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Samsung Galaxy S II outsells the iPhone 4 for three months in a row in the UK

Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011Tuesday, Aug 2, 2011 - by Lee J.

The dual core Samsung Galaxy S II continues to be Britain’s most popular smartphone, once again outselling the Apple iPhone 4, according to new figures from uSwitch Mobile Tracker.

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Android / Apple / mobiles

Android captures nearly half of global smartphone market as Apple go patent trolling

Monday, Aug 1, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

Despite Apple’s efforts to block the growth of rival tablets and Android App Stores with yet more of its dubious patent trolling, the Android platform continues to go from strength …

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web

Which company provides the fastest broadband in the UK?

Wednesday, Jul 27, 2011 - by Pete Railton

A new Ofcom study has found that average broadband speeds in the UK are on the up, enjoying a 10 per cent rise since the end of 2010. Their study found that average …

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Android / mobiles / Palm / Windows Mobile

Android’s commanding lead grows as one in three US phones is now a smartphone

Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011Wednesday, Jul 6, 2011 - by mike s

Those kerrrazy, stat-loving types at comScore have just come from a fun-packed totting-up session to reveal a party pack of facts about the growth of smartphones in the US.

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US teens are, like, so over chatting on the phone [infographic]

Sunday, Jul 3, 2011 - by Lee J.

After questioning 500 US teens via social networking sites, online consumer market research bods lab42 discovered that 71 per cent of respondents apparently preferred texting to phone calling.

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Google / web

Google hits a record-crushing one billion users in May 2011

Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 - by Pete Railton

New research reveals that Google and its empire of related website were used by more than a billion people for the first time last month. The landmark figure was thrust …

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What happens on the internet in 60 seconds? Answer – rather a lot!

Monday, Jun 20, 2011 - by Lee J.

Everyone knows the web is a busy thing – but a new infographic reveals just how much goes on – and the figures are rather astonishing. Compiled by the Shanghai …

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Android / Apple / Blackberry / business / iPhone / mobiles

Smartphone market soars, Android set to stampede

Friday, May 6, 2011 - by Lee J. - 1 Comment

The whole blooming world is going crazy for smartphones, with a new study showing that the market has grown a whopping 79.7%, year over year.

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Apple / computing / Google / portable

Tablets: mainly used at home for gaming and searching for info

Friday, Apr 8, 2011 - by Tony Fletcher

A new survey by Google’s AdMob subsidiary has found that tablet owners are using the devices primarily for games. The research discovered that 84 per cent of tablet owners were …

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Apple / business / mobiles / video

Apple FaceTime and video calling ‘likely to remain a niche’

Tuesday, Oct 12, 2010 - by mike s - 2 Comments.

We can’t say we’ve often felt the urge to initiate a mobile video call – especially after a long night on the pop – and new research carried out by …

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Apple / Blackberry / iPhone / mobiles / Palm / Symbian / Windows Mobile

So just how popular is the iPhone? [Infographic]

Wednesday, Sep 29, 2010 - by Lee J.

The media bangs on much about the iPhone you couldn’t blame folks for thinking that Apple must be the biggest phone manufacturer in the world.

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Android / Apple / Google / iPhone / mobiles

Android mobile market share soars, as Apple’s lead reduces

Friday, Sep 3, 2010Friday, Sep 3, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

A new report from research bods Quantcast shows that Apple’s lead in mobile Web usage is declining in the US, while Android is surging forward at an impressive rate of …

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iPhone / mobile apps / mobiles

Mappiness iPhone apps aims to find out how happy Brits are

Saturday, Aug 21, 2010Friday, Aug 20, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

A new research project at the London School of Economics has spawned an interesting iPhone app called ‘mappiness which aims to chart personal happiness.

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Android / Blackberry / business / iPhone / mobiles / Symbian / Windows Mobile

Android sales go ballistic as the world goes smartphone crazy

Friday, Aug 13, 2010Thursday, Aug 12, 2010 - by Tony Fletcher

Android emerged the big winner as global worldwide smartphone sales soared 50 per cent during the second quarter, according to the bean counters at Gartner.

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Google tots up all the books in the world, and there’s lots of them

Friday, Aug 6, 2010Friday, Aug 6, 2010 - by mike s - 1 Comment

We can’t say it’s something that’s ever crossed our minds, but it seems software engineer Leonid Taycher and his team of boffins at Google were simply burning up over the …

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