Tag: Android

With an increasingly saturated mobile market, Google's next target may well just be iPhone users. Switchers. Those on the verge. If that's the case, Nexus is not the bait.

One of our favorite news readers gets even better.

Those who like to add a splash of color, perhaps to match their shoes, their purse, or their yellow Lamborghini, well, then have at it. I'm all for it. No harm, no foul.

Hands-on the Android version of Beats Music, the new $9.99 streaming music service by Dre. Can it dethrone Spotify and Google All Access?

Perception is everything. Once consumers get a bad taste in their mouths about a particular brand then the task to restore trust and confidence is monumental.

Apple still pulls in more revenue daily from apps (5x more than Android), but mindshare appears to be shifting. In 2014 will Android pull even further ahead with developers?

While the Nexus 5 was already a bargain at $349 (16GB unlocked), the Moto G at $179 (8GB unlocked) is a screaming, ridiculous, mind-blowing smartphone bargain. Razor/cartridge model anyone?

Marissa Meyer demonstrates she knows mobile. It might be a small step, but the News Digest app helps keep the Yahoo brand on our mobile devices, and front of mind.

I've found that Twitter apps typically fall into one of two camps: (1) Those with deep functionality targeted at power users; and (2) Those with pretty interfaces aimed at casual users. The refreshed Carbon (v2) Twitter app for Android falls into the latter camp.

Whether or not a viable market exists for large tablets (over 11" in size) won't matter much to manufacturers at first. They're going to give it a go regardless. The test begins at CES in Vegas.