FORTUNE -- A new survey of smartphone users doesn't speak well for the quality of the cellular telephone service provided by U.S. carriers.
Roughly 40% of respondents said they experience at least five dropped calls a month, and 9 out of 10 said...
iPhone owners least likely to switch when service sucks
Blackberry and Android users are quicker to drop both their phone and their carrier
iPhone owners least likely to switch when service sucks
Blackberry and Android users are quicker to drop both their phone and their carrier
FORTUNE -- A new survey of smartphone users doesn't speak well for the quality of the cellular telephone service provided by U.S. carriers.
Roughly 40% of respondents said they experience at least five dropped calls a month, and 9 out of 10 said...
With 8.8% market share, Apple has 73% of cell phone profits
Among the major vendors, Samsung captured 26%, HTC took 1%, and the rest lost money
FORTUNE -- Asymco's Horace Dediu on Thursday updated his quarterly review of mobile phone profits, and the news for everyone but Apple (AAPL) and Samsung is not good.
Apple is in roughly the same position it was last quarter, with an 8.8%...
Android users targeted in drive-by download attacks
Almost a dozen sites are actively targeting Android users with malware that could gain access to corporate networks and other protected systems, security researchers said. They note it's the first time...
Parallels app is now iPad Retina-optimized with iOS 5 compatibility
The app that lets users wirelessly access their Mac applications and Windows programs on-the-go, while running Parallels Desktop for Mac, was just updated to version 3.1.530. Parallels Mobile allows users to remotely control all the software on a computer from an iOS device, but today’s upgrade includes iOS 5 compatibility and new iPad optimization. It also offers...
French group sues because Google Suggest thinks Jon Hamm is Jewish
A French court is set to hear arguments on Wednesday from an anti-racism group fighting against Google Suggest search results. SOS Racisme and others have brought a lawsuit against Google over its feature that lets...
Apple posts growth among OEMs in March, as iOS and Android capture 80% of U.S. market
Following IDC’s report this morning highlighting Apple’s continued growth among mobile phone marketshare worldwide, while coming second to Samsung in global smartphone marketshare, research firm comScore has just released its numbers for U.S. mobile subscribers for the three month period ending March 2012. According to comScore, Apple posted impressive growth during the quarter with 30.7...
Apple wants Steve Jobs’ bio excluded from Samsung trial
If it gets its way, the jury will hear no talk of Apple waging thermonuclear war on Android
FORTUNE -- FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller has been reading through the motions Apple (AAPL) and Samsung filed in advance of their upcoming patent trial in the Northern District of California and has come across a few interesting tidbits.
Both sides...
Flashback Malware Was Worth Up To $10,000 A Day To Its Creators [Report]
The Flashback malware which was found to be infecting over 650,000 Macs at its peak was earning its creators up to $10,000 a day, according to security specialists...Apple is (finally) confirmed as Bloom Energy’s customer
Last month I exclusively reported that Apple was buying fuel cells from Bloom Energy for its data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Well, on Monday morning Bloom Energy has finally confirmed that yes, it is supplying fuel cells for Apple's data center, reports CNET.
Google releases full details of FCC investigation into Street View WiFi snooping
Google has released the full report of the Federal Communications Commission’s investigation into the company’s collection of "payload data" from millions of business and residential WiFi networks, says the ...
