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Apple discourages Supreme Court from hearing Samsung patent petition, calls case ‘legally unexceptional’
Apple this week attempted to dissuade the U.S. Supreme Court from hearing Samsung’s request for review…
Why is Apple Music supporting Android and microSD external storage?
Last year saw Apple take its streaming music service to Android…
Android’s weakness continues to undermine Google
Android is a BlackBerry clone that was hastily rejiggered to mimic iPhone at the last minute. Obviously, mistakes were made and corners were cut…
Google is suffering from a raging case of Apple iPhone envy
Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his lieutenants have signaled to colleagues and outsiders that the company wants…
Beleaguered Samsung warns of tough 2016 after 4Q profit plunges 40%
Beleaguered Samsung’s net profit for the October-December period plunged 40 percent from a year earlier to…
More than 90% of Android devices are running out-dated, insecure operating system versions
More than 90% of Android devices are running out-dated versions of the mobile operating systems, leaving them highly susceptible to vulnerabilities such as Stagefright…
Dangerous new zero-day flaw affects more than two-thirds of all Android devices
If exploited, an attacker would be able to execute code and extract cached security data, which can include encryption and authentication keys…
Apple gets a sales ban on patent-infringing Samsung phones
In the latest round of the Apple v. Samsung patent war, US District Judge Lucy Koh on Monday granted an Apple motion for permanent injunction against devices…
Google urges U.S. Supreme court overturn Apple v. Samsung patent infringement ruling
Google has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to take up Samsung’s appeal of its patent loss to Apple over the copying of iPhone technology…
Pope Francis to hold rare tech industry meeting with Google’s Eric Schmidt
The 79-year-old pontiff is clearly not naive when it comes to the power of technology. The internet, he once said, is a ‘gift from God’ because of its ability to offer…
No, Apple is not working on tool for downgrading from iPhone to Android
There is no truth to this rumor…
Apple pressured by carriers to help users downgrade from iPhone to Android
Apple is under pressure from mobile operators to make it easier for customers to downgrade from iPhone to Android…
Beleaguered Samsung’s phone shipments are stagnating
Samsung’s difficulties are unlikely to go away this year…
Samsung urges U.S. appeals court to overturn $120 million patent verdict for Apple
A jury in 2014 made the South Korean company pay nearly $120 million to Apple Inc. for infringing three patents…
Google Android’s VP of design says Apple’s iPhone interface is ‘heavy and burdensome’
Google’s Matias Duarte has a problem. In the next ten years he wants to replace the computer on your desk and the phone in your pocket…
Apple wants $180 million more in damages from patent infringer Samsung
Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs…
Apple CEO Tim Cook defends privacy, encryption amidst terrorist concerns
Apple CEO Tim Cook staunchly defended personal privacy and the use of encryption on iPhones…
Piggybacked U.S. cybersecurity bill may rile Apple Inc.
The cybersecurity proposal shields companies that voluntarily share threat data with the U.S. government…
Obama administration wants access to smartphones
A civil-liberties advocate called the Obama administration one of the worst for privacy protections…
Beleaguered Samsung to attempt to knock off Apple iPhone’s 3D Touch
Samsung Electronics Co. will add a pressure-sensitive display…
Obama administration’s calls for backdoors into encrypted communications echo Clinton-era key escrow fiasco
In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications…
Samsung asks U.S. Supreme Court to throw out $399 million award to Apple for infringing patents
In its patent dispute with Apple, Samsung is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take a digital-age look at an issue…
TSMC’s Apple A10 exclusivity damages beleaguered Samsung in myriad ways
It looks like TSMC will gain 100% of Apple’s chipset business in 2016…
Smartphones to die out within five years, replaced by artificial intelligence – survey
Smartphones will cease to exist within five years, according to new research carried out by
Windows Phone and Android are failures
Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…
Samsung finally to pay Apple $548 million in damages for copying iPhone, but then try to wrest it back
Samsung has finally agreed to pay $548 million in damages for copying iPhone…
Apple supplier Avago smashes earnings record
Avago Technologies stock jumped late Wednesday after the Apple supplier reported fiscal Q4 earnings that topped Wall Street expectations…
CIRP: Android users upgrading to Apple iPhone at unprecedented rate
Apple is converting users from rival Android in record numbers, according to a new report from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners…
Beleaguered Samsung names new cellphone head in bid to stem market share losses to Apple iPhone
Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s long-time handset division chief is ceding day-to-day management…
Apple Music’s Android assault
Earlier this month, Apple brought its Apple Music product into Alphabet’s smartphone ecosystem…
Millions of Android settlers are now upgrading to Apple’s iPhone
Those who once settled for Android handsets continue to flock to Apple’s revolutionary iPhone in record numbers…
Apple CEO Cook: ‘You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys’
There’s a burning debate – bordering on a battle – between the U.S. government and technology companies over encryption…
Edward Snowden and spread of encryption blamed after Paris terror attacks
As Paris reels from terror attacks that claimed at least 128 lives, fierce blame for the attack is being directed toward…
Apple’s clever gamble with new Apple Music for Android app
So far, Android users have generally reacted to the new app with enthusiasm, and there are already nearly 8,000 user reviews…
Privacy advocates alarmed as UK unveils laws proposing power to spy on Web use
Britain unveiled plans on Wednesday for sweeping new surveillance powers, including the right to find out which websites people visit…
Apple reaffirms its superpower over Google’s ‘Fragmandroid’
Once more, Apple has shown its superpower in the ability to keep the mobile platform fresh, while Google’s Android OS continues to be hampered…
Do not let the government snoops weaken encryption
The bill unveiled by the UK on Wednesday does not ban companies from offering strong encryption…
Two big reasons why Google (Alphabet Inc.) might not survive the decade
In 2014, Google’s ad revenue amounted to almost $59.06 billion, with advertising accounting for 89.5% of total company revenue…
Apple can’t – and won’t – decrypt your iPhone: Why it matters
Governments use a variety of means — sometimes de facto or later found to be illegal or unconstitutional in the country in which it’s occurring…
Government pressure for Apple to bypass encryption reduced as iPhone owner enters guilty plea
Jun Feng, a defendant in a criminal case, has entered a guilty plea, removing pressure from a New York court…
IDC: Apple iPhone sales up up 22.2% as new models capture upgraders and Android converts alike
According to the latest preliminary results from the International Data Corporation, Apple’s newest iPhones helped drive third quarter shipments of 48.0 million units, up 22.2%…
