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Android’s Openness Makes It Easier to Support than iPhone, Tangoe Says

Tangoe, which makes software used by more than 400 companies around the world to manage expenses related to their mobile communication assets, on April...

Mobile Browsing Heats Up with Skyfire 2.0 for Android

Skyfire Labs, with the goal of making it easier for users to consume content from smartphones the way they currently do from desktop PCs,...

Microsoft’s HTC Android Agreement May Be First of Many

Microsoft is negotiating intellectual property (IP) agreements with unnamed manufacturers that produce smartphones running the Google Android operating system, on the heels of the...

Google Android 2.2 to Support Flash, Going Where Apple Won’t

Google's Android director has confirmed that Android 2.2, the forthcoming version of the company's operating system for smartphones, tablets and netbooks, will support Adobe's...

Mozilla ‘Fennec’ Ported to Android, Tested on Droid, Nexus One

Mozilla has ported the company's "Fennec" mobile browser to smartphones based on Google Android, opening another avenue of opportunity for programmers writing applications for...

Google Android OS Ecosystem Is Exploding, Says AdMob

The Android ecosystem has undergone considerable changes in the last few months, according to an April 27 report from AdMob. The report considers the...

Barnes and Noble Nook Now Has Android-Based Games

Barnes & Noble announced a software update for its Nook e-reader, complete with new features such as a Web browser and games, on April...

Verizon’s Android Smartphone Sales Boost First Quarter Revenue

Verizon Wireless announced revenues of $26.9 billion for its first quarter of 2010, on April 22. The carrier's net income, however, was about $400...

Dell Tablet, Android Smartphones, Windows Phone 7 Handset Leak Online

What a week of leaks. Following the Apple iPhone 4G debacle and leaked photos of Research In Motion's latest operating system for its BlackBerry...

Apple iPhone Hacked for Google Android

One enterprising programmer has accomplished something likely capable of sending a certain Cupertino, Calif.,-based CEO's teeth on edge: run Google Android on a first-generation...