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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 24, 2010
Android applications soon will display content ratings in the Android Market, Google announced today. The four ratings that apps will fall under include: All Pre-teen Teen Mature St...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 24, 2010
OK, show of hands: Who's having (more) problems (than usual) with the Android Market tonight? Go ahead and sound off in the comments, and then leave our inbox alone.P.S.: We'v...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Nov 23, 2010
So there you are, at your local Best Buy, trying to decide what video game you want to play on your extended three-day weekend. There are literally hundreds of titles to choose from. As you pace the...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Nov 18, 2010
This one's for all you astronomers out there. Google has just updated Google Sky Map to version 1.6. You were keeping count, right? The update brings two new features to the app:Time Travel: Travel th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 17, 2010
Reader Jeff e-mailed us this morning to point out some fairly big changes to the Android Market developer's console (that's the place where you actually upload apps). There are now options for high-r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 16, 2010
Google has sent out an email to Android developers with a warning that the developer console will be down for planned maintenance this Thursday:We plan to perform maintenance on the Android Market Dev...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Nov 15, 2010
Here in the states, we are about a week-and-half away from one of largest shopping days in America: Black Friday. The day after people stuff their faces with Turkey, crowds of people bum rush retailer...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2010
Tim Bray, who we all know and love from the Android Developers Blog, made a couple interesting announcements this week about the Android Market. He wanted to remind developers about the Market f...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Nov 09, 2010
Trapster, one of the most widely used apps across all smartphone devices, is receiving a major update soon (no exact date has been set). The app mostly known for its ability to warn drivers of known l...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2010
One of our biggest gripes about Android apps has been a lack of consistent changelogs when apps are updated. Some developers did it, but they often did it in different ways. Some did it in the apps,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2010
Rumor alert! I've received a tip from a very trustworthy source that Google will announce support for PayPal payments in the Android Market on Nov. 2. It's no secret that PayPal and Google...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 25, 2010
It's been kind of an poorly kept secret that the Android Market is about to accept PayPal for purchasing apps -- and the official announcement is likely this week at PayPal's dev conference in San Fr...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 15, 2010
The decision to initially publish the full version of Angry Birds this morning on GetJar.com instead of the Android Market raised a few eyebrows, and it showed what can happen when an immensely...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Oct 14, 2010
Finding the right new app in the Android Market can be REALLY annoying sometimes. Just only looking at the app's comments isn't enough to determine if the app provides what you are looking for. Think ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 08, 2010
Googler Tim Bray has posted more details about the Android Market rollout to new countries on the Android Developers blog. As always, it's an excellent read chock full of tips and instructions f...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 08, 2010
AppBrain has just updated its website and Android app to allow users to send text, URLs, and even wallpapers right to their phone from their browser of choice. Sending text or URLs copies it to ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 06, 2010
The Android Market may soon be getting a pretty big boost -- from online payment system PayPal. The Street reports that a deal is in the works and may be announced as early as Oct. 26 at P...
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by Dallin Hampton
Oct 05, 2010
Most – if not all – of us have purchased an application (Beautiful Widgets anyone?) at some point that wasn't priced in U.S. dollars. Well, Google heard our pleas (as w...
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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 afazel
Sep 03, 2010
Skyfire, an alternate browser available for multiple platforms, has updated its Android browser to 2.3.2 today with some fixes and a couple of new features. What's fixed? Well there was a pesky bug th...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Sep 01, 2010
Rumors around the web had been pointing to a release of Angry Birds for Android by the end of the summer. In checking our calendars, we've realized that it's now the September, so where is our Angry B...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2010
Google has updated its mobile Google Finance page, and says they now have unified the experience across the desktop and mobile for Android (and iPhone) users. According to Bryan Shih, Product Ma...
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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 Kyle Gibb
Aug 21, 2010
Anyone who browses the Android Market from their phone knows one universal truth: it's a mess. Outside of search, there really is no easy way to find great apps that might be floating just under...
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by Ross Lovelace
Aug 21, 2010
Looks like a good many of us had problems with the Android Market overnight, either seeing limited connectivity or just flat-out not being able to do anything. Lots of variables get thrown into ...
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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 Andrew Melnizek
Aug 07, 2010
Developer Unstable Apps just released their latest update to their 'Easy Root' application yesterday. Though, just as soon as it went up, Google quickly yanked it off the Android Market. The latest '...
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by Jared DiPane
Aug 07, 2010
Blockbuster has finally unleashed its Android application (see our hands-on) to the masses. Whether traveling, hanging out, or just in the mood to rent and watch a movie, the Blockbuster application w...
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by Kyle Gibb
Jul 25, 2010
Being a former N64 fanboy, this may not excite me as much as some PS1 die-hards out there, but the PlayStation has just been added to Android's already-impressive list of game console emulators. The ...
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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...
