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  Microsoft tasks Defender anti-malware with securing corporate Android and iOS phones

  While malware writers have attacked PCs because of their popularity and large attack surfaces, Android and iOS phones aren’t immune.

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  Microsoft shocks the world with the Surface Duo, a foldable dual-screen Android phone

  Microsoft’s Surface Duo is a dual-screen smartphone, the company’s first foray into mobile since the long, agonising death of Windows Phone.

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  Huawei Australia respond to Android license crisis

  Following on from yesterday's seismic announcement that Google would be revoking Huawei's Android license, the company's Australian division has issued a statement.

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  Samsung launches new Galaxy A smartphones in Australia

  Samsung have launched four new Galaxy A smartphones in Australia today, offering features from their flagship S series at a fraction of the price.

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  Galaxy Watch users report app outage

  In another piece of bad news for Samsung this week, the Galaxy Wearable app for Android devices is currently broken, with many users reporting sign-in problems.

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  Samsung to put a time limit on free custom Android themes

  While Samsung's One UI software overhaul won't arrive until early next year, beta users have already discovered the update will introduce new restrictions around custom themes.​

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  HMD Global announce new Android Go-powered Nokia 2.1

  HMD Global has launched its second device in the Android Go family with the Nokia 2.1.

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  Android introduces Android 9 Pie (Go edition)

  Android 9 Pie (Go edition) comes with up to an additional 500MB out of the box compared to Oreo (Go edition), and more than twice what you’d find on a non-Go edition phone.

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  IoT: Google unveils 'Android Things'

  Google has launched a spinoff of its Android operating system for home appliances and other machines, following mixed results with Android offshoots for cars, smartwatches and televisions.

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  ZTE's Android days may soon be over

  A proposed supply ban could mean that the Chinese smartphone maker may not be able to use Android software in its devices.

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  Sony Mobile Confirms Android Oreo For Xperia Range

  ​Sony Mobile Australia has confirmed that the company’s latest range of Xperia smartphone devices will be receiving a software upgrade to the newly-minted Android 8.0 Oreo.

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  Android struggling in tablets as Windows 10 2-in-1s come on strong

  In 2010, Apple's Steve Jobs welcomed the post-PC era when it introduced the iPad. Now in 2017, PCs are still around and on their way to recovery, while slate-style tablets are struggling. Apple remains the top tablet seller, but its shipments are div...

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  Google will start adding Assistant to Nougat and Marshmallow phones this week

  After months of exclusivity on the Pixel and Pixel XL, Google will allow all Nougat and Marshmallow phones in the U.S., Canada, the UK, Australia, and Germany to talk to Assistant.

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  Android's next destination: Untethered VR headsets with Snapdragon 835

  What is Android's next destination? Thanks to Qualcomm, it's going to be used in untethered VR headsets.

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  MWC 17: What's coming, what's not, and what we really want to see

  The biggest Android event of the year is nearly upon us. Here's what you can expect to see (and not see) at Mobile World Congress.