Canonical community manager Jono Bacon has made a surprising revelation that Ubuntu Touch powered smartphones won’t launch in 2014 contrasting Canonical’s earlier promises. During Reddit Q&A, Bacon revealed that it would be…
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Ubuntu Touch now dual-boots with Android
Canonical has given developers an early Christmas present by offering them a dual boot option between Ubuntu Touch and Android. “We are thrilled to announce a preview of a new feature for…
Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play edition gets Android 4.4.2 update
Users of Galaxy S4 Google Play edition handsets have started receiving Android 4.2.2 over-the-air update notifications just a day after the same update was rolled out to Play editions of LG G…
Apple iOS 7 adoption jumps to 74%
A new research has revealed that Apple’s iOS 7 now powers a whopping 74 percent of iDevices. Chitika, the advertising company, which carried out the research revealed through a report that nearly…
CyanogenMod 10.2 stable released; team shifts attention to CyanogenMod 11
CyanogenMod 10.2 stable is now available for download for anyone who can’t handle the stock Android or the one provided by the vendors with their custom UI on top. CyanogenMod 10.2 release…
Windows Phone registers growth in all markets except China claims research
Windows Phone, which was an underdog of the mobile operating systems, is increasingly seeing huge adoption across Europe and has registered positive year-on-year numbers in all major markets except China. According to…
CyanogenMod Installer removed ‘voluntarily’ as Google blows violation of TOS trumpet
CyanogenMod Installer has been removed from Play Store after Google claimed that the app was in violation of Terms of Service and warned the team of administrative action. Launched in the middle…
Android 4.4 KitKat rolling out to Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One Play editions
Google has revealed that it has started rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat update to Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One Play edition smartphones starting Monday night. Being rolled out in a staggered…
Samsung investigating Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update cockups
Samsung is currently investigating Galaxy S3 Android 4.3 update issues after users started complaining that their S3 was behaving abnormally after the upgrade. Samsung released the update just a few days back…
Android 4.4 KitKat coming to Nexus 7, Nexus 10 starting today
Google has announced its plans of rolling out Android 4.4 KitKat for its Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets starting today From the annoucement it seems that the Nexus 7 and Nexus…
Petition demanding Android 4.4 KitKat for Galaxy Nexus shipped to Google
A petition on Change.org seeking an Android 4.4 KitKat for the Galaxy Nexus, which has received as many as 14,188 signatures (as of this writing) and over 3,400 comments, has been printed…
(Unofficial) Android 4.4 KitKat for Sony Xperia Z
Not even a week has passed by since the launch of Android 4.4 KitKat and we are already seeing unofficial yet stable ROMs of the latest Android version for quite a few…
Jelly Bean powers over 50 percent of Android devices
Android’s fragmentation nightmare may be tapering to just a few flavours as Google has announced through a blog post that Jelly Bean now powers over 50 percent of all Android devices in…
Android 4.4 KitKat released: What’s new?
After months of speculations, rumours and leaks, Google finally unveiled its Android 4.4 KitKat rather quietly through a low-key blog post alongside its next flagship smartphone – the Nexus 5. Initially name…
BlackBerry OS 10.2 upgrade announced for Z10, Q10, Q5
BlackBerry has announced an operating system upgrade for Z10, Q10 and Q5 in the form of BlackBerry OS 10.2, which will reach customer in Europe, Canada, the Middle East, Africa and Asia…