Archive for the ‘Platforms: AndroidOS’ Category

Google Play Adds Support for Czech, Israeli, Polish and Mexican Devs

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Starting today, developers in Czech Republic, Israel, Poland and Mexico can sell priced applications and in-app products on Google Play, using their local bank accounts for payments. This move is part of Google’s effort to support more countries and currencies in Google Play.

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Sony’s SmartWatch Hits the States

April 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Sony has released its SmartWatch in the US. The SmarWatch is a followup to the SonyEricsson LiveView and allows Android phones to send updates to it. In return, the SmartWatch can be used as a remote for mobile apps.

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Google Play Starts De-Listing Apps Bought Elsewhere

April 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

When consumers download apps from alternative sources, those apps are listed under My Apps in Google Play. The problem with this is the amount of errors the device will throw at the user, but that’s about to change.

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Intel Unveils Studybook Tablet for Emerging Markets

April 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Intel has unveiled its new Studybook tablet. The 7” 1024×600 tablet is developed for emerging markets. It is water and shock-resistant (up to 70CM), cheap and will be running Windows 7 or Android OS.

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Amazon to add in-app Purchases to their Appstore

April 10th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

While Amazon is hot on the heels of Apple when it comes to revenues from app sales, the giant is finally releasing a feature Apple and others have been relying on for quite a while. In-app purchases…

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A Million Instagram Downloads on Day One

April 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though requested since the launch on iOS, Instagram recently launched its photoapp on Android. The launch didn’t go unnoticed as Instagram recorded a million downloads on day one.

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Programr Starts Android Tutorials

April 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

More and more bedroom developers and kids start showing interest in developing apps for their mobile devices. The tutorial website Programr has now started listing tutorials for the Android platform.

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Temple Run Passes 1 Million Android Downloads

April 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

With over 45 million downloads on iOS, the game Temple Run from Imangi Studios has been very successful on iOS. Now, the game is taking charge on Android and yesterday it passed its first million downloads.

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Google Plans Tablet Webshop

March 30th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though the company was somewhat unsuccessful in selling their nexus devices directly to consumers (mainly due to customer support), rumours say Google is now planning a webshop for Android tablets.

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iOS 4X More Profitable Than Android for Google

March 29th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Google and Oracle are currently facing off in a legal battle, which is providing us with some interesting statistics. One of them being the business iOS and Android pull in for Google.