Microsoft is still behind archrivals Android and iOS in the smartphone market as Windows Phone devices continue to fight its way to grab a spot in the top three mobile operating systems.
Research firm IDC has unveiled that Windows Phone handsets still chase after mobile devices running on Nokia’s Symbian and RIM’s BlackBerry.
The latest IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker released today reveals that Windows Phone is stuck at top five of all major mobile operating systems, following …

Apple will not include Google’s YouTube app in the final version of iOS 6, a move that follows its decision to drop the search company’s mobile online mapping app, Google Maps.
The Cupertino-based tech giant rolled out on Monday its latest iOS 6 beta, now on version 4, which exposed that the mobile operating system’s previously pre-installed YouTube app will be gone for good in upcoming releases.
Apple reasoned out that its license to use the video streaming mobile app expired, saying, …

Apple has presented a new set of evidence against Samsung in the ongoing trial in California and the company argues that its rival has even copied its icons.
In a set of six slides, Apple showed what it argues is Samsung clearly copying how the icons on iOS

Samsung and Android continue to dominate Apple and iOS in the US phone market according to new data from comScore for the second quarter of the year.
In the recent comScore MobiLens report about key trends in the US mobile phone industry, there are now over 110 million Americans who own smartphones and most of those are using the Android mobile operating system backed by

Apple’s iOS platform has been crowned as the most lucrative among mobile platforms, besting Android and others, according to a new report from Opera Software.
According to the first edition of the State of Mobile Advertising report from the company which makes the Opera web browser, the iOS platform delivered more than the Android platform in the key metric called eCPM.
ECPM is the acronym for effective cost per mille which measures the revenue an ad publisher earns per thousand ad …

ZonD80, a Russian developer, has learned a technique to obtain in-app content free of charge.
ZonD80 controls In-AppStore.com, and according to a report by 9to5Mac, which obtained the news from a Russian blog, i-ekb.ru, the hack can be accomplished in as easy as three steps, including the installation of CA and in-appstore.com certificates plus changing the DNS record in Wi-Fi settings, and does not need an expert to gain free access. Devices with an iOS 3.0 version and higher can avail of this …

Android has topped a recent study from Nielsen about the number of U.S. mobile users who own a smartphone.
By the end of last month, the analytics company found that 54.9 percent of all U.S. mobile users actually own mobile phones’ with operating systems. This means almost two-thirds of Americans are likely to have an Android, iPhone, or BlackBerry inside his/her pocket.
The most revealing figure of the demographic is that Android accounted for 51.8 percent of all U.S. smartphone owners. …

Apple will release iOS 6 later this year. During the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) last month, the Cupertino-based company unveiled several new hardware, but the annual event actually revolves around Apple software. Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, and other executives presented a horde of new information with regards to OS X Mountain Lion, which is due for release next month, and most significantly, revealed iOS 6, the next version of the company’s mobile operating system.
If the rumors …

Apple has removed the first instance of a malware app in the iOS App Store which was revealed by Kaspersky yesterday.
In a post on the Securelist blog of the security software company, senior malware analyst Denis Maslennikov revealed just why the Find and Call app was flagged as malware.
The Russian-language app billed itself as an app which help users simplify their address books. However, Maslennikov revealed it had a pretty nasty hidden agenda. It was flagged by kaspersky as …

Research firm IDC is making a bold forecast that Microsoft’s Windows Phone will actually overtake Apple’s iOS mobile operating system in terms of market share in 2016.
That’s four years from now but given the traction Microsoft currently has with Windows Phone, the prediction is still bold.
According to the Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker report of the research firm, Microsoft’s Windows Phone will grow to take 19.2 percent market share in 2016 or almost quadruple the current …