Nov

2011

Updated Android Market with Google Music Already Rolling Out

by Stacy Bruce
tagged Android, Android Market, app, google music store, market, music, refresh, update

Last night during my usual late night Android Market browsing session I surprisingly experienced a sudden force close – the app suddenly went dark for a moment and took me back to my home screen. After I reopened it I was delighted to see that I had just witnessed a quick refresh of the Market [...]

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Oct

2011

Android Overtakes Apple In Mobile Apps Downloaded; Still Behind On Downloads Per Device

by Andrew Greenfield
tagged apps, iOS, market, marketshare, mobile apps

The research folks over at ABI have some interesting news to report for Q2 2011. It appears that Android has officially passed Apple in the worldwide share of mobile apps. As of now, 44% of mobile apps belong to an Android device, while only 31% belong to an iOS device. However, ABI also made sure [...]

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Oct

2011

Google Looking to Kickoff MP3 Store Afterall?

by Mitch Wright
tagged Google, market, mp3, music, store

Hopping into the Android Market nowadays is a good bit different than it was when in it was in its early stages. Casting aside the massive UI changes that the Market has undertaken, the main difference is what’s available. Users are greeted no more by just apps installable on their Android devices, but also by [...]

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Sep

2011

Superuser version 3.0 – NFC, PINs, & Backup, Oh My! [Download]

by Jim Farmer
tagged 3.0, backup, ChainsDD, donut, Elite, Honeycomb, market, NFC, pin, superuser, tablets, update

This morning I woke up to the “updates available” notification on my Android devices. Among them was an update for Superuser, bringing the version number to 3.0. Now I couldn’t even remember the last time Superuser had an update so I took a moment to check the change log. To my delight, this update packed [...]

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Sep

2011

Samsung Pure Breeze Launcher Available In The Android Market

by Justin Routhier
tagged Android, home screen, launcher, market, mobile lab, Pure Breeze, Samsung

The vast number of possible Android launchers has increased by yet another as Samsung has released their own UI rendition called Pure Breeze from Samsung San Jose Mobile Lab. The launcher replaces the standard Android Home layout (for any Android device 2.1 or greater) in the hopes of giving users custom options, better organization and [...]

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Aug

2011

Protect Your Accounts With PassLock, Now Available In The Android Market

by Justin Routhier
tagged Android, market, PassLock, Password Manager, passwords, XDA

How many different passwords are you juggling for your online accounts? For many, it can be an overwhelming feat just keeping them all straight and chances are, if you connect to multiple online outlets, you have turned to a password manager for assistance. These mangers promise secure software to record and protect your seemingly endless [...]

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Aug

2011

Android Market Bug is Leaving Many Developers Unpaid, or Underpaid

by Ryan Brooks
tagged Android, Android Market, bug, bug fix, bugfix, developers, development, Google, market

For several weeks now, Android developers have been reporting a strange bug that leaves many of them not being paid for their apps. The problem lies in the fact that lists of paid orders from the Market don’t match those of orders that were just charged. This bug causes many developers not to be paid [...]

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Aug

2011

GetJar to Release Top Paid Apps to Gold Members, for Free

by Ryan Brooks
tagged alternative, Amazon free app, angry birds, free, free apps, GetJar, market

It wasn’t long ago that users were flocking to GetJar to download Angry Birds. However, the process wasn’t seamless and this author is reminded that it took days for GetJar’s site to become stable after the release. GetJar is making all attempts to become viable once again, and are doing just that with GetJar Gold. [...]

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Aug

2011

Android Now at 40% of Smartphone Share

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 7, Android, apple, blackberry, Google, iOS, market, microsoft, Nokia, Phone, rim, share, symbian, windows, wp7

We all know Android is growing; there’s no denying the numbers. Just like there’s no denying that Apple has a large share, RIM is dying, and Windows Phone is off somewhere by the fence huffing spraypaint. In the latest mobile subscriber number results from comScore, Android has now gobbled up a whopping 40 percent of [...]

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Aug

2011

OpenFeint gaming network adds 230 games in 2 months, owns 25% of top gaming spots on Android Market

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, gaming, market, mobile, OpenFeint

Who doesn’t love some great mobile gaming? Well, Openfeint does, and they continue to dominate the mobile gaming market. According to a press release by OpenFeint today, the company has released a whopping 230 new games, of which 24 hold top gaming spots of the 100 most popular in the Android Market. OpenFeint, in our [...]

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