Google Could Take On Siri With 'Majel' For Android
Google is reportedly working on a solution that will boost the capabilities of Voice Actions on Android smartphones and compete head-to-head with Apple's digital assistant,…
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Global Smartphone Penetration Approaches 10%
It may seem like everyone around you owns a smartphone but that's hardly the case on a global scale. Global smartphone penetration is just now…
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Costco May Offer Verizon's Samsung Galaxy Nexus Starting December 15th
Costco may offer Verizon Wireless's Samsung Galaxy Nexus beginning on Thursday, December 15th, according to a leaked photo. Verizon has yet to announce an official…
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Apple May Be Tweaking Policies In Effort To Attract Advertisers To iAd
Apple may be implementing a number of changes to its iAd mobile advertising platform in an effort to attract more advertisers and to compete more…
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Amazon To Sell 6 Million Kindle Fire Tablets, 8 Million eReaders In Q4
Amazon's Kindle Fire is a smash hit, with fourth-quarter sales that may exceed even the most lofty estimates reported ahead of the tablet's recent launch.…
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Google Wallet Doesn't Properly Protect Personal Data, Security Firm Says
Security firm ViaForensics recently said Google Wallet does not properly protect personal data, including credit card balance information, on a rooted Nexus S smartphone. Google Wallet…
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Nokia Exec Says iPhone Is Boring, Android Is Too Complex
Microsoft's Windows Phone platform is a breath of fresh air in a crowded smartphone market riddled with boring iPhones and overcomplicated Android handsets. Nokia Entertainment Global director…
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Judge Approves AT&T/DOJ Request For Antitrust Suit Delay
Judge Ellen Huvelle approved a joint request by AT&T and the Department of Justice to delay a lawsuit regarding AT&T's planned purchase of T-Mobile USA.…
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Android Ranked Most 'Closed' Open Source OS [Infographic]
A new report has ranked Google's Android operating system the most "closed" open source platform among eight major open source projects. VisionMobile on Monday published The…
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Apple And Google Dominate Smartphone Space While Others Scramble
Google's Android platform and Apple's iOS dominated the U.S. smartphone space in 2011 while a number of companies that helped shape the market as we…
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Microsoft Bumps Windows Phone Head Andy Lees To New Role
Microsoft has moved Andy Lees, the head of its Windows Phone division, to a new position within the firm. AllThingsD broke the news but did…
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AT&T Asks Justice Department To Delay Court Proceedings
AT&T said Monday that it, along with Deutsche Telekom, has asked Judge Ellen Huvelle to delay any further court hearings regarding AT&T's planned $39 billion…
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Apple's Mac App Store Passes 100 Million Downloads
Apple's Mac App Store hasn't changed the industry quite like its iOS App Store did three years ago, but the Cupertino-based company on Monday announced that…
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Indonesia Threatens To Ban BIS, BlackBerry Messenger
The Indonesian government has threatened to ban Research In Motion's BlackBerry Messenger and BIS services in the country following the company's decision to install a…
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All AT&T iPhones On Sale At RadioShack Starting Sunday
BGR has learned that RadioShack will be offering a limited-time sale on all AT&T iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 models beginning Sunday, December 11th. The…
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Justice Department To Postpone Or Dismiss Case Against AT&T
The Justice Department intends to file a motion next week to delay or dismiss its lawsuit against AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. The DOJ…
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HP Cuts Its Losses, Makes webOS Open Source
Hewlett-Packard on Friday announced that is is contributing its webOS platform to the open source software community. The company confirmed that it would not build…
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Google Chairman: We Don't Work With Or Support Carrier IQ
Google chairman Eric Schmidt recently explained that Google does not support or endorse Carrier IQ, the company that has been accused of secretly bugging phones…
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Production Of Apple's 30-Month-Old iPhone 3GS To Hit 2 Million Units In Q4
Apple's manufacturing partners are expected to build 2 million iPhone 3GS handsets in the fourth quarter. Thursday of this week marked exactly two and a…
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Sales Of Apple's iPhone, iPad Banned By German Court [Updated]
A ruling handed down on Friday by the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany could see sales of Apple's iOS devices banned across Europe. The judgement…
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Samsung Scores Another Win As Australian Tablet Ban Is Overturned
A ban that prevented Samsung's local subsidiaries from marketing and selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in Australia was lifted on Friday, marking another victory…
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Samsung Loses Bid To Block iPhone 4S Sales In France
A French court on Thursday decided against issuing an injunction that would have barred Apple from selling the iPhone 4S in France, Bloomberg reports. The…
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Verizon And RedBox May Be Plotting Movie Streaming Partnership For Early 2012
On Wednesday we reported on a story that suggested Verizon may be planning to challenge Netflix by launching its own video streaming service. Now, it…
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Instagram CEO: Android App On The Way
Speaking during the LeWeb conference in Paris on Wednesday, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom confirmed that an Android version of the company's popular iOS application is…
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TV-Enabled iMac Could Launch Before Apple's Siri HDTV, Analyst Says
Apple may launch an iMac with integrated "TV capability" before it launches its own full-blown HDTV, Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair said Wednesday. Blair said…
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Kindle Fire Likely A 'Blazing Success' Despite Lukewarm Reviews, Morgan Stanley Says
Amazon launched its Kindle Fire on November 14th, and reviews seem to be split evenly into two camps. One group says Amazon's debut tablet falls…
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As Adobe Flash Fades From Mobile Phones, HTML5 Adoption Already Exploding
Adobe announced last month that it was finally putting an end to its efforts with Flash Player for mobile devices, deciding to instead focus on…
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