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by Andrew Melnizek
Mar 03, 2011
A new Google Maps update has hit the Android Market, bringing the app to Version 5.2. The latest update from the Google Maps team mostly focuses on the social aspect.For those of you that use Google's...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 01, 2011
Here comes your daily HTC Thunderbolt teaser. (Don't look at us like that -- it's tomorrow in Europe already. Or something like that.) VZ Navigator -- Verizon's own maps powered by NAVTEQ -...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 28, 2011
When speaking of Android applications, one thing that always seems to ring true for new and old users is that the Android Market does very little in the way of helping users find new apps. Although s...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 24, 2011
Looks like the Android Market got what some might refer to as a big upgrade, depending on your interest level in books. In what is surely a tie in to the Google Books eReader app, the Android Market n...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 21, 2011
Verizon has released a new update to its V CAST Music app that finally brings MP3s, ringtones, and ringback tones under the same roof. Notably the MP3s will come without DRM and in high-quality...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 18, 2011
Having sold millions of copies worldwide on those other (lesser) platforms, Flight Control for Android has landed in the Android Market, courtesy of the folks at Namco. If you're unfamiliar with Fligh...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Feb 18, 2011
EA Mobile just informed us that Bejeweled 2 is now available in the Android Market for $2.99. Currently the game will only be available in the US, Canada, and Japan.In the past few months, Android has...
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by Kyle Gibb
Feb 17, 2011
Lookout Mobile Security has whipped up quite the report comparing both the Android Market and Apple's App Store in pretty much every way you can imagine -- and probably some you can't. Their &q...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 03, 2011
If you're into running your own blog on Blogger then you'll be pleased to know they have just released the first version of their Android application to the Android Market. They've taken their time in...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 02, 2011
If you're looking for a cost effective monitoring solution then allow us to introduce you to Dropcam if you've not heard of them before. Dropcam is a easy to use, easy to set up service that all...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 02, 2011
We heard a lot of news at today's event at Google, and one thing many have been waiting for is in-app purchases. These will allow for things like buying songs, upgrading to premium versions of a...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 02, 2011
As we've been tuned into the Google live event, something that many folks have been waiting a long time for has now become reality. Yes, the Android Market is now online for purchases straight from y...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 28, 2011
EA Games has released its classic turn-based blaster Worms on the Android Market. The publisher says that Worms' graphics and animations have been optimized for the Android platform, and our initial ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 26, 2011
Android platform group manager Eric Chu, speaking Tuesday at the Inside Social Apps conference in San Francisco, said that Google is "not happy" with the number of paid applications be...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 26, 2011
After Kongregate Arcade was removed from the Android Market many had wondered if and when we'd ever see the app return. Given that Google felt like it was more of an app store within an app store, so...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 25, 2011
The change over from Touiteur has long been completed and since then, the good people over at LevelUp Studio have been hard at working bringing you the latest version of Plume. Today we see the relea...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 19, 2011
Nationwide Insurance has finally ported its mobile claims app to Android phones. The app has been available on iOS for some time and allows Nationwide customers to use their phone to submit a c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 19, 2011
The Ubuntu One service is a pretty cool thing. Think of it a Dropbox, but written by the open source people at Canonical. Maybe one of it's coolest, yet least known features is the ability...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2011
Even hardcore Android geeks need a break from the shell and their code editor every now and then, and I like to spend some time getting a line wet at one of the many creeks and streams around my area....
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 17, 2011
It's still way too early to tell how much traction Amazon's Android Appstore will gain. But we know developers have been testing the waters. And it makes sense. Registration is currently free (they'v...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 15, 2011
If you're looking for the latest version of the Android Market, look no further than the Android Central Forums. Member Upstreammiami has blessed us with Version 2.2.11 in .apk and .zip form. He says...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 15, 2011
TouchType sent out an email Friday (Jan. 14) reminding everyone that their SwiftKey VIP program sign up was ending Jan. 18, and to announce that they're offering SwiftKey keyboard at a sale price on t...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 12, 2011
If you spend a lot of time on YouTube looking for music videos you'll certainly know the name VEVO. Their massive collection of music videos and exclusive content has finally hit the Android Market al...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 11, 2011
The new Android Market client is finally being pushed to the Samsung Nexus S. Nobody is really sure what took so long for Google's newest phone to get with the program; guesses range from Ginger...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 11, 2011
In the spirit of true fragmentation, Adobe has released an update to Flash 10.1. This update brings Flash to version 10.1.106.15, and along with whatever bug fixes and optimizations Adobe has ma...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Jan 08, 2011
Just a few weeks separated from its beta launch in the Android Market, the new Dolphin Mini browser has grown out of beta status and officially entered the Android Market, V1.0. Along with the release...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Jan 05, 2011
Paragon Software Group and Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. have teamed up to bring Britannica Concise Encyclopedia 2011 to Android. If you've picked up a encyclopedia in the past 300 years, y...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jan 03, 2011
OpenFeint has announced that more than 5 million OpenFeint-enabled games were downloaded between iOS and Android over the four-day Christmas weekend. The service, a unified social gaming network...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 23, 2010
It's official, folks -- those changes to the Android Market we've been talking about, and many of you have been seeing already, including the dreaded 15 minute return window, are now Android Market po...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 22, 2010
Google just announced that AT&T customers with Android phones can now charge apps to their AT&T bills. (That's something T-Mobile customers have been able to do for a while now.) So if y...
