Stories by Jon Gold

In Pictures: Ubuntu 13.04

“Raring Ringtail” features performance and stability upgrades, along with social changes – but the controversial shopping lens remains.

Will we see Key Lime Pie at Google I/O, after all?

The idea that Google's going to release a new version of Android called Key Lime Pie at its I/O developer conference in San Francisco in a couple of weeks has become one of those rumors that's so widespread it becomes the conventional wisdom. It make...

In Pictures: 10 of the biggest pieces of heavyweight hardware

The outsized, the hefty and the completely ridiculous

Samsung fights dirty with misleading claims against HTC – who may have replied in kind

Embarrassed Samsung officials were forced to apologize to rival HTC for a sneaky PR campaign that involved paying off Taiwanese students to write negative reviews of the latter company's products. In related news, I'm looking for a Korean and Mandari...

Is Samsung's Galaxy Mega Android smartphone lineup just too big?

While the issue of size creep in Android phones hasn't exactly been ignored, big devices have become so commonplace that the discussion is largely academic at this point -- the vast majority of high-end Android phones are simply big. Deal with it, as...

Google gives Play store a facelift, as Android tweaks continue

Google today rolled out a redesign of its Play store for Android, changing the interface for smartphone and tablet users looking for apps and media content.

Will Android users feel welcome in Facebook's Home?

Unless you're a huge Facebook fanatic, will this really be something you use every day? Time will tell.

In Pictures: 8 things you might not know about Android

Some lesser-known facts about Google's mobile OS

Analyst: iPhone price pressure means smartphone profits have peaked

The overall profitability of the smartphone market hit its apex in 2012, according to a prominent equity analyst.

Is Android in the business world to stay?

It's official, and it's been official for a while -- Android is far and away the most popular smartphone OS in America. Ever since January 2011, when the platform surpassed RIM to take the top spot for the first time in comScore's monthly market shar...

Do's and don'ts for using Android in business

While it's important to remember that the use of Google Android software in the enterprise is still a comparatively young phenomenon, there are a few general guidelines that businesses looking to use the platform would do well to remember.

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is great, but do we all have awe fatigue?

Now that the Galaxy S 4 has finally landed and the Android blogosphere collectively cries out for something else to obsess over, it's interesting to look at what the reaction to the official unveiling of The Next Big Thing™©® has been like.

Head to head: Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One

With last week's launch of the Galaxy S 4, Samsung made the kind of splash that most non-Apple smartphone makers can only dream of. The company's glitzy reveal -- complete with tap dancing, theatrical sketches and a full pit orchestra -- drew critici...

Gartner: Don't expect miracles from BlackBerry's recent facelift

Gartner analysts said in a report released Monday that BlackBerry's new BB10 software isn't going to achieve world-beating results anytime soon. Even BlackBerry officials have literally begun singing the praises of the new Z10 smartphone in anticipat...