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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 21, 2012
Google Play review trolls beware! Developers no longer have to remain silent when faced with flaming on their app listings.
Google today announced (along with a major redesign to its developer site...
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by Alex Dobie
Jun 20, 2012
Eagle-eyed Google Play Store-goers will have noticed something mildly interesting in this screenshot from the Google IO 2012 Android app listing. It's the stock Android 4.x launcher, b...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2012
Google is kicking off a fun little promotion in the Google Play store today, and for the next week you'll be able to get exclusive content inside more than 20 games. The items and the games them...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2012
A day after making its debut in Deutschland, Google Play Books are now available in Spain. That means books on your tablets, books on your phones, and books in your browser. Go get your read on...
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by Richard Devine
Jun 14, 2012
You might not be too familiar with the Kobo Vox, and you would be forgiven for it. With it, Kobo tried to go down the Nook Color / Kindle Fire road -- producing essentially an e-reader that had a fu...
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2012
If you're using the official Facebook application for Android, you'll want to head to Google Play and grab the latest version, as it's just been updated with "improved performance a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 30, 2012
Today on Android A to Z we're going to talk about Google Play. If you're new to Android, you see us throw it around a lot when talking about downloading apps, but there's a good bit more...
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by Alex Dobie
May 24, 2012
If you're looking for an excuse to pick up some top-notch Android games over the next week, you'll want to check out the "Because We May" sale, which has kicked off today. The sale...
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by Alex Dobie
May 24, 2012
Google Play continues to expand upon the business models available to developers and app-buyers, with today's launch of in-app subscription on its Android app store. Following on from last year&...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 19, 2012
acr456 asks in the Android Central forums,
Hello, I am going to factory reset my phone. However, my question is, since this is a complete reset will it also rollback to the version of Andr...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2012
Google has announced that they will begin offering direct carrier billing for movies, music, and books in addition to Android apps in the Google Play store. This means that you can buy just about an...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 30, 2012
You may recall that last week we ordered an unlocked GSM Samsung Galaxy Nexus from the Google Play store to give away. There was this gigantic forum thread and everything. Well, we fired up ye olde ...
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by Android Central
Apr 27, 2012
Good news for our friends down under, as Australia now has access to Google Play Movies, as you can see by this screen shot. There's still a pretty big empty spot there, though, and that'd b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 24, 2012
The rumors were true -- Google once again is selling unlocked smartphones on its own, with the Samsung Galaxy Nexus going for $399 in the Google Play Store.
The phone Google's offering is an un...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 23, 2012
Update 2: And they're back. Crisis is averted!
Update: Google's now telling developers that it's aware of the issue. Help is on the way!
Everybody panic! Paid applications have disappe...
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by Richard Devine
Apr 18, 2012
Notably missing from the Google Play and YouTube repertoire of content, has long been iconic studio MGM. But now, they're missing no more. MGM has become the fifth major studio to partner with G...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 12, 2012
Google has been working hard over the past few years to make the Google Play Store as global as possible and now, they've announced the availability of some new areas and currencies that are sup...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 29, 2012
Here's a cool little feature Google's added to the Android Developer Console: You can now add managers to the account. That way, the account holder (say, Mobile Nations) can grant someone (s...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 27, 2012
The Google Movies Google Play Movies app for Android has been updated with a compatibility fixes for some Honeycomb tablets. Today's update fixes an issue which could cause the app to crash on c...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 27, 2012
How is it the old saying goes -- the best things come to those who wait? The wait for the Harry Potter eBook series to go on sale has certainly been long. Originally we were expecting them back in O...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 16, 2012
Reports have emerged over the past couple of weeks that a significant number of European Android developers have yet to receive their payment for sales during February 2012. And today, Google has to...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 16, 2012
An update is beginning to push out to the Android Market Google Play Store bumping it to build number 3.5.15. With it comes a change in the UI to the "My Apps" area, and some han...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 15, 2012
EA Sports has released two long-awaited titles on Google Play in Europe and North America today -- FIFA (Soccer) 12 and NBA Jam.
FIFA 12 is the latest in the long-running soccer football franchise,...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 13, 2012
Admittedly we're not all that versed on the ins and outs of how Google pays developers for apps purchased from the Android Market Google Play. But one thing we do know is an angry mob (editors a...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
