Samsung Electronics says its Galaxy SIII smartphone has sold more than 30 million units since its launch in May.
That’s around three times more than its predecessor, the Galaxy SII, managed during a similar period.
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Expecting the expected
Mark Bridge writes:
Last week I referred to the previous week as having been ‘big news but no big surprises’ - and in many ways the past seven days have seen much of the same.
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An assortment of figures from Strategy Analytics, IDC and ABI Research last week showed how Samsung had dominated the smartphone market in the previous quarter.
Now IDC (International Data Corporation) has published new research that shows even greater dominance for the Android operating system.
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Some map applications are stirring up trouble, virtually erasing South Korea's claims to an island chain also claimed by Japan.
Both Apple and Google have removed the Korean name for the islands from their English and Japanese map services.
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Digital security company Bit9 says more than a quarter of the Android applications it analysed may pose security risks to users. It points out this could have particularly serious implications for the growing ‘bring your own device’ trend within businesses.
More than 400,000 apps in the Google Play marketplace were analysed by Bit9, which looked at the permissions requested by these applications.
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