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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 24, 2013
Temple Run 2, the highly anticipated sequel to one of the biggest games ever, is now available in Google Play. It has all the twists and turns (and monkeys) of the original, but it's been comple...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 15, 2013
Getting hold of an LG Nexus 4 through Google's official device store hasn't been an easy task. It's been two months since release day, and throughout most of that time the device ha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 11, 2013
Here's a small but really cool customization for app developers that Google just announced: You can now build the Google Play badges (you see them whenever we write about an app) in 47 languages...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 04, 2013
Today brings further indications that Google Play gift cards may be about to hit stores in the UK, as a recent Phones4U promotional offers a free £20 gift card code for customers pur...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 27, 2012
Google has put its "Best Apps of 2012" list up on Google Play today, with many familiar names. There are "best of" lists in each of the different categories on the Play Store, bu...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 20, 2012
Google has released today on its Android Developers blog information about localizing graphics for Play Store listings. It's no secret that Google Play is quickly expanding its reach to many new...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 20, 2012
Archos has entered the Android app game, launching its own media player on Google Play, for a price. The Archos Video Player, which in the past has been bundled with the manufacturer's Andr...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 17, 2012
Google is kicking off a new promotion on Google Play starting today called "Surprises." This holiday-themed offering -- at least today -- is giving users that download an app a specific de...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 17, 2012
After a couple of weeks of being on sale with lengthy waits for delivery, the LG Nexus 4 is officially sold out on the Google Play devices store in the UK and Germany. While the 8GB model sold out w...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 14, 2012
Following yesterday's discovery of a redeem page on the Google Play website for Gift Card codes in the UK, we took that to mean that the Gift Cards were on their way to British shores. Today we ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 14, 2012
Update: The new version of the Google+ app is now live on Google Play. Go get it!
Google's been on a roll with software and feature updates this past week or so. And so when Google ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 13, 2012
So far Google Play gift cards have been limited to customers in the U.S., however we're starting to see the first indications that that may be about to change. This morning the Google Play gift ...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 12, 2012
The BBC has posted an extensive update on its future plans for the BBC iPlayer Android app. In the coming months, the corporation says it's main aims are to reach feature parity with the iO...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 12, 2012
We first saw magazines begin to appear in the UK Play Store just yesterday, leaving us sure that the additional content wasn't far away. Turns out that hunch was right, and this evening Google&#...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 11, 2012
Google is continuing its expansive rollout of content to different countries today by offering Google Play Books and Movies to the Russian market. On the Books front, Google Play will be offering ov...
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by Andrew Martonik
Dec 10, 2012
Bango, a mobile payments and analytics company, works with carriers (and other companies) as a middle-man to help set up payment systems and has now started offering Google Play billing as well. Car...
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by Richard Devine
Dec 07, 2012
We finally got our hands on the LG Nexus 4 bumper, so is it worth the wait?
It's here. It's finally, finally here. Proving far more difficult to lay hands on than any accessory ever shou...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 05, 2012
Less than a day after the second wave of Nexus 4 stock landed on Google Play in the UK and Germany, the 8GB model is once again officially sold out in both countries. Yesterday evening the delivery wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 04, 2012
If you're a Google Apps for business, education, or government customer; there's a new update to Google Play that you'll probably want to check out. You can now host private inte...
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by Android Central
Dec 01, 2012
Christmas. Chanukah. Kwanza. Festivus. No matter what you celebrate, December tends to be the month for giving. That goes for us, too, believe it or not. We might occasionally seem like Grinches on th...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 30, 2012
Falcon Pro (Beta) was my weekly app pick last week, and for good reason. Twitter clients aren't in short supply, but with Twitter's new rules, some of the better ones seen recently are start...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 27, 2012
When the Play store apk last updated, the folks at Android Police noticed some reference pointing towards a Google+ tie in with user reviews, and now it's live. We figured it was coming when we ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 27, 2012
Chances are this will be fixed quickly enough, but look quick -- every app in Google Play appears to have been reviewed by "A Google User." And here you though you were special.
Our guess...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 26, 2012
Good news for benchmark junkies, as one of the leading Android apps of this kind has today received a major update. AnTuTu Benchmark 3 brings a host of new features to the popular benchmark app...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 19, 2012
There's been a whole lot of talk about Google Music in the recent weeks, as Google has been furiously rolling out features to new countries and signing big content deals to back them up. Play Mu...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 19, 2012
So, some of us have our shiny new Nexus 4's in hand now. And, we're enjoying them very much. But, what about the accessories? Well -- in the UK Play Store at least -- the Nexus 4 Bumper is t...
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New version of Google Play app pushing, with new install screen and ability to delete wishlist items
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 17, 2012
Version 3.10.9 of the Google Play app is pushing out to phones tonight, but there aren't any major changes. In fact, a cursory glance shows it as basically the same as the 4.2 Google apps versio...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 13, 2012
As you'll know if you tried to pick up a new Nexus 4 or Nexus 10 today, the first round of stock didn't last long, and server load issues made it particularly tricky to get through the orderin...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 13, 2012
Update: Both Nexus 4 models are already sold out in the EU, less than an hour after going on sale. The Nexus 10 16GB remains available for sale at the time of writing. Google's be...
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by Richard Devine
Nov 11, 2012
This one was borne in our burgeoning Google Nexus 4 forums, and prompted us to do a little digging around in Google's support pages. The OP from forums member jerryberry83 read like this:
Hi...
