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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 01, 2010
After hearing reports awhile back that Indian users were seeing paid apps, Google has finally announced that it is launching a huge expansion in the number of nations that can buy and sell paid ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2010
Beejive IM is finally out of beta, and is now available on the Android Market. Beejive is a very popular, cross platform multiple service IM client that's safe (128-bit encryption on all over-th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 24, 2010
Google just dropped word to developers that paid apps are on their way to 14 more markets. It didn't specify which nations will be getting them, but we do know that paid apps have been in testing in I...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 23, 2010
SwiftKey has finally made its way out of beta status, and the full version is now available on the Android Market for £0.60 (about 94 cents). I'm one of SwiftKey's biggest fans, and even a...
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by Adam Sawyer
Sep 21, 2010
Gmail just got an update to add some of those cool UI improvements -- and it's been moved into the Android Market. This means that from now on, you won’t have to wait for system updates t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 20, 2010
Fall is in the air, and in North America that means Football season is upon us -- Flick Kick Field Goal for Android answers the call. Just because you can't (or don't want to) be out in the mud,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
On Episode 28 of the Android Central Podcast, Alexander from Austria asked if there was an easy way to turn off automatic updating of apps, so that he wouldn't have to contend with the downloads sucki...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2010
Andy Rubin, Google's Vice President of engineering -- Android development head honcho and the man behind both Android and Danger -- was quoted in the press release announcing the T-Mobile G2 that the ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 26, 2010
TeleNav has released its OnMyWay application for Android in the Market. OnMyWay is an easy-to-use application that will let a person or group know your travel status and estimated arrival time. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2010
Google has responded to an article written this week by Android Police that teaches how to subvert the new Android Market licensing server, issuing a quick acknowledgement, and a promise to revi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 23, 2010
Aaron La, the developer behind Advanced Task Manager, has opened his books and gives us some interesting insight into the Android Market, profitability and his own opinions of the market.We'll let Aa...
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by Dallin Hampton
Aug 20, 2010
The Sanyno Zio from Kyocera is the first Android phone available to Cricket Wireless customers. The Zio features a 3.5-inch WVGA touchscreen, 3G web browsing, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, a 3.2-megapixel came...
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by Ross Lovelace
Aug 16, 2010
By now we should all be pretty familiar with Google's ability to police applications served through the Android Market. It might have been a little shocking the first time Google flexed its muscled an...
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by Kyle Gibb
Aug 13, 2010
Google is usually thought to have a hands-off approach to the Android Market. But we have seen a couple cases to the contrary, and there are rules that must be followed. They have typically only...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 09, 2010
My heart has officially been broken, as Google has told LaptopMag that the Augen Gentouch78 tablet's usage of the Android Market (and other Google Apps) is unauthorized. To be more precise, Goog...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 05, 2010
The developer of a series of Android wallpaper apps whose work was called into question last week over security concerns has been cleared by Google and is back in the Android Market.We're only a week ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 28, 2010
Now that you have your shiny new Droid X (and maybe even a Vibrant or Captivate?) in hand, you want some games. And you don't want to waste money on bad games, you want the best. IGN has been doi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 27, 2010
Google has announced that it will be rolling out a copy protection mechanism for Android Market applications when used with phones running Android 1.5 or higher. It works kind of like this:Googl...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 24, 2010
No, you're not seeing things. Sprint phones will now see a "Sprint" tab in the Android Market instead of the (preferred by many) "Downloads" tab. It's the same on Verizon, AT...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 23, 2010
A PSA for all you application developers out there: Google has updated the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement "in preparation for some work we’re doing on introducin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 23, 2010
Hardware news Droid X root achievedMotorola speaks: The Droid X will not self-destruct in 5 seconds (or if hacked)Droid X software update arrives; also, some reports of screen problemsMotorola: Droid ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 23, 2010
Advanced Launcher is an application for those of us looking for an app that alleviates a bit of homescreen clutter, groups the favorite things on our phone, and keeps us from having to dig through th...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 22, 2010
Barnes & Noble has released the Android version of its Nook e-book reader (an Android-based device, natch) onto the Market. The app is similar to functionality to Amazon's Kindle, and comes...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 21, 2010
TouchType has announced its SwiftKey keyboard hit the 100,000-download milestone in it's first week of availability on the Android Market, making it the most downloaded app of the past week. For...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 16, 2010
Just like the title says, you can now purchase apps from the Android Market if you're in South Korea. (There's a larger issue of being able to purchase paid apps in every international market, but tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 15, 2010
The Android Market now has more than 70,000 applications, Google Senior VP of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg said during Thursday's second-quarter earnings call. That's up from the 68,000 count...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
Listen up all you file downloaders and everyone paying $10 premiums for unlimited data -- dTor, the native Android BitTorrent client is now available (as a release candidate) for download. Bluep...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 14, 2010
Fox News has joined the New York Times, CBS News, and several other mainstream news companies in offering an official app on the Android Market.The app comes packed with features, including vide...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 14, 2010
One of the great things about Android is the fact that you can change deeply ingrained parts of the operating system to suit your needs, and use applications like SwiftKey beta keyboard. I've be...
