Tag: Android
Android Takes Off in China, But Google Has Little to Show for It
- By Jessica Leber
- 12/06/2012
Google closed its Chinese search service three years ago, just as the mobile market exploded. Now it may be realizing the price.
Google Goes Large with a New Android Tablet
- By Rachel Metz
- 10/29/2012
As Apple shrinks down the iPad, Google unveils a larger Android tablet, along with an improved smaller tablet and a new smartphone.
How the Chinese Smartphone Market Shapes the Battle for Global Dominance
- By Mike Orcutt
- 09/21/2012
Google’s mobile operating system is particularly dominant in China’s rapidly growing smartphone market.
Chinese Phone Giant Chooses a Web-Based Mobile OS
- By David Talbot
- 09/20/2012
ZTE snubs Android in favor of software made by Firefox.
Getting Your Phone to Give You a Hand
- By Rachel Metz
- 08/28/2012
A growing number of apps hope to turn smartphones into personal assistants.
Can DARPA's Strategy Help Motorola Compete Again?
- By David Talbot
- 08/13/2012
As well as making layoffs and reshuffling executives, Google has focused Motorola on researching risky, breakthrough technology.
Android's Rise Helps Google Grow Its Traffic Surveillance System
- By Tom Simonite
- 08/07/2012
The movements of Android users let Google track live traffic—a service being extended to new countries and U.S. cities today.
Use Their App, Keep Your Data
- By David Talbot
- 06/11/2012
A modified version of Android feeds data-snooping apps fake bookmarks and empty contact lists.
A Comeback Phone, Hampered by a Lack of Apps
- By Tom Simonite
- 04/03/2012
Nokia's Lumia 900, powered by Microsoft's software, is a good high-end smart phone with relatively few compatible apps.
Android Ads Could Attack, Study Warns
- By David Talbot
- 03/19/2012
Ad libraries, bundled with free apps, could sniff data and even install malicious software.
Why Transparent Tracking Needs Its Own App
- By David Talbot
- 12/08/2011
- 4 Comments
A call for smart-phone software that lets users see what data their gadgets are sending out.
If Facebook Made a Phone, Would You Friend It?
- By David Talbot
- 12/01/2011
- 6 Comments
Experts weigh in on whether the concept would be a hit with users.
One Smart Phone, Two Personalities
- By Tom Simonite
- 10/13/2011
- 3 Comments
Several companies are working on technology that would separate your personal stuff from your work data.
Android Marches on East Africa
- By David Talbot
- 06/23/2011
- 2 Comments
A low-cost Chinese smart phone is helping launch wave of app innovation in Nairobi.
Google Places Two Bets on a Post-PC World
- By Tom Simonite
- 06/22/2011
- 7 Comments
The latest Android tablets and Chromebooks suggest different "post-PC" worlds, both more complicated than the one Apple is going for.
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