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Lollipop on a quarter of phones
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 16 October 2015 10:55

Lollipop on a quarter of phones


Not as fragmented as you think

Android is famously fragmented but it appears that the problem might not be as bad as claimed.

Microsoft sneaking into Putin's Russia
Published in News
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 12:39

Microsoft sneaking into Putin's Russia


All it cost was Bing

Software king of the world Microsoft has worked out a clever way to get its Windows 10 accepted in Tsar Putin's Russia without much trouble.

Tag Heuer's watch teased
Published in IoT
Tuesday, 13 October 2015 11:04

Tag Heuer's watch teased


Oh you little Intel Android tease you.

Google, Intel and luxuary watch-makter Tag Heuer have been teasing the release of a new smartwatch.

Tame Apple Press called out on Android motoring story
Published in Mobiles


Who lets the truth get in the way of an Apple Advert?

The Tame Apple press ran a story claiming that its favourite toymaker had been chosen by Porsche to run its systems because Android Auto was phoning home too much data.

Tsar Putin orders Google to ditch Android business model
Published in News


Or face a huge fine

Tsar Putin has decided that Google is going to have to ditch its current Android business model if it wants to continue to work in Mother Russia.

Nexus devices getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Published in Mobiles


All devices from Nexus 5 days

As it has promised last week during its event, Google has started rolling out the Android 6.0 Marshmallow update to the rest of the Nexus lineup.

Google now has an evil Alphabet overlord
Published in News
Monday, 05 October 2015 11:10

Google now has an evil Alphabet overlord


No evil costs too much

Search engine Google is now officially run by an Alphabet overlord which is permitted to do evil so long as it is legal.

Bloke owned Google for a minute
Published in News
Thursday, 01 October 2015 13:41

Bloke owned Google for a minute


Had webmaster access

A former Google worker managed to buy the domain name of his former employer and held it for a minute.

More peace declared in Smartphone wars
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 01 October 2015 11:21

More peace declared in Smartphone wars


Smartphone trademark world war cools

The world war between companies fighting over patent infringement connected to smartphones is starting to die out as all sides collapse of legal exhaustion.

Android used by 1.4 billion people
Published in News
Wednesday, 30 September 2015 11:51

Android used by 1.4 billion people


Google mocks Gartner's figures

Search engine outfit Google announced Android was now being used by 1.4 billion people around the world, something which might surprise analysts working for Gartner who believed Android had peaked.