Given that the majority of people worldwide use Android devices, it’s no surprise that app downloads from Google Play far outpace those from Apple’s App Store. However, Apple is still winning the game when it comes to profit. A new report by the App Annie Index shows that during this year’s second quarter, Google Play …

The fragmentation of the Android market is both a strength and a weakness for users and developers, according to a new report by Open Signal. On the one hand, it can be difficult to find and make apps that function across the entire Android ecosystem, while on the other hand there are literally thousands of options to choose from. Not …

As companies search for ways to make mobile devices ever-sleeker and lighter, LG Display announced Wednesday that it is coming out with what it claims to be the “world’s slimmest full HD LCD panel for smartphones.” The panel is 5.2 inches long and only 2.2 mm thick. LG says that it is the narrowest full HD LCD panel to hit …

In the wake of people learning about the National Security Agency’s massive surveillance program, it’s become clear that phone records and text messages are not entirely private. The Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde and a couple of app developers have decided to do something about it. They are working on creating a messaging app that is spy-proof, according to GigaOM. …

Android’s Jelly Bean operating system has finally toppled the older and uber-popular Gingerbread. According to Android usage data that Google released Monday, Jelly Bean now has 37.9 percent adoption and Gingerbread has 34.1 percent. This is an increase of 4.9 percentage points for Jelly Bean since last month. In June, Jelly Bean had 33 percent usage and Gingerbread had 36.5 …

It appears that the smartphone music app Shazam is headed toward greener pastures. The company has just received $40 million in backing from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, according to Reuters. Apparently, Shazam plans to use the funding to continue to build out the TV portion of the app. “Shazam is defining a new category of media engagement that combines the …

WhatsApp’s active user base could be a cause for worry among some tech companies and wireless carriers. The messaging service announced Thursday that it has more than 250 million active users — making it on par with Skype, Facebook Messenger, and Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal. Twitter’s most recent numbers show more than 200 million monthly active users, …

After Best Buy hosted an iPhone trade-in day earlier this month, the retailer has decided to do it again — but this time, the deal will last for nine days. The way the program works is that customers can bring in an iPhone 4S or 4 and trade it for a brand new iPhone 5, according to USA Today. Between …

LG Display is about to embark on the mass production of smartphone display panels that reportedly don’t break, crack, or shatter — because they can bend. By the fourth quarter of this year, the electronics company plans to be supplying the flexible displays to a host of major clients, according to The Korea Times. “We have completed the development of …

AT&T announced that it is rolling out wireless emergency alerts to all of its U.S. customers that have an iPhone 5 or 4S. This means that anytime there is a government-issued safety announcement, like when there’s natural or man-made disaster, a presidential alert, or an Amber alert for a missing child, a message will pop up on users iPhones explaining …