Rooting an Android device has many advantages, including the ability to remove some of the pre-installed bloatware, add new features, and do much more. Samsung has been pretty liberal about the whole root thing, which makes its devices some of the easiest to root — after the Nexus series from Google.

Here is a detailed step-by-step guide on how to root the international Galaxy S III (I9300) from using a Windows-based PC.

Cheaper Android tablets are stealing the iPad’s market share.

There’s good news and bad news for both iOS and Android fans in the latest report from research firm IDC.

The good news (for Android) is that by the end of this year, Android will account for most of the tablets in the world, with a 48.8% marketshare to Apple’s 46 percent.

DoubleTwist, creator of one of the most popular third-party media players for Android, has today announced Magic Radio, a new music streaming service for Android that delivers personalized stations based on mood, genre, playlist, or artist.

Magic Radio seamlessly blends music from your iTunes library with new music tailored to your tastes, from a catalog of over 13 million songs. It comes as part of the latest version 2.0 update to doubleTwist for Android.

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Cheap Android tablets are stealing the iPad’s market share.

Even though Apple had a head start on tablets with the iPad, the number of Android tablets in use is expected to pass the iPad later this year.

According to a new report from IDC, the iPad’s marketshare will decrease in 2013 from 51%, down to 46%, while Android grows its marketshare to 49%.