London, May 15 (ANI): Blackberry has announced that it will make its once popular BBM service available on other platforms like Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Blackberry unveiled its new slim and sleek low priced Q5 and has decided to offer its popular messenger service on other platforms like Android and Apple free of cost.

London, May 14 (ANI): The French Government is planning to introduce one percent tax on the sale of smartphones and tablets in order to fund its culture of music and films.

London, May 14 (ANI): Snapchat, a popular app on Google's Android used for sharing photographs, has a small glitch, which is, once a photograph is shared and after the viewing time of up to 10 seconds expires the photograph is deleted from Snapchat servers.

Washington, May 13 (ANI): A report by an independent technology focused analyst house Catalys, has claimed that Apple's iPhone is losing market space to other smart phone manufacturers.

London, May 7 (ANI): Amazon has launched its first ever paid-for Android apps in China, beating Google, which has offered only free apps. This move is considered as Amazon's strategy to delve deep into the Chinese mobile phone market where it had controlled less than three percent of the e-commerce market till last year, the BBC reports.

New York, May 5 (ANI): South Korean phonemaker LG has been selected by Google to build the next Android reference device - Nexus 5.

Washington, May 3 (ANI): Microsoft has created an application named 'Switch to Windows Phone' on the Google Play Store available on all Android phones.

Sydney, Apr. 29 (ANI): A majority of users have given Facebook's Home mobile a one star rating on the Google Play store.

Seattle, Apr. 25 (ANI): Microsoft has signed a patent deal with China's smart phones maker ZTE linked to its use of the Android and Chrome operating systems

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): Facebook's new Home app, which was launched on April 4 exclusively for Android phones, has been downloaded over 500,000 times from the Google Play store.

London, Apr 20 (ANI): A bug that stoles cash by racking up charges from sending premium rate text messages has been found in Android Apps store.

Srinagar, April 19 (ANI): Changing the orthodox mindset of the society, a 23-year old girl became the first Kashmiri to develop an android application named 'Dial Kashmir,' which contained over 500 contacts of government departments and private numbers.

Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): Foxconn and Microsoft have signed a deal that will give the software giant a cut of every Android device that the electronics contract manufacturing company makes.

Sydney, Apr. 18 (ANI): Engineers have created a new app for Icelanders that allows to check whether their new date happens to be a relative.

Washington, Apr.18 (ANI): A flaw in commonly used applications on Android smartphones such as texting, messaging or microblogging could spread private information or allow forged fraudulent messages to be posted, a recent study has revealed.

London, Apr 17 (ANI): Google chairman Eric Schmidt has denied claims that the firm is planning block Facebook Home, the new app for Android phones.

Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has updated its iPhone and iPad applications that would allow people keep using its chat feature even when they are doing other activities on the site.

Washington, Apr 15 (ANI): The European authorities and Google have agreed on a set of terms that would see the Internet search giant legally obliged to change some of its search results in Europe.

London, Apr 12 (ANI): It is possible to hack an entire plane using an Android smartphone, it has emerged.

London, Apr 12 (ANI): Samsung has unveiled its biggest smartphone to date, the Galaxy Mega that features a 6.3inch screen.

New York, Apr 11 (ANI): Facebook's new mobile software 'Home' that takes over the homescreen of an Android phone, makes surfing the social network fast and easy, but bogs down access to other apps that can be annoying for some users, a report has said.

Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): A group whose members include Microsoft, have filed a complaint against Google, saying the internet search giant's provision of its Android operating system for free is anti-competitive 'predatory pricing'.

London, Apr 6 (ANI): Facebook's newly released Home software for Android phones could 'destroy the privacy of users', industry watchers have warned.

Washington, Apr 5 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has unveiled a new software on Android gadgets with the aim of making its site the hub of people's mobile experiences.