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• Numbers game: Why analyst says iPhone market share will exceed Android

  By Lex Friedman | 27 April, 2013 17:13

  A report recently published by Yankee Group concludes that, because iPhone customers are considerably more loyal than Android device buyers, Apple will beat its largest competitor in market share by 2015--and that the advantage will benefit the iPad as well.

• Google Glass rooted already – and it's really easy

  By Jon Gold | 26 April, 2013 19:58

  ChromeOS developer and hacker Liam McLoughlin told Twitter yesterday that not only has he figured out how to gain root access on Google Glass, the task is apparently pretty simple.

• Samsung Galaxy Note 3 to feature flexible OLED screen

  By Chris Martin | 29 April, 2013 09:07

  Samsung's Galaxy Note 3 could be the first smartphone to feature a flexible OLED screen.

• LG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 26 April, 2013 12:19

  LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.

• Will we see Key Lime Pie at Google I/O, after all?

  By Jon Gold | 25 April, 2013 22:21

  The idea that Google's going to release a new version of Android called Key Lime Pie at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco in a couple of weeks has become one of those rumors that's so widespread it becomes the conventional wisdom. It makes sense, it's being hinted at left and right -- come on, clearly these folks are going to hit us with some more dessert this year, right?

• NASA launches new nanosatellites: Android smartphones

  By Sharon Gaudin | 25 April, 2013 21:07

  NASA has launched three Google-HTC Nexus One smartphones into space in what scientists hope will be the lowest-cost satellites ever tested.

• Windows 7, iOS, BYOD redefine enterprise OS landscape

  By Shane O'Neill | 25 April, 2013 19:19

  Led by Windows 7, Microsoft's operating systems still control the enterprise, but the software giant's days of dominance are waning. As a recent Forrester report highlights, mobile devices and BYOD have made the state of enterprise operating systems far more complex.

• China's Huawei bolstering smartphone strategy, plans to announce new handset

  By Michael Kan | 23 April, 2013 13:54

  Chinese handset maker Huawei plans to introduce a new smartphone in the middle of this year, packed with the "best hardware and design," and is preparing to open a slew of new stores in its home market.

• Sprint says Galaxy S4 shipments will be slightly delayed

  By Matt Hamblen | 24 April, 2013 16:12

  Sprint warned Wednesday that it will be "slightly delayed" with its full launch of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 on Saturday as planned.

• ZTE agrees to Android, Chrome patent licensing from Microsoft

  By Michael Kan | 24 April, 2013 04:00

  Microsoft has inked an agreement with China's ZTE for its Android and Chrome patent licensing program.

• Apple's lead over Samsung in future-purchase plan survey cut in half

  By Gregg Keizer | 22 April, 2013 13:57

  Apple's iPhone lost ground in the last three months to smartphones from rival Samsung in a survey of consumers' future purchase plans, a market research firm said last week.

• Samsung fights dirty with misleading claims against HTC – who may have replied in kind

  By Jon Gold | 18 April, 2013 21:02

  Embarrassed Samsung officials were forced to apologize to rival HTC for a sneaky PR campaign that involved paying off Taiwanese students to write negative reviews of the latter company's products. In related news, I'm looking for a Korean and Mandarin translation of the word "astroturf."

• Mobile adware is not the same as PC, has access to personal information: Bitdefender

  By Patrick Budmar | 18 April, 2013 16:33

  Adware on mobile means more than just showing banners, according to Bitdefender senior e-threat analust, Bogdan Botezatu.

• China's ZTE finds some positive in security concerns, wants to boost brand

  By Michael Kan | 18 April, 2013 07:59

  Chinese handset maker ZTE put a positive spin on the recent U.S. scrutiny of its networking business, stating that the controversy at least gave the company some publicity and name-recognition.

• Facebook Home now available in Australia

  By Ross Catanzariti | 17 April, 2013 15:39

  A week after it debuted in the US, Facebook has launched its Home Android launcher in the Australian Google Play Store.