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5 free Android security apps: Keep your smartphone safe Computerworld By Eric Geier Computerworld - There's been much controversy over mobile OS security, especially where Android is concerned. With 47% of the smartphone market in Q4 of 2011, according to ABI Research, it's no wonder that Android is getting attention. See all stories on this topic »

Low-End Android Phones Gain Dual Cores and High-Resolution Displays PCWorld By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News The Galaxy AceSamsung Electronics and LG Electronics have announced new mid- and low-end Android-based smartphones. Samsung hopes to attract users with a dual-core processor, while LG is putting Android 4.0 on some of its ... See all stories on this topic »

Android is most-used smartphone OS in UK, overtaking Apple, data shows The Guardian Android has taken over from Apple and now has the largest share of the installed base of smartphones among consumers in the UK, according to new figures provided to the Guardian by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. Google's mobile OS has a 36.9% share of the ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

BlackBerry PlayBook gets built-in email, Android apps CBC.ca Built-in email, calendar and contacts applications and new Android apps are now available to BlackBerry PlayBook users, with the release of a long-awaited operating system upgrade from Research In Motion. The PlayBook OS 2.0 became available for ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Sorry, PlayBook 2.0 still isn't worth your money CNET Does the PlayBook offer anything the iPad or an Android tablet? Not really. The PlayBook gets a badly needed upgrade today, but it still isn't enough. commentary The PlayBook tablet can finally access corporate email. Hallelujah, right? See all stories on this topic »

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 adds native email, Android apps Los Angeles Times The software update also gives the PlayBook the ability to run applications developed for Google's Android operating system, which is a play by RIM to get thousands of new apps up and running on its device as developers have largely shied away from ... See all stories on this topic » Los Angeles Times

Android 5.0 Jelly Bean might be coming to "WebTop" OS TG Daily We still don't know much about Jelly Bean, also known as Android 5.0, but it may be coming out sooner than expected, even though there have been problems with the Android 4.0 rollout process. Both the Nexus S phone and the Transformer Prime tablet ... See all stories on this topic » TG Daily

Ubuntu for Android: Penguins peck at Nokia's core problem Register Shuttleworth reckons Elop is "short sighted" – and Canonical is today due to unveil Ubuntu for Android, a version of Shuttleworth's Ubuntu juiced by multi-core on smartphones. Ubuntu for Android, which will be demonstrated at Mobile World Congress in ... See all stories on this topic »

RIM PlayBook 2.0 update: Better late than never ZDNet (blog) By Matthew Miller | February 21, 2012, 7:30am PST Summary: RIM released the PlayBook 2.0 update with integrated email, integrated calendar, a movie store, and support for Android apps in the BlackBerry App World. I agree with Larry that the PlayBook ... See all stories on this topic »

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Finally: RIM Releases PlayBook 2.0 OS; Email, Android Support ... By Ingrid Lunden But what RIM has done is effectively bring the PlayBook up to speed with what other device makers have already been doing on other platforms like Android. Now users can access both personal and work email via the device, and the unified ... TechCrunch

Samsung unveils the Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy Mini 2 | Android ... By Sam Koutroulakis With Mobile World Congress right around the corner, Samsung has decided to unveil official specs of both the Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. Both have. Android Community

Academy Award Winning Art Director And SiXiTS Want To Bring ... By Chris Chavez Back in the 80's, there was this Saturday morning TV show I used to watch as a kid that was accompanied by an amazing toy line. It was called Dino Riders. Android Phone Fans

The Top 5 Alternatives to the Android Market - How-To Geek By Chris Hoffman Google's Android Market isn't the only place you can get Android apps. Whether you're looking for free paid apps, social recommendations or an app store to replace a missing Android Market, you have a lot of choice. How-To Geek

Chrome for Android to improve by "leaps and bounds" | Ubergizmo By George Wong Google's Chrome web browser might not be on the majority of Android devices out there right now, but that doesn't mean it's not going to be a priority for Google to work on. CNET recently interviewed Chrome's Senior Vice President, [...] Ubergizmo