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Research firm IDC released its Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report today. It predicts that Android market share is at its peak right now, but Windows Phone will continue to grow mostly at its expense. Seriously, that’s what it said. “The smartphone parade won’t be as lively this year as it has been in past,” said…
With Google I/O just about 20 days away, we can’t say that we’re surprised to see that a possible press shot of the Nexus tablet. We’re more than aware that Google is set to announce its own tablet device at one of the keynotes during the I/O conference, and while nothing is confirmed, it’s looking…
While you’re probably already read that Android will soon be getting offline support in Google Maps, it was Google Earth’s new 3D imagery that impressed us most. Sure, we’ve seen it before, but Google took the time to show how it has achieved such realistic images for its Earth application. Google sent out airplanes with…
Nokia has announced an update that they’ve made available for AT&T Lumia 900 devices. The update contains a host of bugfixes that Nokia has identified by way of user feedback from the popular Windows Phone device, and the update should squash most, if not all, of those pesky bugs on the device. The update is…
Google used its Map-oriented event to announce that it will bring offline map access to Google Maps for Android. The demo showed how an Android owner could download the full map of London before travelling out into the city. The offline map access will provide street-detail coverage when a user is in an area without…
Today’s the big day! It’s June 6, 2012. Exactly six months ago from today, Google chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt made a wild prediction saying that six months in the future, developers would prefer creating Android apps over iOS development. Well, here we are. “Ultimately, application vendors are driven by volume, and volume is…
LinkedIn is having one hell of a Wednesday. First, the company faced scrutiny after it was learned that LinkedIn’s iOS application stores some calendar information in plain text on their servers. LinkedIn collects names, email addresses, and meeting notes from your calendar appointments. Of course, giving LinkedIn access to your calendar is completely optional, and…
Apple is sitting on a ton of cash, with nearly $100 billion in cash on hand. The tech industry has been looking to Apple to see just what it’d be doing with all that dough, and a report out of The Next Web gives us a good idea of one of Apple’s expenditures. The Next Web spoke with an…
The Samsung Galaxy S III is now available for pre-order at three of the five US carriers that are selling the phone. Verizon and Sprint offer both the 16GB and 32GB models, with pricing set at $199 for the 16GB model and $249 for the 32GB model (prices include a two-year customer agreement). AT&T is offering…
Samsung is joining the Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, which gives it a seat on the Foundation’s Board of Directors. At the same time, the Korean giant has the opportunity to participate with the kernel community and adopt open source best practices. Linux is not just about phones — though Android is a Linux-based…