A new report from the New York Post claims that Apple is about to gain a new competitor in the tablet market, with online book store and music giant Amazon set to enter the fray with its own set of tablet devices.
Powered by Google's Android mobile operating system, Amazon's tablets are believed to be set to cost 'hundreds less' than the iPad's base $499 price tag. That pretty much confirms a $299 Amazon tablet...
Google is ending Slide, the company behind the new social photography app called Photovine, according to reports.
The search giant intends to pull the rug from under all Slide applications, both Android and iOS, with Photovine being the most prominent on the App Store.
Google picked up Slide just over a year ago for $200 million, and its leader Max Levchin will leave the company as part of the move...
There may be a new mobile operating system on the block soon, if the South Korean government gets its way, says TNW.
Citing Yonhap News, TNW reports that Kim Jae-hong, a deputy minister from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy said that the country will look into a new open-source operating system after Google made the unexpected move of buying Motorola Mobility for a staggering $12.5 billion...
Apple's iPhone 4 has only been on sale on Verizon for around 6 months, but it's already stealing Android's lunch money, according to new stats from Chitika Insights this week.
The drop in Android sales since the iPhone 4 landed on Verizon's doorstep sees Google's mobile OS share dropping from 51.4% to 41.1% ...
The news that Google had picked up Motorola Mobility for a cool $12.5 billion is still reverberating around the tech world, with many wondering what this means for Android's partner agreements with the likes of HTC and Samsung. The question on our mind: What does Apple think about all this?
In a conference call hosted by Gleacher & Company, Apple's Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer weighed in on the Google purchase, and his response was pretty much the same as our's...
Google's getting all 'social' these days, what with the search outfit taking on Facebook and co with Google+.
The next social app to come out of Google is Photovine, which is available for iOS devices right now after a previous beta-only period, and the photography app promises to give Instagram a run for its money...
In a crazy turn of events, several media outlets are reporting this morning that Google has just sealed the deal on the acquisition of Motorola Mobility. The company is essentially Motorola's Mobile Device Division, which became its own entity earlier this year.
Google now owns that entity, along with over 12,000 cellphone-related patents. If nothing else, the move beefs up the company's struggling IP (Intellectual Property) portfolio, and will allow them to control all aspects of future Motorola products...
Apple is set to launch its next iPhone in the coming months, and Apple's competition is gearing up to combat the iPhone 5. Eyes are on Apple's main competitor, Android, to see how Google and handset makers will react to Apple's new device this Fall.
According to a report from BGR, Google is looking to introduce new devices this Fall running the upcoming "Ice Cream Sandwich" version of Android. It's speculated that Google will unveil a new generation of its popular Nexus handset...
Even though it seems like the new car smell has kind of worn off, Google+ is still seeing tons of traffic. The company took the social networking space by storm last month, and Google+ still consists of 20 million+ members.
It's had a native iPhone app for weeks, but for some reason the software has been blocked from installing on both the iPad and iPod touch. Users had to go through several steps to install the application on their tablets, and half the time it didn't work...
Apple has received numerous awards throughout the years for its incredible success in the tech industry, and now Apple has received recognition once again from Forbes.
Forbes Magazine has compiled a list of the world's most innovative companies based on what it calls "the five skills of disruptive innovators."
I've always said that the Android vs. iOS debate could spark another civil war here in the states. It seems like arguments for and against the industry's 2 hottest platforms can get heated in a hurry.
With that in mind, here's an interesting infographic displaying the results of mobile ad firm Jumptap's ad-tracking data. It shows the U.S. with states color-coded according to which mobile OS dominates the region. Hit the jump to find out what OS your state prefers.
Today, Google updated its mobile web app to fully support Apple's Retina Display, bringing a crisper experience to those of us who use the web app in order to get full support for certain Gmail features, like labels.
The update, which is live for everyone right now, also adds an iOS feature that now seems to be synonymous with the platform: pull to refresh...