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‘App Economy’ Has Created Nearly 500K Jobs Since 2007

One of the big buzzwords in the 2012 election has been, of course, "job creators" (with the very existence of said group a matter of intense debate), but it seems if you buy and use a lot ... continue

Android Smartphones And Tablets Coming To US Government, Military

Android seems to be the operating system of choice when it comes to the US government and military. They've managed to create an operating system that is highly secure and is capable of sending highly classified data ... continue

Android Market Quite Safe Thanks To Google’s Own Malware Scanner

The Android Market has been subject to a bit of controversy. While Apple and the App Store has a much more controlled process of apps getting in, for Android apps, it's not nearly as difficult. That opens ... continue

Android Market is being hit with its largest malware infection yet according to Symantec

One of the big disadvantages over releasing an 'open' operating system is that because of its 'openness' it is also much more prone to malware attacks, as Microsoft has had to deal with over the years. The 'open' ... continue

Android Tablets Catching Up With The iPad In Market Share

Android tablets are becoming more popular and that means they're taking up more and more market share. The iPad is still the top dog currently in the marketplace, but with dozens and dozens of tablets available, growth ... continue

Android Apps Being Featured Significantly Boosts Rank Shows Report

Android, the very popular mobile operating system from Google, has hundreds of thousands of apps across all sorts of different categories. The best thing to happen for a developer is actually a few things. For one, people enjoy ... continue

Android To Get More Developers In 2012 Than iOS [Report]

Android and iOS continue to be the two largest in terms of smartphone and OS market share. Over the years, the majority of app developers have built apps for iOS first, and then, just maybe, built apps ... continue

Tablets Jump, Nearly 1/3 Of Americans Own One

Tablets have been quite the rage ever since the debut of the original iPad in early 2010. Since then, companies from all around the World have went about making one and also some shooting for that "iPad ... continue

iPhone And Android Nearly Tied As The Smartphone Wars Heat Up

Competition between the iPhone and Android has been very heated the last several years and it seems that Apple's smartphone which originally held the top spot, is making it's way back to beat out Google for the ... continue

Airbnb Debuts Android App, Easy To Discover And Book A Place To Stay

Airbnb, a startup that allows people to rent out their rooms, apartments, or homes, launched their Android app today. Of course, you can also rent out entire countries (seriously), though were not sure how many people took ... continue

74% Of All Smartphone Purchases Will Be Android Or iPhone

A new research survey came out stating that in the next six months, 74% of all smartphone purchases will either be Android or iPhone. Commanding 90 percent of mobile phone market share, it's not a big surprise ... continue

Not As Many New Smartphones From Top Companies In 2012

Smartphones have absolutely exploded the last several years, ever since the debut of the original iPhone in 2007. While that may be the case, expect fewer models this year according to executives. One of the biggest reasons why ... continue

Microsoft Signs Android Patent Deal With LG, VP Taunts Google

Patent wars over smartphones, especially over the last several years, have been at an all time high. Microsoft announced that they signed a patent-licensing deal with LG, a number two maker of smartphones. As much as Google would ... continue

Android Isn’t Fragmented Says Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

As Android continues to heat up, so do the claims of the mobile operating system from Google being fragmented, among other things. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman at Google, spoke at CES and denied that fragmentation existed with ... continue

Motorola Droid 4 Coming Soon, Thinnest QWERTY Keyboard Smartphone

Phones, phones, and more phones. This year is no exception when it comes to new ones. Motorola is coming out with their next generation Droid, the Droid 4, in the following weeks. Yesterday, the company also revealed details ... continue

Samsung Plans To Sell More Smartphones Than Nokia In 2012

Competition in the mobile market keeps heating up. Samsung, maker of all things electronic, says they're confident they'll outsell Nokia this year and end their 14 year reign of being the biggest seller of mobile phones. Quite the declaration ... continue