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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 18, 2012
There's a new report out today from informa, and it's about Android adoption rate and market share in China. We all know that Android has the lions share of the Chinese market, but now we ha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 27, 2012
One of the cool things about Android is the open market model. The folks at Google don't mind at all if you sideload apps, or use your phone to build apps of your own, or even if you instal...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 29, 2012
If you're having trouble accessing paid apps on your Google Play account, or seeing cryptic server errors when trying to browse for apps, you're not alone. We've been getting reports, so...
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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 Android Central
Mar 08, 2012
The Google Play Store has been updated to Version 3.4.7. We repeat: The Google Play Store has been updated to Verison 3.4.7. You folks on Motorola phones can now hit that secondary store link in you...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Mar 06, 2012
comScore today released its latest MobiLens report, which shows that Samsung is maintaining its lead among mobile phone manufacturers, while Android is continuing to grow at the top of the mobile OS...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
Looks like the Android Market has another big sale under way, with apps like SwiftKey, HomeRun Battle 3D, SoundHound, Shadowgun, World of Goo, NFL Flick Quarterback, Osmos HD, Quell Reflect and othe...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 06, 2012
Google's just released the Android platform version statistics for the two weeks ending March 5. As a reminder, these are representative of the entire Android ecosystem and comprise devices that...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 05, 2012
Tired of quickly snagging a game only to learn you still have another 200MB (or worse) to go in a separate download? Following through on a promise made at its 2011 developer conference, Google'...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 24, 2012
Chrome Beta for Android has received a mystery update over in the Android Market, updating the mobile version of Google's browser to version 0.16. There's nothing in the changelog to indicat...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 15, 2012
For a lot of people, the ability to install apps that aren't offered in the "official" Android Market is a big draw. Android devices (for the most part) allows applications to be...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 02, 2012
Yahoo -- you know, that other search engine -- have added a search category for Android applications. The main search results page sees a new tab labelled "Apps" giving users the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 29, 2012
We see Google working hard to provide better support for Android developers, and that's a great thing. We want developers for our platform of choice to be well taken care of so it's wo...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 19, 2012
Google today announced its Q4 2011 earnings. Money-wise, Google say $2.71 billion in profit on $8.13 billion in revenue.
For our purposes, the news is that El Goog announced that some 250 mil...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 03, 2012
Android Central reader @mjroberts22 this morning alerted us to an evil developer in the Android Market. A number of apps from Quarter MiLL look legit. We've featured Super Why Adventures -- a ch...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 19, 2011
Just in case you never caught the prolougue for the game while watching the Galaxy Nexus unboxing video, Clash Of The Nexus Ninjas is a real game that is currently available in the Android Market. B...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 19, 2011
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The next chapter in one of Gameloft's largest game franchises has finally been released to the Android Market. Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation brings back the inten...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 15, 2011
Here 'tis, folks. The final day of Google's 10-cent app promotion, celebrating (more than) 10 billion downloads from the Android Market. The final day sadly has a couple more repeat apps, bu...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 14, 2011
Two days left, folks, in what's become Google's 10 days of top premium apps for 90 percent off. Here are the apps that are discounted on the penultimate day:
Swiftkey X (back for Rou...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 13, 2011
Welcome to Day 8 of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration. We're waiting on Google to update its landing page, but note that the banner's changed fro...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
The folks over at Lookout have warned us about a new malware threat, this time targeted at users outside of North America. The RuFraud malware will sign up users in Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 11, 2011
Welcome to Day 6 of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration. Let's see what's on sale on Sunday:
Captain America - Sentinel of Liberty
Ragi...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 09, 2011
Welcome to Day 4 of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration in which 10 apps will be sold for a dime. Here are the apps we're seeing on sale so far:
Spirit...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 08, 2011
We're onto the third day of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration in which 10 apps will be sold for a dime. No official word yet on exactly what's on sale to...
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by Sean Brunett
Dec 07, 2011
Kodak announced today that they have launched their Document Printing App for Android, which allows you to print wirelessly from your device to a Kodak printer using Google Cloud Print.
To get star...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 07, 2011
We're on Day 2 of Google's 10-day, 10-cent, 10 billion app download celebration in which 10 apps will be sold for a dime.
Google hasn't updated its promotion portal yet today, but here ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Our intrepid readers figured it out a little early this morning, but Google's just made it official: The Android Market has surpassed 10 billion downloads. And as you can see from the chart abov...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Looks like Google's taken the lid off of this 10-cent app thing. The Android Market's now promoting 10 days of offers -- top premium apps -- 10 cents per app. Dive into that Market page and ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 06, 2011
Something interesting is going on in the Android Market this morning. A bunch of our favorite apps are suddenly going for a dime, with no real rhyme or reason for the discount. @dirkyd3rlc and @Pat_...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Nov 30, 2011
Gameloft has released a free version of its popular UNO app for Android, which is now available in the Android Market. For those of you who can't remember your childhood, UNO is the extremely ad...
