Android's share of mobile web traffic climbed to 25% in August in its best one month gain since Nov. 2009.
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Android gaining on Apple iOS in mobile web market share
Ping draws over 1 million users in first 48 hours
Apple announced Friday that its Ping social network for music has reached more than 1 million users in its first 48 hours after launch.
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iOS 4.1 on iPhone 3G shows marked improvement in speed test
As expected, iPhone 3G performance improves considerably when running iOS 4.1 in an informal speed test.
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iPhone expected to become multi-carrier in Germany by October
Another prominent exclusive arrangement with Apple for the iPhone is expected to conclude in a matter of months, when it is anticipated that Deutsche Telekom will lose sole access to the iPhone in Germany.
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Apple now offers HTML5-based movie showtimes, locations
Apple has revamped its Movie Trailers page with movie showtimes and the ability to automatically find the nearest theater, all within HTML5, and compatible with iOS devices.
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Apple’s iOS tops Linux to become third largest browsing platform
Apple's iOS mobile operating system rocketed past the open source Linux this summer to become the third most popular Web browsing platform on the Internet.
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Ping, Apple’s music social network, already plagued with spammers
Spammers have wasted no time in flocking to Apple's new music-related social media service integrated within iTunes 10, Ping, which does not feature any protective filtering measures.
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Apple now building 2M iPads per month to meet demand
Apple has doubled its monthly output capacity of the iPad and is now manufacturing 2 million per month to meet strong consumer demand, but the company reportedly would like to go even further and produce 3 million every month very soon.
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Apple posts iPad iOS 4.2 "Coming Soon" page
Apple has posted an iPad software update page on its website with details of the forthcoming iOS 4.2.
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Google planning music store to take on Apple
Google is negotiating with music labels to secure licensing for a music download store and "digital song locker" that would challenge Apple's digital music reign, a new report claims.
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