Brainshark tweaks video-presentation apps for iOS, Android

Brainshark has unveiled features for its video presentation service to create a more interactive experience for smartphone users.

Ad network: Verizon grabs 12 percent of U.S. iPhone market

Verizon, which began selling the Apple iPhone 4 in the U.S. a month ago, has already grabbed as much as 12.7 percent of the U.S. iPhone market, according to ad network Chitika.

iPhone 5 expected to boast same dual-core A5 chip as iPad 2

Coders plunged into the iOS 4.3 firmware Apple has released ahead of the iPad 2 launch and found clues that the next iPhone will sport the same dual-core A5 processor featured in the new tablet.

Verizon Guy: “Yes, I can hear you now” on my iPhone

On the same day Verizon began and then halted pre-orders for the iPhone 4, the company launched an ad in which the Verizon Guy holds up an Apple smartphone and delivers his signature line.

ChangeWave: iPads cannibalizing netbooks

Apple's iPad tablet computer is indeed taking a big bite out of planned netbook sales, according to market watcher ChangeWave.

Android piles on its U.S. smartphone market share led

Popularity of the Google Android mobile operating system is showing no signs of slowing down, with the OS being found in 44 percent of smartphones purchased during the third quarter.

iPhones, iPads secure enough, but what about Android devices?

Apple has done enough security-wise with its iPhone and iPad to make many CSOs comfortable with the mobile devices connecting to corporate networks, but Google's Android still has a ways to go, Network World's Bob Brown writes.


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Google’s Nexus One: The most popular unpopular phone

Google's Nexus One phone -- yes, the same one that the company stopped selling to the public last month -- is now so popular among developers that it has sold out.

iPad apps cost more than iPhone apps on average

The average iPad app in the Apple App Store costs $4.67 vs. $3.87 for the average iPhone app, according to new research from apps watcher Distimo.

AdMob: Android smartphones gaining ground on iPhones

Apple continues to dominate the worldwide and U.S. mobile handset markets with its iPhone and iPod touch devices, but makers of Android phones are gaining ground, AdMob says.

Father of Linux calls Nexus One smartphone ‘a winner’

Google's Nexus One got a big time endorsement over the weekend from Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, who praised the Android-based smartphone.

Building mobile-friendly apps for all devices

Adam Blum, CEO of Rhomobile, talks about his company's open-source mobile application framework and how it can be used to build mobile apps that work across multiple platforms.