Verizon gets serious about mobile security with new Android app

Highlighting deficiencies in the default Android security, Verizon is introducing its own security app.

Aiming to “revolutionize the display experience,” ViewSonic unveils Android-based Smart Display

Is it a computer or a display? The Android-based Smart Display from ViewSonic is both.

Nokia’s head of sales steps down after it reports $1.7B first quarter loss

The tough times continue for Finnish phone giant Nokia, which has struggled to keep up with Apple and Android in the smartphone era. Today the company announced its results for the first quarter of 2012. Net sales fell sharply year …

Instagram for Android updated with bug fixes, support for HTC One X

Instagram’s still-new Android app, which has already attracted more than 5 million downloads, has been updated with some key bug fixes and support for the HTC One X smartphone.

It’s been an incredible past few weeks for Instagram. Facebook acquired …

Microsoft still paying developers big bucks to build apps for Windows phones

The appeal of smartphones to a lost of consumers is the wide variety of apps they can download. But developers won’t build apps for a platform until there is a proven consumer demand. It’s a chicken and egg problem, and …

Apple’s “thermonuclear war” against Android is an expensive dud

This morning, Reuters reported Apple lost an appeal to ban Android tablets in the Netherlands. It’s another failure for an expensive legal strategy that has done nothing to stem the growth of Android’s marketshare in the smartphone and tablet space.…