ANDROID popularity and ANDROID trends

By now you’ve probably seen the videos of the woman falling into a mall fountain or the guy who comes dangerously close to a bear while walki…

The best Android apps of the week are serving many purposes this time around, from sharing and managing your photos and contacts more easily to getting you ready for the holiday weekend. More »

Un estudio italiano creará una cámara con las propiedades de la aplicación comprada por Facebook

Senior VP Yves Maitre says all the major smartphone operating systems are too costly and bandwidth hungry to meet the needs of the next several billion smartphone buyers.

The Army's mad for smartphones. It's testing Android devices it bought from the local electronics store to see how they operate on its experimental, homebrewed data network. And one thing it seems to have forgotten to buy for the dismounted soldiers who'll have to furiously tap the screens to send data during firefights: texting gloves.

There are plenty of ways to get your flight school kicks with your smartphone or tablet — this missile shooting Griffin chopper comes to mind — but few manage to ooze as much style (or cost as much money) as Parrot’s AR.Drone 2.0. Getting the thing ready to fly is surprisingly simple. Once you’ve popped the battery into place, and turned the thing on, the Drone creates its own Wi-Fi network th...

Das erste von Google mitentwickelte Tablet soll Gerüchten zufolge Asus produzieren und schon im Juni vorgestellt werden. Neben einem Preis von 200 US-Dollar wird auch über Android 5 gemunkelt.

Mobiles Gaming erfreut sich einer stetig wachsenden Beliebtheit. Während Games in schnellen Schritten größer, schöner und umfangreicher werden hat sich in Sachen der meist schwierigen Steuerung bisher leider wenig getan. Zwischen Controller-Portierungen, Arcade-Automaten und Aufdrück-Buttons versucht sich das Mindwave-Headset nun mit der Steuerung durch Gedanken. mehr...

Google suffers its first patent defeat since taking over Motorola Mobility in a battle over how Android handles texts.

Smart phones and tablet computers - once the latest must-have devices for technology geeks - are becoming increasingly more popular with the mainstream. The Android platform is now one of the most popular platforms with over 300 million Android devices in use since February and 700 000 devices being activated with each passing day. One of its main attractions is the open source software that al...

Dem Software-Konzern Oracle droht eine schmerzhafte Niederlage vor Gericht: Im Prozess um das Smartphone-System Android können die Geschworenen keine Verletzung von Patenten erkennen. Kann Konkurrent Google nun einer Milliardenzahlung entgehen?

Google’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp’s patents, a California jury has decided.

Der Patentstreit zwischen Google und Oracle ist entschieden: Das Smartphone-Betriebssystem Android verletzt laut einem US-Gerichtsurteil nicht Oracles Rechte.

Google’s Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.

Der Internetriese Google ist im Patentstreit mit dem Softwarekonzern Oracle von einem US-Gericht freigesprochen worden. Eine Jury am Bezirksgericht in San Francisco entschied am Mittwoch, dass Google mit seinem mobilen Betriebssystem Android nicht widerrechtlich Oracle-Patente auf die Programmiersprache Java verwendet habe.

San Francisco (dpa) - Oracle droht eine schmerzhafte Niederlage in dem großen Prozess gegen Google wegen des Smartphone-Betriebssystems Android. Die Geschworenen in San Francisco stellten nach tagela...

Google's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle's patents, a jury has decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight over smartphone technology.

markjhood2003 writes "Fresh on the heels of Slashdot's discussion of the lack of browser choice on mobile devices comes the announcement of Yahoo's new web browser Axis. According to VentureBeat, the browser runs on iPad and iPhone as a separate standalone browser and as an extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, with support for Android and Windows Phone coming soon. It actually appears to ...

Es ist ein klarer Sieg für den Internetriesen: Ein US-Gericht hat entschieden, dass Googles Smartphone-Betriebssystem Android keine Patente des Softwarekonzerns Oracle verletzt. Dieser hatte Schadensersatz gefordert.

Un jurado federal de California ha declarado inocente a Google de violación de patentes al desarrollar su sistema operativo Android, en el marco de la batalla judicial que enfrenta a Oracle con el gigante de Internet.

Im Patentverfahren um das Handy-Betriebssystem Android hat ein US-Gericht Google Recht gegeben. Geklärt werden muss aber noch, ob der Suchmaschinenbetreiber die Java-Programmiersprache straffrei nutzen durfte.

In one of Silicon Valley's landmark court battles, Google appears to have won a big victory over Oracle.

Federal jury ruled Google did not infringe on Oracle patents with its Android operating system.

Verdict puts an indefinite hold on Oracle’s quest for $1-billion damages

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal jury in San Francisco has decided that Google didn't infringe on Oracle's patents when the search company developed its popular Android software for mobile devices....

Users pinning away for tiny computers like the FXI Cotton Candy or Raspberry Pi have another option, albeit one that is now also hard to come by. Last week a Chinese retailer called Aliexpress began selling a $74 USB key sized computer with an AllWinner A10 1.5-GHz CPU, 802.11g Wi-Fi, HDMI-out, both micro USB and full USB 2.0 ports, 512MB of RAM, 4G of Flash memory which is expandable up 32GB...

Die Übernahme von Motorola durch Google ist perfekt, nachdem chinesische Wettbewerbshüter grünes Licht gaben. Der Internet-Konzern will mit der Übernahme das Patent-Arsenal hinter Android stärken.

The menu of low-cost mini-computer options expands. Ars Technica and others report on a cool miniature Android computer that can plug directly into your TV. The whole thing is housed in a 3.5-inch plastic case, weighs in at 200 grams, and measures roughly the size of a USB thumb drive (a tiny bit bigger, actually.) It’s being sold by Chinese retailers, and you can get yourself one online for th...

TECHNO TEST - Panasonic fait un retour remarqué sur le marché européen du mobile avec ce smartphone entièrement étanche.Articles en rapportQuand le show-biz investit dans la Silicon Valley

By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some Motorola Mobility smartphones infringe on a Microsoft patent and will be barred from importation to the United States, a U.S. trade panel said on Friday. The order by the U.S. International Trade Commission has been sent to President Barack Obama, who has 60 days to consider whether to overturn it for policy reasons. ...

Rumors are always bouncing around about the next piece of amazing Apple technology about to hit the market and right now everyone is focused on the iPhone 5. We told you all about the rumored features — which include a larger screen, different colors, stronger shell and faster processor — but now at least one of [...]

A record of the Android phones and tablets that downloaded a single app over 6 months

A record of the Android phones and tablets that downloaded a single app over 6 months FORTUNE -- Suddenly you can see the advantage -- both for developers and users -- of Apple's (AAPL) approach of limiting the number of iOS devices on sale at any time to a handful of iPads, iPhones and iPod touches. Google (GOOG) executive chairman Eric Schmidt downplays the challenge of knowing ahead of time...

Every newsroom has someone whose unremittingly joy-free outlook on life has made them a soundalike for Marvin the Paranoid Android, writesLAURA SLATTERY

While Sacha Baron Cohen was off playing with his old bitch, George Clooney played with a new bitch in Malibu. And this one's a ginge! George treated his new Ginger Retriever friend like the lady or gentlemen that she or he is by gently shaking her or his paw during their first date. Okay, I'm using that "she or he" shit, because after doing a thorough examination with my ey...

UCWeb, a leading provider of mobile Internet software technology and browser services in China, plans to establish its operating platform in America in 2012. Yu Yongfu, chief executive officer of UCWeb, claimed in a speech that UCWeb's browser product has gained over 50% market share in China, including 60 million active users from the Android [...]

What will the future of artificial intelligence actually look like? We're getting some clues already from projects like Hiroshi Ishiguro's Geminoid series with its incredibly realistic bodies, writes my friend Dennis Cass at io9. But we're also seeing hints of what real-life androids won't be like. In a post last week, Cass talks about some [...]

Powered by a humble Android tablet, the device can display widgets on your mirror - even attaching to scales to give you your weight - as well as offering news and the weather.

What’s for dinner? Randomize the process a bit with the Allrecipes Dinner Spinner, which pulls together a suggested recipe at random. The app has three slot machine-like reels (one for categories of dishes, one with ingredients and one with estimated prep time) to come up with a recipe that could work for you. Plus, if you’ve got time constraints or find you have, say, oregano, that you don’t k...

Paris, London, München Und Brüssel (ots/PRNewswire) - Die mobile Applikation des führenden Geschäftsreisemanagementunternehmens ist nun auf den internetfähigen Geräten von Android und für das Mobile Web erhältlich. Egencia(R), ein Unternehmen der Expedia Inc., bringt heute die …

New bar: Albert Domasin shot this photo with his Android Evo phone outside La Cuevita in Highland Park on May 4, the day of its grand opening. "It's my new favorite neighborhood bar," he said. "I just wish it was in my neighborhood so I could walk over to order another Pinaleta more often." RELATED: Submit your photos Southern California Moments best of A...

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Klein Berkel – Rippen gebrochen, Rippenfell angerissen, schwere Prellungen am Arm. Rentnerin Elisabeth H. (90, Name geändert) liegt auf der Intensivstation. Foto: dpaMehr zum Thema„Wer wird Millionär?“ - Günther Jauchs „Einsatz in vier Wänden“Sondermodelle - Jaguar und Range Rover feiern die QueenFan-Voting - Diese Vier soll Jogi aus dem EM-Kader streichen!+++ Digitalticker +++ - Googles Andro...

A federal jury in San Francisco was asked to decide a number of questions in Oracle Corp.'s copyright-infringement case against Google Inc. Oracle had accused Google of stealing its Java programming language to build Google's Android software for mobile devices....

The search group was found to have copied parts of the Java programming language when creating its Android mobile operating system

Market research firm NPD Group this morning sent around some data points to bring us all up to date on the U.S. smartphone market, for all of you who are travelling this week to the big annual telecom fiesta in New Orleans, CTIA Wireless 2012. According to NPD, smartphone sales did not increase their portion [...]

La firma asegura que está apostando por mejorar su plataforma Android para móviles como el Samsung Galaxy S, uno de los teléfonos más vendidos en el último año

Un juge fédéral a prié Google de lui révéler ce que le système...

Samsung has unveiled Galaxy S3, its next-generation Android smartphone. The phone is powered by Exynos 4212, a quad-core processor running at 1.4GHz.

Apple's iPad outmuscled its Android-powered tablet computer rivals in early 2012, in a global market suffering from post-holiday hangover.

Future of Android smartphone OS at stake in decision on copyright for some parts of the Java programming language

Article Finances publiques Alors que plus de 12 millions de déclarations ont été réalisées sur internet en 2011, l'administration fiscale propose, pour la première fois, aux contribuables de déclarer leurs revenus depuis leur téléphone portable. Téléchargeable gratuitement, l'application impots.gouv, compatible avec les terminaux Android et l'iPhone, s'a...

Mr Wozniak, who co-founded Apple with the late Steve Jobs in 1976, has given a shocking endorsement of Windows 7.5 Mango interface.

The 32nd London Marathon starts at 9.45AM on Sunday 22nd April. Use our interactive London marathon runners guide map to see race tips and elevation. View the mobile version for your iPhone or Android phone by viewing fullscreen.

Oracle is not trying to ruin the Android market, it just wants a “taste,” writes John Dvorak.

Le spécialiste des bases de données poursuit le groupe Internet en lui reprochant une utilisation non-déclarée de sa technologie Java pour développer le système Android. Plusieurs milliards de dollars sont en jeux.

EXCLUSIVE: MEET Michael Fassbender's android from Ridley Scott's hot new sci-fi movie

EXCLUSIVE: MEET Michael Fassbender's android from Ridley Scott's hot new sci-fi movie

Seit fast zwei Jahren schon streiten Oracle und Google um das mobile Betriebssystem Android. Oracle wirft Google eine nicht lizenzierte Nutzung von Java vor. Für Google steht viel auf dem Spiel.

Appcurio.com reviews and showcases the oddest, funniest, most twisted, so-bad-it's-good apps on the Planet. - - Yes, finally, a glaring gap in the technoblogosphere has been filled. While apps have only recently moved from buzzword to mainstay, chargi...

Sony has released an Internet-linked wristwatch powered by Google-backed Android software. SmartWatch gets online by connecting wirelessly to a wearer’s Android smart-phone using Bluetooth technology, according to Sony. The high-tech timepiece reminiscent of one worn by classic comic strip detective Dick Tracy was priced at $150, available online and at Sony stores. “SmartWatch ...

Smart phone and tablet users will download nearly 36 billion mobile apps this year, according to Allied Business Intelligence. The lion's share will be for Apple and Google Android gadgets. Only about two percent will be apps for the Microsoft Windows Phone. [More]

Die Zahl der schädlichen Apps für das mobile Betriebssystem Android steigt und auch offizielle Apps haben ihre Tücken. Forscher machen nun die Nutzer zu den Wächtern. mehr...

Mark Zuckerberg's announcement of purchase comes days after massively popular photo app launched Android versionThe social network giant Facebook has bought Instagram – a profitless, two-year-old photo sharing application – for $1bn. Instagram is a mobile sensation that counts Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey among its backers and has been downloaded by over 30 million people. When the Silicon Va...

Facebook agrees to buy the photo sharing network Instagram a week after the service launches on Android.

Son portail Google Play propose «plusieurs centaines» de longs-métrages en location, lisibles sur smartphone Android, tablette et PC. Une réponse à iTunes d'Apple.

Hamburg (ots) - Mit der kostenlosen Umfrage-App MOBROG können Besitzer von iPhone, Android oder Blackberry-Handys ab sofort über ihr Mobiltelefon an Befragungen teilnehmen und damit Geld verdienen. Viele Unternehmen sind an der Meinung von Verbrauchern interessiert, um neue Produkte zu ...

Games For Your Mind's first Android game, Squared , has gotten an excellent review from the Miki S...

Imagine a cutting edge software — a tablet computer and an Android phone rolled into one — that works as a diagnostic tool for multiple activities like conduct ECG, measure heart rate, test quality of water and also take body temperature.

China's number of new activations of iOS and Android devices has surpassed that of the US, ranking China number one in the world in this respect and putting it on course to account for 24 percent of all global activations by the end of March, said mobile analytics company Flurry.

Le groupe Dexia n’entend payer que des indemnités minimales pour les garanties d’État dont il bénéficie de la part de la Belgique, de la France et du Grand-Duché d...lire la suitehistoires liées12:49 Android et Linux s'associent14:03 Sierre : le chauffeur du bus enterré à Aarschot14:18 Foot : les clubs se partageront 100 millions pour l’Euro 201213:50 Le président malien réfugié dans un camp mi...

Ad libraries, bundled with free apps, could sniff data and even install malicious software.

THE future of Nokia hinges on the brand convincing customers to switch from Google's Android and Apple phones to Microsoft.

La cantidad de programas maliciosos que apuntan a aparatos móviles aumentó 6,4 veces el 2011 con un total de 5.255 nuevas modificaciones y 178 nuevas familias identificadas a nivel global en todo el a...

Sen. Chuck Schumer called on the FTC yesterday to investigate Apple and Android smartphones after it was reported that apps on both devices can access a user's personal photos and contacts.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. senator has urged the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports that applications on the Apple Inc and Google Inc mobile systems steal private photos and contacts and post them online without consent.

«Si no entramos en los hogares, tendremos la sensación de que todo ha fracasado», reconocía Andy Rubin, responsable de producto de Android. Con la revolución de los teléfonos inteligentes convertida en una inapelable realidad y el fenómeno de las tabletas carburando para erigirse como la próxima gran moda, teleoperadoras, fabricantes y demás sujetos que conforman el entramado de la industria te...

Google rolled out its new privacy policy Thursday allowing the firm to track users across various services to developed targeted advertising, despite sharp criticism from U.S. and European consumer advocacy groups

by Sujay Abraham Android Operation System: Android is an operating system based on Linux with a Java programming interface. It provides tools, e.g. a compiler, debugger and a device emulator as well as its own Java Virtual machine (Dalvik Virtual Machine - DVM). Android is created by the Open Handset Alliance which is lead by Google. Android uses a special virtual machine, e.g. the Dalvik ...

The prototypes, code-named "Fishbowl", make encrypted calls, and may be emulated by handset manufacturers. The US National Security Agency has modified Google’s Android operating system to create smart phones that use powerful encryption to protect every call. The “Fishbowl” devices were announced today at the RSA security conference in San Francisco by Margaret Salter, the agency’s Technical D...

Even non-Beliebers want in on Bieber Fever. So when RC3, a maker of Android apps, developed a "Joustin' Beaver" video game, Justin Bieber's legal team slapped the company...

Even non-Beliebers want in on Bieber Fever. So when RC3, a maker of Android apps, developed a "Joustin' Beaver" video game, Justin Bieber's legal team slapped the company...

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It’s not all bad news for news junkies who don’t have iPhones – there are some great applications out there.

Double Fine Adventure, which has raised over $1.8 million in funding from public donations, will be developed for PC, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android.

Ein Smartphone im edlen Gewand: Ist das Blackberry P9981 im Porsche Design eine Alternative zu Apple-, Android und Nokia-Geräten? Auffällig schwer ist es jedenfalls.

European Union antitrust regulators today approved Google's acquisition of the U.S. cellphone maker Motorola Mobility without conditions, but added a stern warning: Play fair in markets for smartphones and tablet computers, or face tough sanctions. The $12.5 billion deal represents Google's first foray into hardware. "If it wins global approval, the takeover could give Google a portfolio of pat...

Rising security incidents and poorly defended phones suggest 2012 could be a risky year for smart-phone users.

(Image courtesy of Square, Inc.) The Obama reelection campaign is providing headquarters staff, field organizers and volunteers the ability to take campaign donations with their mobile phones. Campaign personnel are being issued Square mobile credit card readers, allowing them to process donations with their iPhone or Android phones, campaign officials tell POLITICO. The rollout will happen na...

Google's Android operating system's share of the global tablet computer market rises sharply at the expense of Apple's iOS, research suggests.

Google will now follow you around the internet, as you use e-mail, search, YoutTube, and so on and so forth, as you use web browsers or your Android phone, and you can't opt out. This starts March 1st. I'm not sure if this is a bad thing or not. It depends on exactly what they are doing. It will certainly make the Google experience a bit creepier: As you search for YouTube videos on some...

Several publications are picking up the launch of Samsung’s App name “Chat on” which is available both on Android and as of today on the iPhone as well. According to BusinessInsider.com, “It means that Android and iPhone users can now text each other for free, since these “texts” go over your phone’s data connection.” “ChatON [...]

Following a packed keynote at last week's Mobile Internet World conference, Google's group manager of open platforms, Rich Miner, sat down to take questions from the audience. Here, he comments on the process that Google used to develop Android and on the pressures of an open platform.

This is the message from Samsung, the star of Google’s Android fleet and the manufacturer of arguably the best-selling Android phone, Galaxy S. A message for over 10 million people worldwide who have bought this phone. A message for people who made it one of the best-selling smartphones ever in the Indian market. Let me elaborate. Galaxy S, one of the finest Android phones in terms of hardw...

Le jeu culte sorti il y a dix ans sur PlayStation 2 ressort ce jeudi sur iPhone, iPad et téléphones et tablettes Android à un prix modique.

Google has released a magazine reading application for smartphones or tablet computers powered by Android or Apple software.

More than 10 billion apps have been downloaded from Google's Android Market store, says the search giant.

A hidden application found on millions of smartphones can log almost everything a user does, claims a US security researcher. Trevor Eckhart unearthed the Carrier IQ application that runs largely unseen on Android, Nokia and Blackberry handsets. Mr Eckhart said the software could log locations, websites visited, key presses and… Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story

Some smartphones specifically designed to support the Android mobile platform have incorporated additional features that can be used by hackers to bypass Android's security features, making them more vulnerable to attack. Android has the largest share of the smartphone market in the US.

Avec son Android Market, le géant américain d'internet va tenter de rattraper son énorme retard sur ses concurrents iTunes et Amazon qui bénéficient…

The lead designer of the Android user interface has the job of making Google's mobile operating system desirable to consumers.

Trileet hat als Anbieter des Feedreaders Newsroom eine Basisfunktion abgeschaltet. Künftig gibt es in der Android-, WebOS- und Windows-Phone-7-Anwendung keine Feed-Volltexte mehr. Eine vollständige Einstellung des Dienstes soll damit verhindert werden. (Windows Phone 7, WebOS)

Name.com has released a free full service domain registration app for Android smartphones (an iPhone version is coming soon). Name.com becomes one of only a few ICANN accredited registrars that offer domain registration apps and the world's first with mobile back ordering capability.