In Q1 2014, Android users were surprised to learn about 2 million malicious apps available on Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Play Store. It's been sometime now the information broke out and most of us expected that Google will up-the-ante to fight growing...

Owing to its previous announcement of launch of budget phones in India, Microsoft Corporation (ADR) (NASDAQ:MSFT) has kept its promise. Micromax has introduced two Windows Phones yesterday in India - the Canvas Win W121 and Canvas Win W092. With this, Micromax has...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) surprised investors during its fiscal Q2 2014 earnings report with its spectacular growth in China. The results broke the long-held myth that the smartphone market in China was simply impossible for foreign brands to penetrate into. According to...

Samsung Group (KRX:005930) is the undisputed leader in the world of smartphones. The korean electronics giant shipped 314 million smartphones in 2013, almost double the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone sales, which were 153.4 million. Together, Apple and Samsung accounted...

Like the much loved and revered mutants from a popular Hollywood flick, Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) have decided to go back in the past and save themselves from a future that could have rung death bells had it not been...

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the latest OEM player in the global smartphone market, following its acquisition of Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) devices and services unit. The year 2014 will be an important year for Microsoft Windows Phone 8 OS, as several OEM’s worldwide...

Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd. (KRX:005930) is now officially the leader of the smartphone and mobile handset market in India. In Q1 2014, the market share of Samsung among mobile handsets in India jumped to 20.3% from 15.6% in Q4 2013. According...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is under attack from Lenovo Group Limited (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LNVGY), ZTE Corporation (SHE:000063), Huawei Technology Co Ltd. (SHE:002502). These are just some of the major China-based OEMs who are now global smartphone giants, and for them, the biggest market is not in their...

Nokia Corporation (ADR) (NYSE:NOK) reported its interim financial results for its Fiscal Q1 2014, posting a fall of 15% in revenue Y-O-Y to US$3.68 billion, with net losses amounting to US$330 million, owning to poor performance of the device and services...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (KRX:005930) are the undisputed heavyweights of the smartphone world. Together, both brands accounted for 50% of the global smartphone market in Q1 2013, and this status-quo has shifted considerably a year later, with...