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The article mentions that the European Commission will investigate the Android operating system of the technology firm Google Inc. for breach of anti-trust laws in the U.S. According to Margrethe Vestager, EU Commissioner in charge of competition policy, the Android investigation will ensure competition in the smartphone market. It also states that EU received two complaints regarding Android and sent a formal letter of objection to Google prior to the start of investigation.

The author discusses technological developments in the video services market in the U.S. as of September 2014, particularly the introduction of converged devices that serve as a set-top box/over-the-top (STB/OTT) streaming device. She cites as example the launching by the firm TiVo of a retail-only Roamio box and set-tops for the U.S. market. Also cited companies include Vidmind, Arris, and Wurl.

The article focuses on FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller's editorial about Google search company's filing of a complaint in California federal court on December 31, 2013 in response to patent infringement suits filed by the Rockstar consortium in October. The topics include the dispute over Nortel Telecom patents and the idea that Google is trying to get away with patent infringement.

The article informs about an increment in sales of mobile which surged 43 percent year-over-year on Black Friday. According to IBM, sales has accounted for 21.8 percent of total online sales. It further talks about retailers who sent 37 percent notifications to mobile devices during the two-day period over Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday in the U.S.

The article reports on the sales performance of Apple Inc.'s iPhone. According to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, the sales of iPhone has increased to 5.4% year-over-year across the U.S. in the three-month period ending in August 2013. Kantar also said that the iPhone accounted for 39.3% of U.S. smartphones bought between June 1 and August 31, an increase from 33.9% in the same period in 2012.

The article focuses on the report of mobile app industry analytics Flurry, which highlights that 36 percent of all iOS and Android applications are built by U.S. developers. It states that the statistic came down from 45 percent in 2012. It further mentions that apps designed by developers in the U.S. account for 59 percent of total time spent in apps by their countrymen with 3 percent of apps accessed in the U.S. originate in Great Britain.

The article presents a report released by the mobile security provider Lookout Inc. regarding issues of adware. The report reveals that one million consumers in the U.S. have downloaded adware to their android-based devices over the past 12 months. The report also revealed that approximately 6.5 percent of free android applications which are available for downloading from the digital application distribution platform for android and an online electronics store Google Play contain adware.

The article reflects on market of worldwide mobile application such as downloads, subscriptions, in-app purchases and in-app advertising. It informs about operating system iOS of U.S.-based Apple Inc. which is on pace to generate more than two-thirds of total smartphone and tablet app revenues in 2013. It further mentions that Apple store consist of 900,000 apps, including 375,000 apps for the iPad tablet.

The article offers information on the efforts of Barnes & Noble Inc., book retailer in the U.S., in opening its Nook e-reader platform to electronics manufacturers to limit overhead costs and reduce losses in manufacturing of manufacturing tablet. It states that bookseller will also develop black-and-white Nook e-reader product lines like Simple Touch and Glowlight in-house.

The article informs that Apple Inc., U.S.-based provider of electronics, computer software and personal computers is now targeting mobile operating system iOS platform fragmentation on its public developer site. A pie chart depicting, 93 percent of all iOS devices that have access to the company's App store during the 14-day period ending June 3, 2013 run iOS 6. It further informs about six percent of devices running iOS 5 that was released in October 2011.

The article offers information on Mobile Device Index for year 2013 that is based on Millennial Media Inc.'s platform and ad campaign data. It states that U.S.-based Android Inc. was the largest operating system with increment of four percentage points from the previous year. It also mentions that Music & Entertainment maintained its second position among the biggest app categories.

The article focuses on the problems associated with Android fragmentation. It states that members of the Android engineering team are working effectively to ensure that mobile operating system updates. Information on the association of virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions giant U.S.-based VMware Inc. and Verizon Wireless for launching Horizon Mobile is also presented.

The article informs that Amazon.com Inc., an electronic commerce firm, has opened Appstore for Android, an online source for android application, in 200 nations across the globe, along with the introduction of the Kindle Fire tablet. It also informs that Amazon Appstore for Android was opened in the U.S. in March 2011. Amazon has also planned to offer seven-inch Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire HD tablets for sale in more than 170 new international markets.

A new mobile app allows users to see what letter grades local infrastructure received from the ASCE Report Card and share it with elected officials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]