than Android

Sunday, January 12, 2020 2:58 pmSunday, January 12, 202010 Comments

There are many things that Apple’s iOS does better than Google’s Android…

Decade in Review: What the smartphone has wrought

Thursday, December 26, 2019 11:02 amThursday, December 26, 201914 Comments

When the first Apple iPhone hit the market in 2007, not everyone was convinced it would supplant the flip-phone…

Massive security hole: Google Pixel 4 Face Unlock works if eyes are shut

Thursday, October 17, 2019 7:36 pm10 Comments

Google has confirmed the Pixel 4 smartphone’s Face Unlock system can allow access to a person’s device…

Beleaguered Samsung Electronics posts 56% plunge in June-quarter profit

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 8:33 am2 Comments

Samsung Electronics warned on Wednesday that Japanese curbs on the export of chip-making materials was blurring…

Google to knock off Apple iPhone yet again with ‘Face Unlock’ Face ID clone in Pixel 4 phone

Monday, July 29, 2019 2:00 pmMonday, July 29, 201911 Comments

Google on Monday previewed a pair of features coming to its Pixel 4 smartphone, including “Face Unlock,” to compete with Apple’s Face ID technology…

Why 492 out of 500 people at one company chose iPhone over Android

Friday, May 31, 2019 1:02 pmFriday, May 31, 201926 Comments

Of the 500 employees at the company, only 8 of them chose to use an Android phone. Everyone else — all 492 of them — chose an iPhone…

Apple’s big services push has iPhone written all over it

Thursday, March 28, 2019 1:27 pmThursday, March 28, 201912 Comments

Apple just can’t shake that iPhone addiction…

Samsung’s Galaxy S10 ‘Face Unlock’ feature proven to be an absolute joke

Thursday, March 14, 2019 10:05 pmFriday, March 15, 201930 Comments

Samsung’s obsession with trying to copy key Apple iPhone features is legendary – and laughable…

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 grows iPhone market share in the U.S., despite overseas challenge

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 12:08 pmWednesday, March 13, 20193 Comments

In 2019, 105.2 million people in the US will use an Apple iPhone…

When Apple’s iPhone doesn’t change, knock off-happy Android phone peddlers don’t know what to do

Friday, February 22, 2019 1:44 pmThursday, August 15, 201911 Comments

Things are about to get weird…

Nike’s Android app is bricking its Adapt BB self-tying shoes; iPhone app works fine

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:53 pm3 Comments

I’m afraid to set mine up when they come, that’s why I need to borrow a real iPhone…

Huawei wishes followers ‘Happy 2019’ in a tweet sent from a real Apple iPhone

Friday, January 4, 2019 10:15 amFriday, January 4, 20195 Comments

China’s Huawei Technologies has punished two employees for New Year greetings…

Google’s Android platform exists as it does today because of Apple’s iPhone

Friday, December 28, 2018 5:31 pmFriday, December 28, 201854 Comments

This might be a difficult pill for hardcore Android fans to swallow…

After years of mocking Apple, slavish copier Samsung kills headphone jack in latest iPhone wannabe

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 10:02 amWednesday, December 12, 20189 Comments

Samsung’s first smartphone without a 3.5mm headphone jack appears…

Why iPhones and Android wannabes will get more expensive

Sunday, November 11, 2018 3:58 pmSunday, November 11, 201825 Comments

Remember when the only phones with over-$1,000 price tags were made of leather, ruby and sapphire crystal?

Google to charge Android phone peddlers for its Android apps in Europe

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 3:27 pm11 Comments

After receiving a record-breaking €4.34 billion fine in the EU for violating anti-trust laws…

Around 1 in 5 Android phone owners plan to switch to an Apple iPhone

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 11:04 am16 Comments

Among Android brands, the intention to switch to Apple’s iPhone has grown dramatically while loyalty to Android has softened…

People will pay $1000+ for a real Apple iPhone, but not for an Android iPhone knockoff

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 12:00 pmWednesday, August 1, 20185 Comments

Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. entered the second decade of the smartphone era…

China’s Huawei overtakes Apple as world No. 2 in smartphone unit sales

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:58 amWednesday, August 1, 20185 Comments

China’s Huawei Technologies overtook Apple Inc to become the world’s second-biggest…

Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall

Thursday, July 26, 2018 3:01 pmThursday, July 26, 201825 Comments

Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune took an almost $16 billion hit on Thursday…

Facebook stock plunges as users vanish

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 6:52 pm21 Comments

Facebook Inc’s stock fell as much as 24 percent after hours on Wednesday over concerns…

If you use one of these products, you’re probably wealthy

Monday, July 23, 2018 7:51 pm26 Comments

Some tastes are acquired…

President Trump promises action against the EU over record Google antitrust fine

Friday, July 20, 2018 3:31 pmFriday, July 20, 201837 Comments

President Trump has sharply criticised the European Union over the record €4.3 billion ($5.1bn) anti-trust fine…

Like Google, Apple also deserves an EU fine for anticompetitive practices or something

Thursday, July 19, 2018 5:29 pm91 Comments

The European Commission had solid antitrust reasons for fining Google 4.3 billion euros…

Samsung is absolutely terrified of Apple’s iPhone X

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:43 am22 Comments

Samsung is afraid of the new iPhone X in a year when its flagship, the Galaxy S9, hasn’t been able to meet internal goals…

EU hits Google with record €4.34 billion fine for abusing market dominance

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:58 am26 Comments

Google has been hit with a record €4.34bn (£3.8bn) fine by the European Union for abusing…

Moment of truth for Google as record EU antitrust fine looms

Monday, July 16, 2018 5:27 pmWednesday, July 18, 201830 Comments

Google is set to face a record-busting EU antitrust fine this week over its Android mobile operating system…

Chinese iPhone knockoff peddler Xiaomi’s big IPO flops on its first day of trading

Monday, July 9, 2018 9:27 amMonday, July 9, 20183 Comments

Xiaomi Corp. fell as much as 6% on its debut, as an escalating trade war and uncertainty about its valuation…

Owning an iPhone is the most common sign of wealth

Monday, July 9, 2018 8:57 amMonday, July 9, 201830 Comments

A new paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research aims to infer demographics based on…

Samsung’s second-quarter profit seen flagging on lackluster Galaxy phone sales

Thursday, July 5, 2018 1:27 pmThursday, July 5, 201812 Comments

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is expected to post its smallest profit growth in more than…

Under Tim Cook, Steve Jobs’ ‘thermonuclear war’ against iPhone copiers ends not with a bang, but with a whimper

Thursday, June 28, 2018 9:00 amThursday, June 28, 201812 Comments

The smartphone patent wars are finally over…

Silicon Valley execs will convene in San Francisco to discuss privacy

Monday, June 25, 2018 5:01 pmMonday, June 25, 20181 Comment

Privacy and government affairs officers from a number of the largest tech companies plan to convene..

Google’s Android is still a toxic hellstew compared to Apple’s iPhone even when it’s not polluting your phone

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 4:28 pmTuesday, June 19, 20184 Comments

Android’s popularity can be attributed for the most part to Google’s distribution model…

LG admits: iPhone loyalists are driving us crazy

Monday, June 18, 2018 2:30 pmMonday, June 18, 201828 Comments

If you’re capable of sympathy, can you spare some for Android manufacturers?

The 18 things you may not realize Facebook knows about you: Firm reveals the extent of its spying in a 454-page document to U.S. Congress

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 5:03 pm13 Comments

The creepy ways Facebook spies on its users have been detailed in a bumper document…

Apple pummels privacy-trampling Facebook

Thursday, June 7, 2018 4:50 pmThursday, June 7, 201811 Comments

In the early days of Apple, of course, the company’s Evil Empires were IBM and Microsoft…

Facebook confirms sharing users’ personal data with Chinese companies

Wednesday, June 6, 2018 6:00 pmWednesday, June 6, 201810 Comments

Facebook Inc said Tuesday it has data sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese companies…

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