The Oracle v. Google trial has come to an abrupt end with the jury finding that Google did not infringe on Oracle’s Java patents when it developed Android’s Dalvik virtual machine. Because the majority of the copyright phase of the case also went... 

Discovery is the enemy of the small app developer firm. The App Store and the Google Play Store are both so massive now that most users don’t do a whole lot in the way of searching to find apps. For the most part, the average user will go on suggestions... 

On the list of Apple rumors that just won’t go away, there’s an iOS HDTV, a smaller iPad, and a less expensive iPhone. According to Jeffries & Co. analyst Peter Misek (who has been right on the money before), they’re finally ready... 

Whenever a new smartphone or tablet gets launched, one of the key selling points is always how thin it is. So focused are we on such devices getting thinner that there was some surprise when the new iPad turned out to be slightly thicker than the iPad... 

Earlier this month we reported that a backdoor had been discovered in the ZTE Score M Android smartphone. It was brought to light through a post on Pastebin and later confirmed by Justin Case of TeamAndIRC. Now ZTE has come clean and admitted publicly... 

The smartphone battle has been raging hard for the past few years. Until recently, the only serious contenders were Apple (iOS) and Google (Android), with RIM’s Blackberry taking a backseat to the other touchscreen wonders. Microsoft has been talking... 

What’s this?  A report from Kantar WorldPanel says that Windows Phone is actually starting to increase its market share? After about a year and a half of struggling to lure customers away from competing systems like Android, iOS, and BlackBerry,... 

Retail outfit ZaReason has built a reputation over the years for offering quality Ubuntu-powered desktops and laptops at reasonable prices. It’s a bit of a surprise, then, to see that their latest offering — the ZaTab — is going to... 

There are two types of people when it comes to business cards: you see them either as a useful way to quickly exchange your contact information or they are a just more clutter in your desk. For the people that really use business cards, you know that... 

Since the early days of Android, the loyalists in the Google ecosystem have hoped that one day Andy Rubin would descend from the Googleplex with a series of devices that were stock Android with unlocked bootloaders. In other words, the simultaneous release... 

Google’s Nexus program has always produced some of the best devices running the Android mobile operating system, but most users have not had access to these fabled handsets. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google is working with multiple... 

Last year, Chinese search giant Baidu unveiled Yi, an Android remix that would eventually power the Dell Streak 101DL. Fast forward to now, and Baidu is ready for a second kick at the can. This time, the OS has been tweaked and re-branded as Baidu Cloud,... 

Amazon’s massively successful Kindle e-reader is an improvement over paper books in a number of ways. It’s light, lets you carry many volumes, and can download new books instantly. One thing it hasn’t made better is the reading itself. You still... 

When the other carriers started to make a serious push to roll out LTE, it became clear that Sprint’s WiMax deployment was not the 4G people were looking for. Lets face it — Sprint is likely going to spend the next year playing catch up to... 

Smartphones are entirely impractical on a construction site. After all, what hope does your smartphone on a job site when it can barely survive day-to-day life without a case? For those of us who want a smartphone, but also need it to survive life outdoors,...