UK belatedly realises phone OS duopoly harms consumers
The UK Competition and Markets Authority has been looking into the mobile ecosystem space and has worked out that a duopoly isn’t great for competition.
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Netflix enters the mobile gaming arena with a whisper
Video streaming giant Netflix is now bundling mobile games in its offer, starting with a small number of titles and thus limited disruption to the gaming industry’s business model.
US Senators out to tear down the app store walls
A bipartisan Senate bill is introduced to boost competition in the mobile apps market with rules to restrict what Apple and Google can impose on developers and users.
Huawei revenues dip 29% in third straight quarter of decline
Huawei has had its biggest-ever dip in revenue, from two years into Washington’s sanctions which battered both its network infrastructure and smartphone sales and the company’s crucial access to semiconductors.
AT&T is the latest US operator to hand over its messaging to Google
Messages by Google will soon be the default messaging app for all AT&T Android customers in the US, effectively killing attempts by operators to establish their own RCS platform.
Google and Samsung hope two wrongs make a wearable right
Last week Google almost apologetically slipped out the news that it’s merging its wearable device OS with Samsung’s one.
Android 12 focuses on personalisation and privacy, again
Google has previewed the next version of Android which, once more, claims to empower the user to adapt and secure their device experience.
Google wins legal duel with Oracle over Android’s use of Java code
The US Supreme Court ruled in favour of Google in the decade-long litigation brought by Oracle, granting the Android owner “fair use” of Java API code it copied in developing the mobile operating system.
T-Mobile US sells its soul to Google
TMUS is expanding its reliance on Google to deliver digital products, including a premium TV service, to its customers.
Huawei’s Harmony OS revealed to be an Android fork – what a surprise
An investigation has found little difference between Huawei’s in-house smartphone OS and Android, which it’s supposed to be replacing.
Ford goes all-in on Google
US automotive giant Ford is not only making all its cars Android-native, it’s also betting its corporate future on Google Cloud.
Global app spend increased by 25% in 2020
Mobile app tacker App Annie has released its numbers for the year and the headline stat was that total global spend hit $112 Billion, a 25% increase on 2019.
Zoom tops the 2020 mobile app charts
In a year that saw leaving the house become criminalised in much of the world, it comes as little surprise to see video conferencing service Zoom become top of the mobile pops.
Google completes global rollout of RCS for Android
After a decade of false starts Rich Communications Service has hit the mainstream with Google making it available to all Android users.
Google releases latest version of diet Android
Hot on the heels of Android 11 comes Android 11 (Go edition), which is designed to work on lower-specced smartphones.
Android 11 released with new messaging, control and privacy features
The latest version of the operating system that runs most of the world’s smartphones has been unveiled.
Australia is giving the Google/Apple smartphone duopoly a closer look
The Aussie competition authority thinks the ecosystem around mobile app stores, which is controlled entirely by just two companies, merits closer inspection.
Huawei prepares to switch from Android to Harmony
Ahead of Huawei Consumer’s developer conference the company is doubling down on its in-house smartphone operating system.
Mobile app use jumps 40%
The latest data from App Annie reveals some of the effects the coronavirus lockdown had on patterns of mobile app use.
Size means little in the app economy
Tear up the rulebook, forget about what you learnt in Economics 101 and don’t bet on the market leader; the app economy is one segment which is supercharging start-ups like few others could dream of.
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