HTC this week announced the One A9, and the design turned out to be a blatant copy of the iPhone 6/6s…
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Another reminder of why Apple’s iPhone is so great
Apple’s iPhone 6s is the most powerful smartphone in the world. It ushers in exciting new features and improves old features…
Google to launch ad-free YouTube subscriptions: $10/mo. for Android, $13/mo. for iOS users
YouTube Red will cost $9.99 a month for Android users. For users of iPhones and other Apple Inc. devices, the service will cost $12.99 a month…
Apple Music app for Android likely to struggle without free ad-supported tier
Apple’s new $10-a-month streaming music service has attracted 6.5 million paying subscribers thus far…
More than half of Apple’s iOS device users are already running iOS 9
The majority of iOS device owners have upgraded to the latest version of the operating system…
Struggling Samsung to see first-ever year-over-year drop in smartphone shipments in 2015
Samsung Electronics will likely see total shipments decline on a total year-over-year basis for the first time…
Apple iPhone owns over 90% of smartphone profits, so why do others even bother fighting over Apple’s scraps?
Apple vacuums up more than 90 percent of the profits in the business…
Android continues to struggle in Europe; Samsung’s share slips
Android handset makers continue to compete for a smaller share of smartphones sales across Europe…
New Google parent company Alphabet Inc. drops ‘Don’t Be Evil’ motto
Alphabet, which took over as Google’s new holding company on Friday…
New Stagefright bugs leaves some 1.4 billion Android settlers vulnerable
If you care about security, perhaps you should think about switching to Apple’s superior iPhone…
Beleaguered Samsung tries to peddle Galaxy phones to people queuing outside Apple Store for iPhone 6s/Plus launch
Outside the Apple Store on Regent Street, Apple fans queuing up to get their hands on the new iPhone 6S…
Apple’s iPhones are killing Samsung
In the smartphone segment, Samsung has seen increased challenges due to Apple’s rise in the high-end smartphone market…
Apple’s new iPhone 6s/Plus: One of the biggest changes is how you’ll pay for them
When Apple Inc. unveils its next iPhone on Wednesday, the biggest update may be in how most consumers will pay…
Android porn app took secret photos of users, demanded ransom payments
A malicious Android app that held people to ransom has been found by US security firm…
comScore: Apple continues to amass U.S smartphone market share
191.4 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones (77.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in July…
Glacial: Apple v. Samsung heads toward fourth jury trial
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
Tepid demand for beleaguered Samsung’s latest Galaxy smartphones triggered a fifth straight monthly decline…
Study: Apple iPhone users are healthier than those who settle for Android phones
We pulled sweet, sweet data from both our Android and iPhone apps…
IDC: Apple iPhone’s higher margins are much more valuable than chasing market share
IDC projects that Apple’s iOS shipments will grow from 192.7 million in 2014 to 269.6 million in 2019…
Samsung phones are for old people
Samsung has ploughed billions into promoting its high-end phones…
Apple’s iOS beats Android in multiple meaningful ways
Apple’s iPhone remains the handset to beat in an ever more-crowded smartphone marketplace…
Beleaguered Samsung slumps to 10-month low on disappointment with latest phones
Beleaguered Samsung Electronics Co. latest phones are very disappointing…
Android reeling after two major security failures
Android security woes got even worse on Thursday, with two separate reports…
Waiting for Android’s inevitable security Armageddon
The Android ecosystem can’t deal with security, and it won’t change until it’s too late…
Beleaguered HTC brand is worthless
HTC’s sales have fallen by more than 75 percent since the September quarter of 2011…
This is how Apple’s iPhone kills Android phones
Android OS has failed most of the smartphone makers…
Certifi-gate: Hundreds of millions of Android devices vulnerable to stealth unrestricted access
Certifi-gate allows malicious applications to gain unrestricted access to an Android device silently…
Beleaguered HTC shares plummet after record quarterly loss
Taiwan’s smartphone maker HTC saw its shares fall 10…
Kantar: Apple’s iOS share grows worldwide
The latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech…
Nomura ups Apple to ‘Buy’ on strong iPhone growth, increasing Android switchers
We expect Apple to extend its share gains in 2016…
Samsung drops $10 billion in market value on poor demand for Galaxy S6 phones
Sluggish sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy S6 smartphones…
Samsung will never overcome Apple’s advantage in mobile device profitability
Samsung’s June quarter earnings release contained a steep y/y decline…
Apple surges, Microsoft collapses in worldwide mobile phone market share
Apple grew 35 percent annually and shipped 47.5 million iPhones…
Malformed video files can be used to crash half of all Android phones
An attack that puts more than 50 percent of Android phones into a persistent vegetative state…
Apple iPhone shipments show impressive growth as Samsung falls
Global smartphone shipments grew 15 percent annually to reach 340 million units…
Samsung offers downbeat outlook for year ahead of new Apple iPhones
Samsung’s mobile business booked a 38 percent decline…
Security journalist: Goodbye, Android, hello Apple iPhone!
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
Almost all Android mobile devices available today are susceptible to hacks…
Porn clicker keeps infecting Android apps on Google Play
This porn clicker Trojan, which we detect as Android/Clicker, has once more infiltrated…
Ahead of Apple’s new iPhones, desperate Samsung to rush Galaxy Note phablet to market in mid-August
Previous versions, such as the Note 3 and 4, typically launched in September…
Why Google and Microsoft couldn’t emulate the Apple mobile device model
Microsoft’s announcement that it is writing off the Nokia devices…
Apple features Tim Cook laughing his head off at Android in iOS 9 beta’s News app
The Android topic had a very interesting choice of image…
