Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS regained mobile operating system market share last month after both mobile platforms curiously showed declines in December. Analytics firm Net Applications on Wednesday released mobile phone and tablet operating system share data for January 2012, and the new numbers suggest that Android showed the biggest gains last month. Google’s mobile OS remained in the No.3 spot while rising to an 18.12% share from 16.15% in December, while Apple’s iOS rose to 53.65% from 52.10% a month earlier. RIM’s BlackBerry OS showed gains in December but the platform’s OS share fell to 2.59% in January, its lowest point since October 2011. Java ME retained its No.2 position despite sliding to 19.19% from 21.27% last month,
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Android and iOS regain market share in January as BlackBerry slides
February 1st, 2012 
Zach Epstein 
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No Comments »Google Docs for Android updates: adds offline support, better tablet experience
February 1st, 2012 Terrence O'Brien Google clearly didn’t want to blow everyone’s mind right away with its Google Docs app for Android. That’s why it’s been slowly rolling out the updates, incrementally adding features and turning what began life (more or less) as a glorified web browse…
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Apps, Docs, google, Google Docs, google docs for android, GoogleDocs, GoogleDocsForAndroid, mobilepostcross, offline, offline access, OfflineAccess No Comments »Google’s Chrome To Phone Android App Finally Updated (To v2.3) For The First Time In Over A Year
February 1st, 2012 Artem Russakovskii It seemed like Google completely abandoned one of its most useful Android apps – Chrome to Phone, which I personally use almost every day, but an unexpected update that showed up in the Market today shows us they still care about it, even if only a lit…
Posted in News Tags: 2.3, Android, app, application, Applications, chrome to phone, chrome2phone, download, google, Market, update No Comments »YouTube boss on channelizing and game-fying YouTube experience with six dimensions of entertainment
February 1st, 2012 Christian Zibreg YouTube boss Salar Kamangar sat down yesterday with AllThingsD’s John Paczkowski at the “D: Dive Into Media” conference to talk content, the future of video entertainment and the big picture. He stressed the apps cable companies are building for Google TV let them control the entire experience, from the interface to delivery methods to monetizing [...]
Jon Stewart pokes fun at Google Plus
February 1st, 2012 Seth Weintraub Poking fun at Barak Obama’s recent Google hangout and the greater Google Plus, late night comedian Jon Stewart called Google Plus “that thing on top of Gmail that you can’t make go away”. Google plus, even if it is “that annoying thing on top of Gmail” for some is becoming quite popular it seems. Google Plus also [...]
Posted in News Tags: Barack Obama, Daily Show, Gmail, google, Google Corporate, google plus, Jon Stewart, Mitt Romney No Comments »Microsoft is running anti-Google newspaper ads focused on privacy
February 1st, 2012 Todd Haselton Microsoft has started to run anti-Google newspaper ads in a clear effort to sway people from using Google’s services. On Monday, Google announced that it was combining its individual privacy policies to make privacy “more intuitive” for its users. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee was worried that Google was actually collecting more information under its new rules, but Google responded to those claims and said it was not actually collecting more data. Microsoft isn’t convinced. “To be clear, there’s nothing inherently wrong with wanting to improve the quality of an advertising product,” Microsoft said in a newspaper ad. “But, that effort needs to be balanced with continuing to meet the needs and interests of users. Every business finds its own
Posted in News Tags: advertisement, Business, google, microsoft, New York Times, policy, privacy, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today No Comments »Samsung Galaxy S III to get separate launch event ‘in the first half of 2012′
February 1st, 2012 Mat Smith Some phones are just too big for Mobile World Congress. That’s Samsung’s thinking, given the triumphant launch of its Galaxy S II — in all its guises. While specifications for Sammy’s next flagship are spinning rumor windmills across the web, there’…
KDDI’s INFOBAR C01 coming soon: ten keys and very Japanese (video)
February 1st, 2012 Sharif Sakr Many Japanese thumbs still love that classic ten-button keypad, so they should feel right at home on the newest model in KDDI’s designer INFOBAR range. The 3.2-inch, 854 x 480 touchscreen shows off the same tile-based custom UI as last year’s A01, onc…
Posted in News Tags: android 2.3, Android2.3, AndroidSkin, c01, custom ui, CustomerService, Gingerbread, google, japan, japanese, kddi, KddiInfobarC01, mobilepostmini, one-seg, skin, ten-key, tile-based, tiles, video No Comments »KDDI’s INFOBAR C01 coming soon: ten keys and very Japanese (video)
February 1st, 2012 Sharif Sakr Many Japanese thumbs still love that classic ten-button keypad, so they should feel right at home on the newest model in KDDI’s designer INFOBAR range. The 3.2-inch, 854 x 480 touchscreen shows off the same tile-based custom UI as last year’s A01, onc…
Posted in News Tags: 10-key, 1seg, android 2.3, android skin, Android2.3, AndroidSkin, c01, CheckBags, CustomUi, Gingerbread, google, INFOBAR, infobar c01, InfobarC01, japan, kddi, kddi infobar c01, KddiInfobarC01, mobilepostmini, skin, video No Comments »Sony Pushing Google TV Update To Blu-ray Players Now – Chrome Enhancements And 3D Blu-ray Capabilities In Tow
February 1st, 2012 Liam Spradlin The official Google TV Team’s Twitter revealed earlier this evening that Sony has begun releasing an update for Google TV-enabled Blu-ray players. Evidently, the update includes performance enhancements for Chrome (chiefly concerning start-up time), an…
