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Samsung Galaxy S7 settlers plagued with vexing Wi-Fi problems
Beleaguered Samsung’s flagship phone frequently has difficulty maintaining a Wi-Fi connection, causing, among other issues…
What it means for Apple if feds have found a way to crack shooter’s iPhone
When federal prosecutors announced Monday that an outside party had come forward with a technique…
Millions of Android phones open to ‘permanent device compromise’ attack
Millions of Android phones, including the entire line of Nexus models, are vulnerable to attacks that can execute malicious code…
Angry shareholders demand management heads roll at beleaguered Samsung
In 2014 we posted a report regarding Samsung’s Galaxy S5 sales plummeting 50% in China…
Android malware hits Aussie bank customers, iOS users unaffected
New malware that targets Android banking apps of Australia’s big banks has been detected…
Boring Galaxy S7 isn’t beleaguered Samsung’s next big thing
It was, by Samsung’s standards, a very bland launch with no surprises and no Samsung wow factor…
85% of mobile device failures occur on Android, with Samsung leading the way
The overwhelming majority of mobile device failures come from handsets running the Android operating system…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Increase in users dumping Android to upgrade to iPhone bodes well for Apple
26% of the users who bought iPhone 6S and 6S Plus in the first month of its launch switched from Android…
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…
Windows Phone and Android are failures
Windows Phone? Android? They’re both dead. Apple CEO Tim Cook holds all the cards…
Apple’s iPhone expected to outgrow Android 17.3% vs. 9.5% year-over-year
IDC estimates the total number of smartphone shipments will hit 1.43 billion units…
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…
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…
CIRP: Over 100 million iPhones now in use in U.S.A.
The analysis shows the continued strength of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, now one year old…
Gartner: Apple continues to dominate the premium smartphone market
Apple continued its dominance in the premium segment of the smartphone market with its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus models…
Watch this guy snap Google’s Android flagship Nexus 6P phone in half with his bare hands
What happens if you try to bend Google’s Android flagship Nexus 6P phone? SNAP!!!
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…
Apple’s iOS again leads in mobile advertising revenue
Alphabet’s Google Android operating system has more devices in use today than Apple’s iOS,…
Daniel Craig resisted Android phone placement in ‘Spectre’ because ‘James Bond only uses the best’
Daniel Craig and Spectre’s director were both opposed to multimillion dollar product placements for Sony or Samsung Android phones because it could tarnish James Bond’s image…
Video: Google’s Nexus 6P bends easier than iPhone 6 Plus, scratches like an iPhone 5
Two defects come with Google’s latest flagship Android phone…
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%…
5 reasons why record numbers of Android settlers are upgrading to real iPhones
Nearly 30 percent of Apple’s 48.04 million iPhones sold in the last quarter…
Apple CEO: Android to iPhone upgraders will help us smash our own 74.5 million smartphone sales record
Apple sold about 14 million iPhones to former Android owners in the last quarter…
Tim Cook: 30% of buyers last quarter upgraded from Android to real iPhones
During Apple’s quarterly conference call on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook said 30 percent of buyers upgraded from Android to a real iPhone…
Screenshots leak of Apple Music app for Android
New screenshots of what is reportedly the beta version of Apple Music for Android have leaked…
Why Apple won’t be suing HTC over One A9’s blatant iPhone 6S design ripoff
HTC this week announced the One A9, and the design turned out to be a blatant copy of the iPhone 6/6s…
