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LG Spectrum Android Smartphone Coming to Verizon

Verizon Wireless has added a new mid-tier Android offering to its lineup, the LG Spectrum. LG may take exception to such a descriptor, as...

Wikipedia Android App Lets Users Search, Share, Save Content

Wikipedia has quietly made its official Android application available free in the Android Market for anyone using smartphones or tablets running Android 2.2 Froyo...

Sony Ericsson Latest Android Backer to Feel Pinch of Competition

Sony Ericsson lost about $319 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, during which it shipped 9 million phones-a 20 percent drop from sales...

Google’s Android Activations Worth $3.65B a Year: Oracle

Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) 700,000 daily activations of devices based on its Android operating system may be worth $10 million annually in mobile ad revenues, totaling...

NSA Releases SE Android With Better Sandboxing, Access-Control Policies

The National Security Agency has publicly released SE Android, a secure version of Google's mobile operating system.A security-enhanced version of Android, SE Android would...

Apple Surges, as Expected, but Android Still the Top: Nielsen

The Apple iPhone 4S' arrival, as expected, significantly affected the Apple vs. Android game, Nielsen reported in a Jan. 18 blog post showing fourth-quarter...

Samsung Buying RIM? Not True, Says the Android Phone Maker

Research In Motion, struggling to halt the slide in its smartphone market share and stock price, saw a glimmer of hope earlier this month...

Google Tests QR Code Log-In From iPhones, Android Smartphones

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has wrapped up its hush-hush testing of a new authentication feature that lets users log into their Google accounts by scanning QR...

Smartphones, Tablets, Android Are Why Malware Is Going Mobile in 2012

For years, computer users' biggest security threats were attacks against their desktop computers and applications. But cyber-criminals increasingly have been turning their sights toward...

CES 2012: How Intel, Samsung, Android, Nokia Dominated

I hate going to large trade shows like CES. You get tired-really bone dead tired walking for what seems like 100 miles going from...