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Google on Tuesday activated a new Google Drive feature that turns the cloud storage app for iOS into a migration tool capable of transferring calendars, contacts and photos from an iPhone or iPad to a new Android device. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Netflix has deployed the ability to download select TV shows and movies from its catalog, with most of the initial offerings coming from the company’s unique programming. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple just reported its latest earnings yesterday evening, and now Strategy Analytics is out with its latest report concerning the smartphone industry. The latest data shows the entire smartphone industry saw shipments rise 6 percent year over year to hit 375 million worldwide during Q3 2016. more… Filed under: Apple 9to5Mac
The latest numbers from research firm Gartner reveal that the smartphone industry continues to be a virtual two-horse race between iOS and Android. The operating systems combined for a record 99.1% worldwide market share in the second calendar quarter of 2016, compared to 96.8% in the year-ago period. Android remained the world’s most widely used…
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The Android operating system has reportedly generated $ 31 billion in revenues for Google since it first launched in 2008, creating $ 22 billion in profits largely from mobile advertising. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Google has plans for series of chips it wants to co-develop with hardware partners to help standardize Android and make it more computationally competitive with Apple. However, the effort is considered a long shot by people in the chip industry. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Apple on Thursday issued its first ever synchronized iOS and Android app release in a remote control and setup app for its Beats Pill+, the first Bluetooth speaker to come out of Beats since the company was acquired by Apple in 2014. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Alongside the launch of iOS 9 yesterday, Apple debuted a new Android app called “Move to iOS.” The app is designed to help Android users transfer their content from an Android device to an iOS device. According to Phandroid, the app may not be developed by Apple and instead be a rebranded version of an…
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The iPhone grew as a platform in May to 43.5 percent of the U.S. smartphone market, encroaching on Android, which shrank slightly to 52.1 percent, according to comScore research data released on Monday. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Honda on Thursday announced the 2016 model year Accord will be the company’s first car to support CarPlay, making good on a promise from March of last year to bring Apple’s iOS-powered infotainment platform to its auto lineup. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
In a blog post (that has since been removed), Apple Music senior director Ian Rogers–the former CEO of Beats Music–noted that Apple will make iOS 8.4 available at 8 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, two hours earlier than the company’s typical release time, in order to allow users to hear the inaugural broadcast of Apple’s…
Google is almost ready to bring support for Android Wear devices to the iPhone, but public availability will be dependent not only on Apple approval but whether Google decides to release it, a new report claims. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Earlier this week, Apple released fresh statistics regarding iOS 8 distribution, showing 77 percent of devices run the latest version of its most recent operating system. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
Google is allegedly developing an Android Wear app for iOS, a move that would expand support for the wearables platform beyond Android handsets and enable iPhone and iPad owners to use products like the Moto 360 and the LG G Watch. AppleInsider – Frontpage News
While Toyota has long been listed as one of Apple’s CarPlay partners, the third best-selling auto brand in the U.S. currently has no plans to offer vehicles with the feature in that country, as noted in a New York Times overview of the race between Google and Apple to own the dashboard. Toyota also has…
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