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by Richard Devine
Sep 22, 2012
The Google Play Developers portal has received a welcome update, confirming now that developers in India can register to sell paid apps in Google Play. This is potentially huge news for two differen...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 22, 2012
We know lots of you still use the Twitters for a lot of your social networking needs -- no matter how good Google+ becomes -- and so we bring news of a hot new account that you all should follow. Go...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 18, 2012
A quick reminder in case you weren't aware -- Google's $25 Play Store credit offer for new Nexus 7 purchases will expire in just under a couple of weeks on Sunday, Sept. 30. Previously burie...
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by Richard Devine
Sep 18, 2012
How have we ever coped until now, without being able to get our Family Guy fix in Google Play? Well, that's all about to change, as today Google has announced that Family Guy, along with 600 oth...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 17, 2012
In the event that you've just dropped some cash on a shiny new Sony tablet and matching Xperia smartphone, Sony's launched a new Android app to allow for easier tethering between the two. Th...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 12, 2012
Google Chrome for Android has been updated over Google Play, the first such update since Google's mobile browser exited beta at Google I/O back in June. There are no major feature additions in t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 05, 2012
Google Play Books is now available in Korea, offering thousands of Korean titles in what Google calls the "world’s largest eBookstore". We don't know about it being the largest, ...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 04, 2012
After a fairly lengthy beta test period, UK TV streaming service TVCatchup has graduated its Android app from beta, and launched it on the Google Play Store. The app, like the TVCatchup website, all...
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by Simon Sage
Aug 31, 2012
Gameloft isn't the only one putting their Android wares on discount for the long weekend; Google Play has an official end of summer sale that has quietly started, with many apps already discount...
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by Richard Devine
Aug 27, 2012
Good news lands this morning of expanded European availability of the Google Nexus 7. The Asus made tablet is now available from Google Play in France, Germany and Spain. This is the first market ex...
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by Sean Brunett
Aug 22, 2012
The Google Play Music app has received an update, which brings a few welcome and overdue features. One new feature is the support for expanded notifications for Jelly Bean devices. One of our favori...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 21, 2012
Some users with the 3.8.16 version of Google Play are seeing the "Redeem" entry show up in their menu, pushing us that much closer to live Google Play gift cards. This is happening with no...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 20, 2012
Super Turtleman asks in the Android forums,
My kids are getting to the age where they're about to start having Android devices. I'd like to create a master account I can have on my phone...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2012
You're probably seeing a bit of news that the delta updates for Play store applications that Google talked about at I/O 2012 have went live today. Coders, web developers, and Android geeks ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 16, 2012
We've already seen the Google Play Store app getting prepped for gift cards -- and now we've scored the cards themselves. (Or, at least, a look at the outer wrapping.) We've been slipped...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 16, 2012
Gift cards for the Google Play Store have been a much-requested feature for the service, and now it seems Google may be preparing to launch them. The Play Store APK (application file) was recently u...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 01, 2012
For the first time since the launch of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the official Gmail app for Android has been updated. The new version is available right now through the Google Play Store, so head to t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 01, 2012
Google has sent out an e-mail about updates to their Google Play developer policies, and it's clear that they are trying to reign in some questionable behavior that goes on in our beloved app st...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 31, 2012
Our Nexus 7 official travel cases have arrived, and of course we want to share some quick thoughts and impressions with you guys, The gray travel case has so far been pretty difficult to get, as the...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 29, 2012
We heard earlier in the week about the success the guys at Shifty Jelly have had since the launch of the Nexus 7, but, it seems they're not alone. Mobelux, the developers of the Instapaper ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 26, 2012
The official cover for the Google Nexus 7 is an elusive beast. As soon as they became available for order, they sold out, and chances are nobody you know got one. The lucky folks that did get their ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 25, 2012
Application developers at Shifty Jelly have taken to Twitter to let us all know that they have doubled their Android app sales since the release of the Nexus 7 and Google's $25 Play Store credit...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 24, 2012
Google has changed the availability status of the Nexus Q from "coming soon" to "in stock" (completely passing over the OMFGWTFBBQ stage we saw with the Nexus 7 models), wit...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 18, 2012
Google Music has received a pretty major UI overhaul, which brings the interface on previous phones and tablets up to par with the version that ships with the Nexus 7. In short -- it's a great u...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 18, 2012
The slow, global march of new markets receiving Google Play content continues. This time up, it's the turn of France, where as of today, Books are available to download from Google Play.
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 17, 2012
Google has updated their Google Play support page for questions about Nexus 7 order and delivery, and have given some solid shipping dates. All orders placed before July 13 will be processed and shi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 17, 2012
We've seen the availability of the Nexus 7 go from 'coming soon', to 2-3 weeks, then 3-5 weeks, but now a quick look at the ordering page for the 8GB Nexus 7 shows you it's sitt...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 17, 2012
What a pleasant way to start the day. Looks like Google is now starting to ship out pre-orders for the Nexus 7 over here in the UK. Received this morning just before 2am, came my own shipping n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2012
You might have heard that a lot of folks have been able to get their hands on the Nexus 7 today. Of course, not everyone who ordered and is waiting was able, and that's caused a bit of a ruckus,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 11, 2012
Just a quick heads up here that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is once again shipping from the Google Play store, just as Google said it would this week. It's listed at 3 to 5 days, which is relativel...
