Google Android has kept many users who are looking for an alternative to Apple's iPhone satisfied, even if it cannot be denied that the rivalry between the two platforms is still as intense as ever.
It looks like the Google family of Android phones and tablets keeps getting bigger as the company unveiled only recently their newest addition to their "Nexus" line—the Nexus 9.
Apart from the usual "Please silence your mobile phones," be ready to hear "Please take off your Google glass" inside a theater the next time you watch a movie.
The new iPhones have proven that thin devices are still a priority for many people. The same is true for the new Oppo R5, which currently holds the title "slimmest smartphone in the world," measuring just 4.85mm thick.
With the wide array of options available in the latest smartphones, it has become very difficult for many people to decide which device to buy. This is exactly the case between Sony Xperia Z3 and Google Nexus (Motorola) 6.
Android continues to be unbeatable in the smartphone industry as it remains ahead of Apple's iOS, according to "Strategy Analytics." Android's 2014 third quarter earnings reached $268 million from the $206 million it earned during the same quarter last year, which equates to a market share of 84 percent from 81.4 percent last year.
Things seem to have taken a bad turn for Korean tech giant Samsung as it is now planning to change its strategies following a poor earnings report in the past quarter.
Step aside, iPhone. Oppo R5 is now recognized as the world's slimmest smartphone at just 4.85 millimeter thick. However, the phone with a $499 price tag is not available in the market yet.
A Christian pastor is facing a criminal charge after refusing to leave a sidewalk outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington while protesting China’s treatment of religious minorities. The Rev. Patrick Mahoney, leader of the Christian Defense Coalition, said in a Sept. 28 Facebook post that he was “arrested by the United States Secret Service for peacefully praying on a public sidewalk in front of the Chinese Embassy.”
Christian leaders are divided over plans to livestream the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army major convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Hasan, who served as an Army psychiatrist, represented himself during his 2013 military trial, acknowledged carrying out the attack and was sentenced to death.
A Maryland appeals court has rejected a challenge brought by 37 churches against the United Methodist Church’s Baltimore-Washington Conference over property and financial requirements connected to leaving the denomination. A three-judge panel of the Appellate Court of Maryland unanimously ruled in 'The Methodist Church of Cape St. Claire et al. v. The Baltimore Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church, Inc., et al.'
U.S. Protestant pastors are delivering somewhat longer sermons than they did several years ago, while most churchgoers remain generally satisfied with the amount of time their pastors spend preaching, according to Lifeway Research. Four in five pastors, or 80%, said their typical sermon lasts less than 40 minutes. About half, or 52%, said they usually preach for under 30 minutes, while 28% reported messages lasting between 30 and 40 minutes.
Christian artists gathered at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena for the 57th annual GMA Dove Awards, held under the theme “Together For One,” drawn from Colossians 3:14. The event brought together artists from worship, gospel, contemporary Christian, country and other genres, celebrating both their musical achievements and the Christian faith at the heart of the ceremony.