I recently switched from using a Windows PCs and Android phones to all-Apple products, all the time. My new iPhone 5 and MacBook Pro are definitely really cool. But when I was a PC/Android user (with an Acer laptop and phones by HTC and Samsung), App

Android gained in the U.S. market in March after three months of consecutive declines, increasing its market share slightly to 52%, according to comScore.  That's still down nearly 2 percentage points from Android's market share peak in Nov

If you’ve got an Android phone, you might have noticed that your pre-loaded Google Talk app has recently been updated and is now “Hangouts,” the name of Google’s video chat service. But if you’re an AT&T customer, you mi

By Paulo Santos:There was a time when people either chose an Apple (AAPL) smartphone or, if they thought it was too expensive, they'd settle for an Android smartphone. Being able to afford it was the defining factor.While at times, spec-wise, Apple w

Last week, Bang With Friends proudly announced Android and iPhone versions of its controversial and super popular dating app, but now Apple has pulled the app from its app store. It's not exactly clear why Apple has banned the app. We'd guess the rea

Better watch out, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. Hot messaging app MessageMe has just raised $10 million in its first round of funding, the company confirmed today.MessageMe offers iOS and Android apps that send rich messages to friends, family, an

An HTML5 app is housed on the Web and runs inside a mobile browser. Unlike apps built specifically for Apple devices or Google's Android operating system, it does not need to be built from scratch for each OS. The promise is that it can be

Google's mobile operating system may be getting a boost from--of all places--Blackberry.

It all depends on whether or not BlackBerry users will remain loyal now that the brand's unique selling point is gone.

It's the second day at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco. While the other members of the HuffPost tech team on site have been pursuing sessions on Android and Google Glass, I've been focused on something much more mundane: the World Wide Web

Google's Android team held a fireside chat this afternoon at the company's big I/O developers conference where it took questions from developers about working with the mobile operating system.  One developer addressed one of the biggest problems

Google plans to sell its own version of Samsung’s popular Android smartphone. It will be available in Google’s online store on June 26.    

Last night Google held a press meetup to cap off the first day of its big I/O developers conference. A lot of big Google execs showed up, including Sundar Pichai, the new guy in charge of Android. But when Google co-founder Sergey Brin walked in the

During Google's I/O Developer conference in San Francisco on Wednesday, Larry Page was asked how Google was going to work better with Oracle. The issue is Android, which is written in a programming language called Java. Oracle gained control of

Google's Android and Apple's iOS still make up the vast majority of the market.

Venture capitalist Fred Wilson, famous for keeping an active blog and investing early in Twitter, is in love. He's in love with a smartphone Google put on the market yesterday. It's a Samsung Galaxy S4, stripped of all the junky software layered

Nine-hundred million Android devices have now been activated since the mobile platform launched, according to new Android boss Sundar Pichai, speaking yesterday at Google's I/O Conference. That's up from 750 million in March, when Larr

Earlier this month, digital forensics examiner Richard Hickman found a way to resurface deleted Snapchat photos on Android devices.  So we naturally wondered if there's anything users can do to prevent this from happening. It sounds like there i

Samsung is enjoying Android more than Google is, according to Strategy Analytics. The market researcher estimates that Samsung generates more revenue and profit from the platform than the search giant does.

BlackBerry announced this week that it's making its BlackBerry Messenger service and BlackBerry Enterprise Service available for iOS and Android devices. Is this a surrender?

Facebook's failure to anticipate user reactions to its app may be due to its employees' lack of familiarity with Android devices.

Google opened its biggest developers conference with new features for its Android and Chrome operating systems — as well as a new streaming music subscription service. No updates on Google Glass.

Google's three and a half hour keynote at I/O, its big developer conference, is making us all a bit punchy. After three hours of product demos, Google CEO Larry Page did a Q&A. Watching on the live stream, a lot of people started talking about th

Google said more than 900 million devices powered by its Android mobile operating system had been activated world-wide, up from 400 million a year ago.

Devices running Google's Android are more popular than ever. There are now 900 million Android devices out in the world that have been activated, Hugo Barra, Google's Android VP product management told attendees of the Google I/O developer conference

Google will sell an unlocked model of the Galaxy S4 running the clean new  version of Android, Jellybean. It goes on sale June 26 for $649 through Google. Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story »&

Software developers now have tools to allow gamers to save their data across devices.    

Google Inc. (GOOG) on Wednesday said more than 900 million devices powered by its Android mobile operating system had been activated worldwide, up from 400 million a year ago and 100 million two years ago.

Some 900 million smartphones and tablets running Google Inc's Android software have been activated since the platform's inception in 2010, executives said at the company's annual developers' conference on Wednesday.

Google explained today the mysterious new gaming service on its app store, Google Play, that leaked last month. Android game developers are getting new tools so they can build new games. These will let multiple people play across devices: on Android

SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 (Reuters) - Some 900 million smartphones and tablets running Google Inc's Android software have been activated since the platform's inception in 2010, executives said at the company's annual developers' conference on Wednesday.

Google is updating Android with a whole bunch of new features for developers. We're watching the keynote going on live right now. One cool new thing is a set of tools called Google Services, which are tools Android developers can use to make apps. On

May 15 (Reuters) - Google Inc : * Says 900 million android devices activated as of now * Says revenue per user for app developers in Google play store now 2.5 times

May 15 (Reuters) - Google Inc : * Says 900 million android devices activated as of now * Says revenue per user for app developers in Google play store now 2.5 times

Google is hosting a conference for its developers. Thousands of people are in the building. A million are watching a live stream. Google Android boss Sundar Pichai just put two images on the screen, and said it's all you need to see to know how much

After a brief stumble in the final quarter of 2012, Android emerged stronger than ever in the first three months of this year, posting its largest-ever quarter.  According to Gartner, Android controlled a staggering 74% share of global smartphon

Google's Android unit is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify as soon as this week.

Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android unit is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify AB as soon as this week, according to people familiar with the matter.

Google Inc.’s Android unit is set to launch a paid subscription music-streaming service akin to that of Spotify AB as soon as this week.

Apple's smartphone market share is dead in the water, once again. Over the last two years, its fluctuated between 13% and 22%, depending on when the newest model of the iPhone is coming out, according to Gartner. Android, meanwhile, has skyrocketed,

BlackBerry opens up the doors to its BBM messaging service to iOS and Android.

Starting this summer, non-BlackBerry smartphone users will be able to use the instant messaging tool.

BlackBerry announced its third new device of 2013, a low-cost smartphone with a physical keyboard.    

The move will position the messenger service, which 60m users daily, as a direct competitor to rival services including Microsoft’s Skype, Facebook and WhatsApp

RIM offers popular BlackBerry Messenger service to rival devices ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Research In Motion unveiled a lower-cost BlackBerry aimed at consumers in emerging markets on Tuesday, and said it will offer its once-popular BlackBerry Mess

A new BlackBerry smartphone called the Q5 will launch this summer for emerging markets. The company is also expanding its BBM service to the iOS and Android platforms for the first time.

Blackberry is bringing its BBM messaging service to iOS and Android. It will be available on both platforms as a free app later this summer for iOS 6 and Android's Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. At the outset, you'll only have access to basic t

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- BlackBerry Inc. said Tuesday that it is expanding its messaging service known as BBM to rival smartphone platforms iOS and Android. The announcement was made at the company's annual BlackBerry Live conference in Orlando

BlackBerry Inc. said Tuesday that it is expanding its messaging service known as BBM to rival smartphone platforms iOS and Android.