New quarterly smartphone sales figures from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech show Android retaining its number one position in the UK, now accounting for 50.1% of sales.

Last year it led with 44.6%.

New research commissioned by BT shows that over 80% of IT managers think enterprises with a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy have a competitive advantage over other organisations.

It’s a strong endorsement for allowing employees to use their own laptops, tablets and smartphones to carry out their employer’s work.

New research from Nielsen shows how the adoption and usage of mobile apps in the USA has increased in the last 12 months.

The company notes that app usage has been driven by Android and iOS users, with one of these two operating systems being used by 88% of people who’ve recently downloaded an app.

The team behind Android photo sharing application Lightbox is being hired by Facebook, with the exception of creative designer Giles Peyton-Nicoll who’s remaining in the UK. The service will continue to run for a month, enabling its millions of users to download their pictures until 15th June.

Lightbox co-founders Thai Tran and Nilesh Patel say they plan to open-source portions of the Lightbox code and publish it online.

Last year we reported that Apple had won a single patent case against HTC at the US International Trade Commission. The patent involved the ability of phones to automatically turn email addresses and telephone numbers into hyperlinks.

At the time, HTC described the patent issue as “a small UI experience” and said it would soon remove this functionality from all its phones.