ANDROID

Key patent lawsuits that punctuated the smartphone industry in 2010.

Google displayed a gigantic 42-inch, fully functional Nexus S handset at a Best Buy store in San Carlos, California to give customers a first-hand view into the recently launched Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Hoping for some monetary damages, Hopewell Culture & Design have sued Apple and Android makers for the infringement of double-click patent.

This time Google, in its journey of exploration, has sent its Nexus S to the near space to collect some interesting data about the sensors in Nexus S – GPS, gyroscope, accelerometer, and magnetometer, said a Google blog post.

Buying apps for Android devices just got easier, as now app purchases on Android Market can be charged on AT&T Direct Carrier Billing.

California-based start up Lookout Mobile Security, a provider of smartphone protection software, said it raised a further $19.5 million in funding led by Index Ventures.

Synology America Corp. has released its new Network Attached Storage (NAS) server -- DS1511+, a successor to their popular DS1010+ server model.

Microsoft says that in six weeks on the market 1.5 million phones carrying the Windows Phone 7 operating system were sold.

Virtual keyboard maker Swype has released its beta version of for all Android phones for a limited period of time.

In a teaser video for its own tablet, Motorola took shots at the iPad and Galaxy Tab

With dwindling market share for Symbian and growing smartphone competition may force Nokia to adopt either Google's Android Operating System or Windows Phone 7 in a bid to regain its lost marketshare in the smartphone space.

Smartphones such as Google Inc's Android-based devices and Apple Inc's iPhone are poised to become popular business tools, said an executive at the world's biggest technology distributor.

Sony has announced that it is bringing its PlayStation platform experience on iPhone and Android via apps.

The company introduces speech recognition to Android 2.2 phones, which can recognize the user's phone and understand their specific dialect.

Benchmark Capital raised its profit estimates and price target on Google Inc., citing the company's strong operating momentum in search business.

Microsoft could demo a host of new tablets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January.

After Google’s payment platform “Checkout” now Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds has launched an in-app carrier-billing payment system.

Chronology: Key events that have punctuated Oracle's handling of Java this year.

Google has released a new version of YouTube app on the Android market.

Mobile maker Nokia's Symbian operating system is on the ropes, its lead being stripped away blow by Android blow, but if its new boss throws in the software towel now, the relief will be brief and the scars permanent.

Google's Android mobile operating system has closed the gap on market leader Nokia's Symbian, just two years after its launch.