After using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 , I’m thoroughly impressed with the small slate. U.S consumers will see a version with LTE for Verizon’s LTE network in the near future, but I hope that the Wi-Fi version would be priced less than an full-cost LTE version and wouldn’t require a lengthy data contract.The Galaxy [...]

Google announced a new layer of security for its Android Market on Yesterday,  a program called “Bouncer” that will automatically scan apps and developer accounts for malware. Bouncer works by analyzing each app as it is uploaded to the Market, scans for threats, spyware and trojans. It also takes a look at developer accounts to [...]

Google is pushing the boundaries of what people expect from the company, for better or worse. Just  after launching a new personalized search that has drawn criticism from both competitors and users, the company announced that they are revising its privacy policies has touched off another wave of discontent about the implications for users. So [...]

Apple’s iPhone 4S is incredibly popular with consumers, so much so that it’s eating heavily into Android’s market share among those who’ve purchased smartphones within the past three months. Apple’s market share among recent smartphone buyers in the U.S. rose from 25.1 percent in October to 44.5 percent in December, while Android’s fell from 61.6 [...]

Yestersay I captured video of a Fujitsu handset running on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. From the looks of it, this phone’s performance will rival that of the Asus Transformer Prime tablet. Fujitsu doesn’t target the U.S. market. However, Sascha’s video gives us an idea of what to expect from the Mobile World Congress show [...]

Google introduced a new Android Design site which aims at helping developers learn the principles and best practices for building awesome apps.It is the first style guide ever introduced for Android, will feature a load of documents for educating developers on styles, patterns and building blocks that go into world-class apps.It was launched after the [...]

According to an analysis of more than 250 million wireless subscribers in U.S Android and Blackberry phones require a lot more handholding by wireless companies than iPhones,the costs are about $4 more per subscriber annually. While $4 may only get you a large coffee in most U.S. markets, but adding up the costs per subscriber,it [...]

Google was Facing censorship problems from the Chinese government,so Google pulled out of China, redirecting users to uncensored results from Hong Kong. Google took a stand against China’s authoritarian regime. China is too tempting a market for Google to write off.But now Google is hiring more engineers, salespeople and product managers and building new consumer [...]

Visa is making its move in the mobile payments space. While MasterCard has heavily featured its near field communications capabilities and exclusive partnership with the Google Wallet, Visa has also been working to set up mobile payments strategy. Visa announced today that its payWave NFC mobile wallet application has been certified for a variety of [...]

During the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, apple users downloaded more than 1 billion apps for the first time ever in a week-long period. Across iOS and Android, over 1.2 billion apps were downloaded. That was a 60% increase over early December. The holiday season typically sees a surge in mobile application downloads, [...]