Why Google Android software is not as free or open-source as you may think
Basic Android software may be free, but it doesn’t include the apps that make up Google’s mobile services. • This article was amended on 24...
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Apple Mac 30 years on: memories of an early adopter
The Mac came in with a bang that still reverberates three decades later. When Steve Jobs launched the Mac 30 years ago today, I was...
Facebook could lose 80 percent of users by 2017, report claims
Interest in Facebook has peaked and the social network could lose up to 80 percent of its users by 2017, researchers say. Academics at Princeton...
Samsung Galaxy S5 reportedly will launch on 23 February
KOREAN PHONE MAKER Samsung reportedly will launch its Galaxy S5 smartphone ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) on 23 February before releasing it in April....
German security agency warns of hacking attack on 16 million people
THE GERMAN Federal Office for Information Security has warned that a hacking attack on computer networks might have stolen 16 million users’ names and email...
Facebook is rife with more video spam campaigns
MORE SPAM VIDEOS have gone viral on Facebook, enticing members of the social network to click on links that take them on magical journeys to...
Wikipedia founder backs ‘good causes’ mobile operator
(Reuters) – Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has taken a substantial stake in The People’s Operator (TPO), a London-based mobile provider that pays 10 percent of...
Google set to face Intellectual Ventures in landmark patent trial
(Reuters) – Intellectual Ventures is set to square off this week against Google Inc’s Motorola Mobility unit in the first trial that the multibillion-dollar patent-buying...