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Google India

India Hits Google With an Antitrust Fine, Dealing a Blow to Its $10 Billion Ambition in the Country

Google's Android mobile operating system owns 97 percent of India's smartphone market. Indian regulators ruled that Google violated the country's competition law.
By Sissi Cao

Why Snapchat’s Product Is Booming

After a few tough years, Snapchat’s been booming. The app now has 332 million daily users, up 18% from last year, beating analysts’ expectations to start 2022. With little fanfare, it’s sailed past Twitter, serving 115 million more daily users than Twitter’s 217 million. 
By Alex Kantrowitz

Here’s Why Big Tech Antitrust Is Finally Working

The Big Tech antitrust movement is actually making real progress
By Alex Kantrowitz
Netflix Gaming Service Android

Netflix’s Gaming Service Is Now Available in the U.S. (If You’re An Android User)

By Brandon Katz

‘Bad Guys Cannot Have iPhones’: Director Rian Johnson Reveals Apple’s Movie Policy

By Sissi Cao

How Google’s Fitbit Acquisition Will Help It Further Compete With Apple

By Gabriela Barkho
Edward Snowden

Scariest Takeaways on the Current State of Smartphone Surveillance From Edward Snowden

By Harmon Leon
Welcome to Hell World

Welcome to Hell World: Book Excerpt

By Luke O'Neil

Bill Gates Regrets Not Creating an Android-Like Operating System at Microsoft

By Gabriela Barkho

Grayscale Is a Quick Cure to Smartphone Addiction—And Here’s How to Use It

By Sissi Cao
Motiv Ring.

Motiv Ring Successfully Takes Fitness Tracking From Wrist to Finger

By Rich Jaroslovsky
Google phone users will be protected from the KRACK security issue in a matter of weeks.

How to Protect Yourself From the Krack Wi-Fi Security Flaw

By John Bonazzo
Look at the switches!

Encrypted, Open Source Phone That Won’t Track Users Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

By Brady Dale
Just you wait.

‘Hamilton’ Launches a Mobile App—but Fans Aren’t ‘Satisfied’

By John Bonazzo
So many devices.

[UPDATED] Amazon Takes Privacy Stand by Slapping Down Blu for Pre-Loading Spyware

By Brady Dale
A woman tests a Samsung Galaxy S8 smartphone during a showcase to mark the domestic launch of Samsung Electronics' latest flagship smartphone.

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 Only Has One Problem: Google

By Rich Jaroslovsky
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 04: Sabrina Ellis, Director of Product Management at Google Inc., speaks during an event to introduce the Google Pixel phone and other Google products on October 4, 2016 in San Francisco, California. Google is making the jump into the mobile device market in an attempt to challenge the Apple iPhone in the premium smartphone category. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images)

How to Turn Off Google Assistant on Android Phones

By Brady Dale
Samsung Galaxy Note Edge

This New Android Bug Can Track and Record You—Here’s How to Keep Your Device Secure

By Alec M. Beresin
A new study suggests the farther away you keep your phone, the better your brain can focus on the task at hand

Your Smartphone Is Killing Your Cognitive Abilities—Even When You’re Not Using It

By Alec M. Beresin
YouTube

CodeCon ’17 Was Tech Versus Trump

By Rich Jaroslovsky
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - MAY 17: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O 2017 Conference at Shoreline Amphitheater on May 17, 2017 in Mountain View, California. The three-day conference will highlight innovations including Google Assistant. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Android Takes on Mobile Affordability in the Developing World (Again)

By Brady Dale
People pose for a picture near a Google sign and Android statue at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, California on November 4, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)

3 Reasons Why Companies Should Be Android First on Mobile, From Ex-Googler

By Brady Dale
Huawei Honor 6X

Huawei Honor 6X Review: The Best Smartphone for $249.99?

By Justas Markus
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Thomas Wheeler (L) speaks as FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai (R) looks on during a hearing before the Privacy, Technology and the Law Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee May 11, 2016 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The subcommittee held a hearing on "Examining the Proposed FCC Privacy Rules."

Don’t Trust the Buggy, Bossy and Bleeding Cloud

By Brady Dale
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