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Amazon Kindle Fire Hijacks Android Tablet Market

Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire has managed to become the first tablet based on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system to see demonstrable application usage in...

Android, Apple Dominate at Home but Share Work With BlackBerry

The tussle for dominance between Apple iPhones and Google Android smartphones is the main story in the consumer device space. But a new global...

Android Counterclank Malware Assails Android Market: Symantec

A nasty piece of malware called Android.Counterclank that Symantec (NASDAQ:SYMC) said has the highest distribution of any malware this year to date is making...

Motorola Shipped 1 Million Android Tablets in 2011

Owing to write-off costs from its impending acquisition by Google, Motorola Mobility (NYSE:MMI) Jan. 27 reported a net loss of $80 million for the...

Google Tells Android Developers to Stop Using the Menu Button

Google is telling Android developers to stop using its Menu button and begin using the Action Bar that was introduced with the Android 3.0...

Kindle Fire Powers Android Tablets to 39% Market Share

Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Kindle Fire helped power market share for tablets based on Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system to 39 percent market share for the...

Kaiser Permanente Launches Mobile Android Health Record App

Health plan Kaiser Permanente has launched an Android version of its electronic health record platform to allow patients to access their medical data on...

ATandT Saw Record iPhone, Android Smartphone Sales in Q4

AT&T activated 7.6 million Apple iPhones during its 2011 fourth quarter and sold 9.4 million smartphones in total. This made it not only AT&T's...

iPhone 4S Boosted Apple’s Enterprise Adoption vs. Android

Paced by the iPhone 4S, Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iOS platform accounted for 71 percent of total activations overall, with Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system garnering...

Android to Supplant iOS Among Developers: Ovum

With more than 500,000 applications in the Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store, and what most developers believe to be the best payment platform for mobile...