Mozilla, the open-source gang behind popular Web browser Firefox, is planning a new mobile operating system, the BBC reports. The project is called Boot to Gecko, and was unveiled on the Mozilla discussion forum by developer Andreas Gal. It’s going to be an open source OS, which means anyone could get it, and the plan …

It would seem Apple has serious ambitions for voice control in iOS 5, and is ready to make it a key feature of the upcoming iPhone 5. Apple blog 9to5Mac has spotted something in the iOS 5 software development kit (SDK) and spoken to sources who reckon the iPhone 5 will have a feature called ‘Assistant’ that lets you control …

Apple may be head honcho when it comes to tablets, but Google’s Android operating system is cutting into its lead, according to figures from number-crunching analysts. Strategy Analytics told Reuters that Apple’s hernia-inducingly popular iPad tablet accounts for 61.3 per cent of the market, while Android tablets hold 30 pe rcent. Doesn’t sound like much, but apparently a year ago …

The BBC’s 3G survey app has been updated in the wake of concerns about it draining phone battery. It had recently passed the 33,000 downloads mark, according to Auntie. “We have a new version of the app which doesn’t test continually but for 4 hours at key points in the day. It stops testing if battery life drops below 30 …

A third teaser video for the upcoming Sony S1 and S2 Android Honeycomb tablets has been released, showing off the quirky slates’ multimedia abilities, including movie playback and the S2’s gift for displaying ebooks and playing games. The videos, which feature a seemingly part-CGI Heath Robinson machine (seriously, what’s the point in doing it if it’s not really happening?), have …

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has slammed Apple’s lawsuit against HTC, saying that Apple’s actions are borne out of jealousy, and that Google will provide support to HTC in its legal battle, Perthnow reports. Speaking in Tokyo at the Google Mobile Revolution conference, Schmidt said that Apple’s lawsuits against Android phone manufacturers such as Samsung and HTC are “just inspired by …

HTC is infringing on two of Apple’s patents, a US judge ruled on Friday. The ruling by the US International Trade Commission is part of a long-running legal scrap between the two tech giants. The two patents refer to a ‘system and method for performing an action on a structure in computer-generated data’, and a ‘real-time signal-processing system for serially transmitted data’. …

A whopping 130 million devices worldwide now run Android, according to Google. The search behemoth made the announcement during its quarterly earnings call, and also said that it’s activating a mind-bending 550,000 Android devices every day. Only two months ago, Google claimed to be activating 400,000 Android devices daily, announcing that it had passed the 100 million devices milestone. That gives …

Prepare to slap your jingling rear end, for supermarché Asda is now the exclusive retailer of the Arnova 8 Android tablet, which costs a mere £99. Sporting an Archos design, the Arnova 8 is an 8-inch tablet with 4GB of storage, built-in Wi-Fi and a battery manly enough to handle 25 hours of music playback. It also packs a satanic 666MHz processor, …

The BBC is trying to map out the UK’s mobile network coverage, by asking people with an Android phone to install an app that will send back data on how good their 3G signal is. The app is called UK 3G Survey, and it’s been built by a company called Epitiro, which will also be in charge of collating the data …