Fragmentation, buggy upgrades, and a seeming lack of interest (or at least tech support) from Google have me ready to dump Android for good. The iPhone 4S is just weak enough to leave a tiny opening, and this may be Android’s last chance to keep me, at…

Android is the ultimate competition in the smartphone space. It has captured huge market share without consumer awareness of the platform, and it is going to keep growing for a while.

Android users need to be on watch for new malware masquerading as the Netflix app. The bogus version mirrors the official app very closely in appearance and will steal user’s account information.

Android devices may be appealing on many levels to businesses, but security and centralized management are not among the attractions. Now, a new security and management platform for Android could fill in that missing piece.

(Credit: Lance Whitney/CNET) Those of you who want to check out an Android app without an Android device can now run that app on your PC thanks to a program from the folks at BlueStacks (download) . The software, dubbed the BlueStacks App Player, has j…