Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 09, 2012
Ask anyone who has a Logitech Revue, and they'll tell you it can be a temperamental son-of-a-biscuit every now and then. Most of us still love the Google TV experience, but owning a Revue means ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 09, 2012
Google Maps for Android has received a minor update today, bringing it up to version 6.4.0. The new version introduces some minor changes to Google Maps Navigation on ICS devices. Gone is the large,...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 09, 2012
Just a quick heads up for you folks flying to Austin, Texas, for SXSW -- GoGo Inflight Internet is free if you're flying on Alaska Airlines, American Airlines or Delta Air Lines to Austin from M...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 09, 2012
Oxford University Press -- the folks behind that big book full of words and defintions -- have just put out an android version of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 8th edition. It's ...
Article
by Android Central
Mar 08, 2012
The Google Play Store has been updated to Version 3.4.7. We repeat: The Google Play Store has been updated to Verison 3.4.7. You folks on Motorola phones can now hit that secondary store link in you...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2012
Youtube link for mobile viewing
In case you're a little worried after seeing this, the international space station is still up there. (We chceked.) And it's presumably doing stuff other th...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 08, 2012
Citibank just announced a Kindle Fire edition of its mobile banking app, which it says has "every component, graphic, touch action, button and slider customized for the device." Along with...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2012
We've had a couple of days to settle in (and debate) the new Google Play branding that covers the old Android Market, Google Book, Google Music, and Google Movies content stores. We've also ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2012
Rovio has revamped Angry Birds Seasons with an early sprint update, featuring a cherry blossom theme. You'll now have 15 new levels to play through, and three new bonus levels. We're us...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2012
Get thee to thy nearest Android Market Android apps section in Google Play, as there's an update to the Chrome for Android browser. What's new, you ask? Bugfixes, says Google, including a bi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2012
Welcome to Readability for Android. So-called "read-it-later" apps have become a godsend for when you're short on time and even shorter on bandwidth. A couple clicks and webpages are s...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2012
Not a huge update, we suppose, but the Google Play branding has made its way into a new version of what previous was Google Music Manager. Guess now it's Google Play Music Manager? Snag the late...
Article
by Android Central
Mar 07, 2012
Google Currents so far has survived the Google Play rebranding. (Play Currents?) So now's as good a time as any to check in and see how it's doing. And at the time of this writing, Android C...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 07, 2012
We've gotten more than a few e-mails today from folks wondering where the heck their Android Market app has gone and run off to. (Don't laugh, it's perfectly OK to take a day off from ob...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 07, 2012
Sony has announced that the software development kit for its PlayStation Suite will launch in public beta form from this April. The public release follows the closed beta of the SDK, which began in ...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Mar 06, 2012
If you're an Android tablet owner, you'll likely have noticed that most banking apps out there haven't really been optimized for tablet usage. Looking to change that is Bank Of America, ...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
The new Google Play Store has started rolling out to Android phones, tablets and Google TV's over the air, following Google's announcement earlier today. The Play Store (or Play Shop in...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
Above are two sets of branding standards, one old, one new. It's pretty obvious to tell which is which. On top, the now-defunct "Available in Android Market" badge you might have seen ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
The ink is hardly dry on the new Google Play signage, and newly rebranded Google Play apps are already starting to drop into the Android Market Google Play Store Android apps section. (See, isn'...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
We could tell something was up when a bunch of leading applications suddenly appeared on the Android Market for just 49 cents. And now we know why -- Google is celebrating the launch of its new Goog...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Mar 06, 2012
Google's content portal for Android apps, music, books and video content has been consolidated under a new name -- Google Play. Google Play which is now live on the web at play.google.com, will ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
Looks like the Android Market has another big sale under way, with apps like SwiftKey, HomeRun Battle 3D, SoundHound, Shadowgun, World of Goo, NFL Flick Quarterback, Osmos HD, Quell Reflect and othe...
Article
by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 06, 2012
Imangi Studios announced today that the much anticipated Android version of its wildly-popular Temple Run will be available on Tuesday, March 27 in the Android Market.
"We are excited...
Article
by Android Central
Mar 06, 2012
You know, suspicious activity like this.
Download: Suspicious Activity Reporting; More: Press release
...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Mar 06, 2012
It's been a while since the last Amazon App Store update was pushed out and it seems Amazon has been working on some improvements in that time. The latest update pushes the Amazon App Store into...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Mar 06, 2012
Many people draw inspiration from a lot of different areas in the world. Looking to gather up those inspired thinkers is the TED Talks conferences that have been happening globally since 1984. Wheth...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
When Adobe said they wouldn't be developing Flash Player for Android to work with any new versions, they also promised to keep the current version up-to-date with critical fixes and security pat...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2012
Tired of quickly snagging a game only to learn you still have another 200MB (or worse) to go in a separate download? Following through on a promise made at its 2011 developer conference, Google'...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2012
Anyone doing development for Android (or any software platform) knows that good tools are the most important part of the whole process. We've seen that the Android team has been hard at work to ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2012
AccuWeather today announced that it has updated its Android application to push severe weather alerts to your phone. That's a big deal, because it means you won't actually have to check the ...
