The BlackBerry mobile operating system has for the first time overtaken its rivals at Apple in terms of web usage, according to new numbers from the U.S. web analytics company StatCounter.

The research firm found that US BlackBerry OS edged out Apple’s iOS in November, taking 34.4 per cent of market share. Apple’s iOS, serving iPhone, [...]

Apple’s bid to run advertisements inside apps is expected to make its U.K. debut in September. Separately, Google has adopted what its chief executive, Eric Schmidt, calls a “mobile first” approach, prioritising investment in a medium that has become “fundamental to everything we do”.

With the iPhone moving into mass market [...]

Excuse me for repeating a hoary old joke:
Two campers see a bear, and one immediately puts on his running shoes.
“You can’t outrun the bear,” the other says.
“I don’t have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you,” responds the other.
This succinctly describes the relationship when it comes to smartphones between Google (the camper [...]