Canalys: Android closing in on 50% global smartphone market share

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Google Videos, Movies Market Comes to Google I/O Galaxy Tab 10.1 PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - 3 Aug, 2011 Google has updated the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with access to its new Google Videos movie-rental service - but only those tablets it handed out at its recent Google I/O conference. Users with those tablets should manually check for software ...
BNZ first NZ bank on Android TVNZ - Crispin Anderlini - 3 Aug, 2011 Leading the charge towards 21st Century banking solutions, BNZ has become the first New Zealand bank to launch an internet banking application designed specifically for Android smartphone users. For Android-toting BNZ customers, ...
	BNZ launches NZ's first Android bank app New Zealand Herald - 3 Aug, 2011 The BNZ has launched what it says is New Zealand's first internet banking application designed for Android smartphones. It says its iPhone app has been downloaded more than 15000 times since it was launched last month and Android users "deserved the ...
BNZ first NZ bank to launch Android app National Business Review - Alex Walls - 3 Aug, 2011 BNZ says it has become the first New Zealand bank to launch an Android internet banking app. The Android application allows identical functionality to BNZ's iPhone app launched in July, allowing users to make transfers to other BNZ accounts, ...
Google+ Update: Android App version 1.0.5 YouTube - 3 Aug, 2011 The latest and greatest updates to the Google+ Android app, including better +mention support, hide 1:1 Huddles, and much more!
	Google Rallies Tablet Troops With App Workshops Wired News - Mike Isaac - 3 Aug, 2011 Currently, there are plenty of Android tablets. The problem is the lack of tablet apps. Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com Despite the flood of tablet debuts this year, Google's Android slates aren't taking off. It's not the hardware �" in part ...
One-in-Two Smartphones are Android Forbes (blog) - 3 Aug, 2011 By MOBILEDIA Google's Android operating system captured nearly 50 percent of the smartphone market worldwide, according to research firm Canalys, dominating the Asia-Pacific region and intensifying its battle with rival Apple. The Mountain View, Calif. ...
Android powers 48% of smartphones globally, new study says Los Angeles Times - 3 Aug, 2011 Android has sat in the top spot for mobile operating systems worldwide since passing Nokia's Symbian by the end of last year. But just how big and how widely used is Android? That's where there is some room for debate. The research firm Canalys on ...
Android bolsters HTC and Samsung bottom lines Financial Post - 3 Aug, 2011 Chris Yerga, engineering director of Google, announces the tablet friendly mobile operating system Android 3.0 known as Honeycomb during a presentation in February. Android, Google Inc.'s open-source software for mobile phones, is still the fastest ...
Google to Help Developers Adapt Their Apps for Tablets PCWorld - 3 Aug, 2011 By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Google is organizing a series of Android Developer Labs (ADLs) that aim to help developers convert their existing smartphone applications to run on Honeycomb-based tablets, it said in a blog post on Monday. ...
	Study: Android takes 48 percent market share in Q2 CNET - Don Reisinger - 3 Aug, 2011 Google's Android easily dominated the worldwide smartphone OS market in the second quarter, research firm Canalys has found. During the quarter, 107.7 million smartphones shipped worldwide, growing 73 percent year over year. ...
Android conquers almost 50 pct of smartphone market Reuters - Nicola Leske, David Cowell - ‎Aug 2, 2011‎ Android, which Google acquired in 2005 and launched on phones in 2008, is used by almost all the major phone makers including HTC (2498.TW), LG (003550.KS), Motorola (MMI.N) and Samsung (005930.KS). It was the number one platform in 35 of the 56 ...
The Economist launches on Android The Economist (blog) - ‎Aug 2, 2011‎ AND now, the moment many tech-savvy readers have been waiting for: The Economist formally launches its Android app today, giving subscribers full access to the weekly edition on Android devices at no extra cost. If you have already activated your ...
Android is world's top smart-phone platform again San Francisco Chronicle - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ Google Inc.'s Android was the biggest smart-phone platform by worldwide shipments in the second quarter, with a 48 percent market share, researchers for Canalys reported Monday. Android was the best-selling smart-phone system in 35 of the 56 countries ...
Android, iPhone Biggest Winners in Global Smartphone Battle PCWorld - Jeff Bertolucci - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ The latest global market-share estimates for smartphones are out. And as we've come to expect from these regular exercises in mobile OS number-crunching, the news is bright for Apple and Google, ...
Should apps get one-star reviews for crashing? CNET (blog) - David Carnoy - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ Ask app developers and most will tell you that good user reviews and high ratings are the keys to selling apps. I'm not going to get into which reviews are real or written by friends. Nor am I going to talk about those nefarious ...
12 tips for mastering Android CNET (blog) - Rob Lightner - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ There's so much you can do with Android that it can seem impossible to experience all the operating system has to offer. With these tips, tricks, and guides, we show you how to go beyond the tip of the iceberg to unearth Android's most ...
AppMelt - Mobile App Development YouTube - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ AppMelt is a no-code native mobile app creation and hosting platform for Graphic Designers, Ad Agencies, PR-firms and any firm that wants to provide mobile apps for their clients. Apps are native iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android applications.
Apps We Like: News360 Wall Street Journal (blog) - Nick Clayton - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ It often feels as if news junkies should be better served than they are by the online world. There are plenty of aggregation services and apps, but most seem to fall short. They tend to be cluttered, unintuitive to use and deliver ...
Android app - Lego Creationary YouTube - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ Phil takes a look at the Lego Creationary app for Android smartphones and tablets.
The iPhone's Struggle in Emerging Markets Forbes (blog) - Stephen Wunker - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ Tech watchers and stock analysts are bullish that Apple will soon introduce a lower-cost version of the iPhone 4 targeted at emerging markets. Although emerging markets constitute about two-thirds of the global handset market of 1.4 ...
Mobile malware reality check Computerworld - Armando Rodriguez - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ Smartphone malware isn't yet as big a threat as you might think, but it's coming. Here are some tips to help you avoid it. By Armando Rodriguez PC World - Malicious software is leaping from PCs to cell phones, as malware makers target the platform in ...
	Smartphone and tablet stats: what's really going on in the mobile market? The Guardian (blog) - ‎Aug 1, 2011‎ And what does the latest data and forecasts from analysts and market researchers mean for app developers? The mobile phone market is deluged with data. Four times a year there is a spike in market share estimates just after quarterly financial results ...
Google+ Mobile App (for Android) PC Magazine - ‎Jul 29, 2011‎ Free. Clean and smart design. Easy to navigate. Easy to learn. Automatically includes a separate app for Huddle (group chat). No administrative controls in Huddle. Not all thumbnail images resize and display properly. Social networks need mobile apps ...
Google+ for Android Gets Improved Notifications & More Mashable - Ben Parr - 3 Aug, 2011 Google has released an update for the Google+ Android app, adding bug fixes and an improved notification system. Version 1.0.5 of the app includes 12 different updates that improve the app's usability. The biggest change to the app is an improvement to ...
	Chinese-made Android Spyware Can Record, Upload Users' Phone-Calls Penn Olson - Steven Millward - 3 Aug, 2011 A security researcher has identified a new piece of Chinese-made Android spyware that can record a user's calls on their Android smartphone. This new malware taps phone-calls and records them onto ...
	Google Plus (Google+) for Android app updated to 1.0.5 PopHerald.com - Joan Lee - 3 Aug, 2011 Google+ application for the Android smartphone updated, now you can leave a 1 to 1 Huddle conversation. It's quite obvious that Google is really serious when it comes to social networking, service's native application for Android gets even better ahead ...
	Google+ for Android updated Ubergizmo - Edwin Kee - 3 Aug, 2011 Don't you just love technology and all that it entails? Improvement is always sighted at the horizon no matter how good or “perfect” a particular product is at the moment, be it hardware or software. ...
	The Economist Launches Android App Following 2.4 Million Downloads of iOS Apps Appmodo - Mary Ann Neder - 3 Aug, 2011 Following the success of The Economist on iPhone and iPad, The Economist Group today announced the global launch of The Economist on Android. The new Android app is free to download from the Android Market and includes free access to the editor's ...
BNZ launches first banking app for Android in New Zealand Computerworld New Zealand - Vera Alves - 3 Aug, 2011 With close to 10000 hits per month coming into its mobile website from Android users, BNZ has just announced the launch of its native Android application for customers. The application, available now ...