Android Climbs Over Peak, Nabs 84 Percent Share of Smartphone Market
Where's the ceiling for Android?Just when you thought Android might have peaked in terms of market share, BAM, it rises again. According to the latest data from Strategy Analytics, Android climbed to...
View ArticleAmazon Drops Price of Fire Phone to $199 Sans Contract
Still a tough sellAmazon is having itself a Fire sale of sorts -- Fire Phone, that is. You can now grab Amazon's Fire Phone with 32GB for just $199 off-contract, the lowest price yet for the company's...
View ArticleBenchmarking Site May Have Spilled the Beans on Samsung's Galaxy S6
A possible look at Samsung's Galaxy S6 specificationsThe Galaxy S6 could end up being Samsung's most important smartphone release in quite some time. There's certainly a lot riding on the release --...
View ArticleHearthstone Arrives on Android Tablets
Welcome to the world of HearthstoneHearthstone has been a major success for Blizzard that boasts, at last count, 20 million players. Released in March, the digital collectible card game continues to...
View ArticleIBM Wants to Tap Your PC and Android Devices to Cure Ebola
Free app puts your Android device to work crunching data when it would otherwise be idleScientists are hard at work looking for a definitive cure to Ebola, and you can help. More precisely, if you're...
View ArticleNvidia Announces X1 SoC
Will help drive auto-piloted carsYou can’t buy driverless cars just yet, but Nvidia is hoping to change that over time with its new Tegra X1 system-on-a-chip. The SoC is an offshoot of Nvidia’s K1 chip...
View ArticleCES 2015: Dell Shows Off Wicked Thin Venue 8 Android Tablet [Video]
A 6mm Android tablet with x86 gutsWhat does the world's thinnest tablet look like? You won't find the answer to that question by hanging out in an Apple store, not unless someone from Dell happens by....
View ArticleCES 2015: Razer Announces Forge TV, a $100 Android-Powered Game Console - Now...
Another attempt to get Android into the living roomYou can always count on Razer to introduce a surprise product or two every year at the Consumer Electronics Show. Last year it was Project Christine,...
View ArticleAfter Windows, Google Discloses Three Zero Day Bugs in OS X
Apple remains silentHaving recently ruffled Microsoft’s feathers by (responsibly) disclosing three unpatched vulnerabilities in Windows to the general public, Google’s Project Zero team has now turned...
View ArticleGoogle Explains Decision to Leave 930 Million Android Handsets Unpatched
Don't expect a patch for WebView in pre-KitKat Android devicesIf you own an Android handset running a version of the open source operating system that predates Android 4.3 KitKat, you won't be the...
View ArticleCyanogen Wants to Take Google Away From Android, Microsoft Could Help
An unusual plot in mobileFamed Android modder Cyanogen and his self-titled startup could end up with an ally in Microsoft. How so? Word around the web is that Microsoft is a minority investor in a $70...
View ArticleGoogle Expands Bug Bounty Program to Mobile Apps, Announces ‘Vulnerability...
The company has paid out over $4 million in bug bounties since the program’s inceptionNow into its fifth year, Google’s bug bounty program has already seen the search engine giant pay security...
View ArticleRumor: Google to Wrap up Development of 2-in-1 Chromebook in Q1 2015
Google-branded hybrid device is reportedly being developed by Quanta ComputerGoogle is getting ready to give Wintel-powered 2-in-1 devices a run for their money with a Chromebook-tablet hybrid of its...
View ArticleNvidia Unveils Shield Gaming Console
Android games, game streaming, Netflix, and mo'Nvidia unveiled the next step on its road to dominating PC gaming (and possibly your living room) today with the announcement of an Android-based game...
View ArticleGDC 2015: Nvidia Shield and GRID
Does anyone buy CDs or Blu-ray discs anymore? You can stream so much stuff for a few bucks a month that it's hard to make an argument for physical media these days. Those two mediums have nearly...
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