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Nielsen – First Android App Ratings Released

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by Jim Farmer on
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Nielsen’s first android meter results are in. After the Android Market app itself, apps for Facebook, maps and mail had the highest active reach among U.S. Android users above the age of 18. (“Active reach” is defined as the percentage of Android owners who used an app within the past 30 days.”)
While there are a handful of apps popular among all users, what’s interesting are the notable differences in some apps, particularly social networking apps, between gender. Facebook’s mobile app saw an active reach of 81 percent for women compared to 69 percent for male. Twitter also reached more women, 16.5% compared to 13.4% of men. However, Google+, the newest social network, had more than twice the active reach among men; 15.8% compared to 7.2%.

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Android Market 3.1.3 brings +1 and pin lockout controls

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by Jim Farmer on
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Android Market 3.1.3 is rolling out OTA to phones right now. This update adds two big new features. First, you’ll notice the addition of Google’s +1 button. The +1 button will be used to help shape market search results, so +1 those apps you love! Also in this update is the addition of a pin lockout control system. Going to the market’s preferences you’ll find that you can set up a pin to prevent purchases without authorization. While that may not be useful for everyone, I can see how it would be a very welcome update to parents whose kids use their smartphones. Among other things we’re starting to notice slight organizational changes; for example, moving app size and last revision into better view and even a slightly changed Market icon.

If by chance you are as impatient as I am, you can forgo waiting on the OTA and download the new market now from here. Just remember to allow unknown sources.

[via PocketNow]

New Google+ Update Hides One to One Huddles and Improves Notifications

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by Joe Sirianni on
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The Google+ Application has already received an update bringing some much needed bug fixes and a slew of improvements.  The update now makes it possible for you to hide a 1 to 1 Huddle session by going into your conversation, tapping the menu button and simply hiding it.  In addition, complaints about notifications with the application have grown as the they’re currently slow and sluggish.  The update addresses this issue bringing you fast and timely pushes.  Hit the break to check out the full log of changes and if you haven’t downloaded the application for your Android device already, you can check it out on our popular apps database here or give it a go from the Android Market.   » Read the rest

Google Krad+ v1.2 Allows You To Change Your Google+ For Android Background

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by Joe Sirianni on
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Want to change that plain Jane white background on your Google+ application?  XDA member santiemanuel, has been hard at work to give you just that.  If you’ve got an AMOLED screen for your device then you’re in luck.  Head on over to the application thread to check out the developer’s inverted colors theme which gives you a nice black background along with a new icon, plus more.  Subsequently, you now get to benefit from saved battery life having an AMOLED screen and all.  The only hitch, is as of now, there is a known bug which causes the app to force close.  However, no other issues were brought to light.  Don’t forget to let us know what you think of the application in the comments below.

[via xda]

Google+ Opened to All Gmail Users…Sorta (update)

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by Mitch Wright on
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In a moment of excitement for both current Google+ users and people wanting to get in on the service, Google opened up its new service to everyone with a Gmail. At least that’s the plan. Users have been reporting that they haven’t been able to get accepted by the service, Gmail or no. In response, Google+’s official Twitter user account, @GooglePlusTweet, an unofficial Twitter user account for the service, has been sending out as many invites as it can to keep up with demand, but they’ve been hard pressed to keep up. In short, Google is definitely trying but give them just a bit longer to nail down the mass influx.

Update: My deepest apologies for posting that @GooglePlusTweet was an official user account for Google+. It was definitely an obvious error, and I should have caught it. The information regarding Google+ being open for everyone with a Gmail account however was valid, as reported by several users and other news sites. Thanks for the catch, guys!

Update 2: Apparently there seems to be confusion. At the time of this writing, which was after 11pm last night, Gmail users were reporting that they were able to get into the Google+ beta just by signing up, which coincided with a post by Google+’s head honcho, as well as a tweet from the above mentioned Twitter account. This went down shortly after. This is why I wrote “Users have been reporting that they haven’t been able to get accepted by the service, Gmail or no.” I did not update the article to state nor did we write another to state that users were now able to get into the service, so I assumed that everyone would understand that it’s still not open. Therefore, let me just come out and say that the service is still down. We will write another article as soon as the service comes back up, as this article had more to do with the situation last night. Thanks!

[via google+ twitter]

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