The ongoing case that has pitted Oracle against Google over Java patent infringements in the Android operating system has not disappointed with interesting revelations being made by both sides as the proceedings commence. Yesterday Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison took to the witness stand to provide testimony in support of his company and made an interesting revelation.

Oracle founder and CEO Larry Ellison

According to Ellison, Oracle had considered jumping into the mobile smartphone …

Software security experts warm users about the fake Angry Birds flying in the Space (Image via Flickr / armaghlass)

Experts at the antivirus software company Sophos have detected a Trojan loaded fake version of the mega popular mobile phone game Angry Birds Space app for Android smartphones. Initially the fake was available for download at various alternative Android app marketplaces, but now, despite the introduction of stricter new security algorithms by Google, the malicious code ridden …

The Samsung Galaxy tab 2 has just been released for US consumers (Image: via Androidauthority.com)

Today is the official United States launch for two new Android Tablets: the 10.1-inch and 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.
Two months prior to this release, the South Korean tablet maker displayed the series at the Mobile World Congress, but it was not the main show for Samsung during that event. Primarily, this Barcelona-held event presented Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1.
Today the spotlight is …

LAS VEGAS, NV – JANUARY 05: Chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility Sanjay Jha (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

There was a lot of hype when Google announced it was purchasing Motorola Mobility from its parent company, and there were all sorts of hybrid words flying around, including Googlerola and Gorolla (Gorilla?).
Now that all the hype has died down and all regulatory permissions appropriated, some tough questions still linger much as no one is talking about them. Many …

Largest social network in the world Facebook is acquiring the popular photo-sharing app Instagram at a staggering price tag of $ 1 billion, according to the official website of the company.
The price of such a deal may be too much for an app, but still according to experts the Facebook has acted smartly to acquire the only challenge it was facing in photo sharing sphere.
The deal should be closed in this quarter in the form of cash and stock.
Mark Zuckerberg while commenting in a blog post said …

Google with its Android mobile operating system and Apple with its iOS-powered iPhone lineup have gained over rivals during December to February, new data says.
The data comes from comScore which says that Android now has a 50.1 percent market share in the U.S. smartphone arena followed by iOS which has a 30.2 percent market share.
This means that Google has gained 3.2 percentage points in the U.S. smartphone market share race while Apple has gained 1.5 percentage points.
This marks a milestone …

It seems that Washington will not be replacing BlackBerry as its favored smartphone platform in the near future, a new report suggests.
Quoting officials from the U.S. government, the Washington Post says that Blackberry will remain as the smartphone of choice of the U.S. government.
The publication quotes Casey Coleman, chief information officer at the General Services Administration of the U.S. government, as saying that BlackBerry will remain the U.S. government’s favored smartphone as its …

It seems Google doesn’t want to leave any corner related to technology untouched. The search giant that has helped millions of businesses and retailers reach their targeted clients is all set to now step itself into a new role of retailing.
It is launching an online store, under which the company will sell its own brand of tablet PCs. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources close to Google. It is understood that the tablets sold on Google’s store will be running …

Android Comes Up with Better Speech-To-Text Feature / image via Engadget

The Evernote app for the Android OS reportedly received a new update that would allow users to take advantage of an improved audio-to-note and speech-to-note feature.
Internet tech observer Appolicious today revealed that an update for the Android OS application now makes audio recording on mobile devices easier and more efficient by allowing users to give dictation, while attaching the audio of any note to the text …

Don’t Hold Your Breath Yet for The Android Instagram Photo Capturing App / image via Digital Trends

It’s still beta time for the much awaited Android OS-based photo-capturing Instagram app, a 27-million user mobile application that has long been the backbone system of online advertisers to showcase their products over the Web.
Instagram developer Kevin Systrom has told Internet observer Digital Trends that no hard date has yet been set for the final release of the latest version of the …