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• 20 September 2011

• News: Patent madness! A timeline of the Android patent wars

  How Android has gotten the entire mobile industry to sue itself.

• News: Windows 8, Android to fight Apple iPad 3

  Android tablets and Windows 8 tablets are forecast to take the mobile battle to Apple's iPad 3 in 2012.

• News: Amazon's App Store for Android live in the UK?

  Amazon's app store for Android appears to have gone live in the UK. A number of UK-based customer have reported being able to access the store, as have users in Australia, India and The Netherlands.

• 19 September 2011

• News: Appcelerator opens mobile marketplace for developers

  Appcelerator, whose Titanium platform is used to develop cross-platform apps for smartphones and tablets, has opened Open Mobile Marketplace, a store where developers can download modules to expand the functionality of Titanium and more easily add features to their apps, the company said on Monday.

• News: Facebook Messenger for iPhone and Android hits the UK

  Facebook’s Messenger app, which is hoping to rival BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) and Apple's iMessage, has been made available to Brits.

• News: Google expands languages supported by Voice Actions for Android

  Google has expanded Voice Actions for Android to support British English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

• 15 September 2011

• News: Apple sues Samsung for patent infringement in the UK

  Apple has bought its patents battle with Samsung to the UK by filing a lawsuit against the tech giant with a British court.

• 14 September 2011

• News: Android: An expert guide

  Google’s Android platform in a short time has become a force to be reckoned with in the smartphone world, and its success raises all sorts of questions for IT professionals.

• News: Intel hopes for smartphone breakthrough with Google

  Intel hopes to boost its business selling chips to phone makers -- now the domain of rival ARM -- through a partnership announced this week with Google to develop future Android OS versions for mobile devices with Intel chips.

• News: Threat of settlements may have spurred Google, Moto deal

  A blow-by-blow account of negotiations leading up to Google's acquisition of Motorola indicates that the deal may have been one of necessity rather than opportunity for Google.

• News: Android tablets lose ground to BlackBerry PlayBook as iPad soars

  Increased demand for the iPad 2, 1 million HP TouchPads and the launch of the BlackBerry Playbook pushed Google Android tablet market share down below 30%.

• News: Facebook Updates Android App with More Privacy Controls

  If you liked the recent changes Facebook made to improve privacy, then you'll want to upgrade immediately to the latest version of the social network's app for Android smartphones.

• 13 September 2011

• News: Android targeted by SpyEye banking Trojan

  Banking transactions for owners of Android phones just became more dangerous with a new iteration of the SpyEye Trojan designed to intercept two-factor authentication codes sent via SMS -- the first known version for Android.

• News: Grid-10 tablet gets UK price and launch date

  Fusion Garage's Grid10 tablet is based loosely on the Google Android operating system and has an open-source ethos that appeals, but it's similarity with Identikit 10.1in Android slates is little more than a passing nod. It will go onsale in the UK in October and at £259 for a 16GB model, will undercut equivalent 10in Android tablets

• News: Intel, Google team to optimize Android for smartphones

  Intel and Google announced on Tuesday that they would partner to optimize future versions of the Android OS for smartphones and other mobile devices using Intel chips.

• News: Tablets: Will Win 8 Give Microsoft Edge Over Google, Apple?

  The tablet wars will heat up when Microsoft Windows 8 ships next year. The developer preview of Windows 8--unveiled Tuesday at the BUILD Windows conference in Anaheim--underscores how Microsoft's new OS is nothing like what we're used to seeing and is destined to shake things up.

• News: Windows 8 Breaks Down the OS Walls That Divide Our Devices

  Windows 8 is a bold new take on computing, unifying tablets, desktops, laptops, the Internet, and smartphones under one Windows roof. With only a brief introduction to the operating system here at Microsoft's BUILD conference, we are seeing Microsoft skillfully bridge today's computing habits into the future - otherwise known to Microsoft as Windows 8.

• News: iPhone Accessories to Take Phone Photography to New Levels

  Apple's smartphone darling--the iPhone 4--is fast becoming one of the most popular cameras in the world. This is due in part to the image quality of its camera and to the photo software available for it (including Instagram, a photo filter app that simplifies sharing your photos).

• News: Are HTC and Samsung Sick of Google's Android?

  Are major phone companies preparing to ditch the Android mobile operating system?

• News: App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security

  App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading application security, according to E.U. cybersecurity agency ENISA.

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