Android app developers, like iOS developers, come from all over the world. They work tirelessly and bank their hopes and dreams on one app that may or may not become a hit. They finish up the app and enter the…
Google Play App Publishers Get New Sales Reports
Google Play changed how people access the Android market alongside every other Google app. In that spirit, Google has created new sales reports for app publishers. It should give publishers the tools they need to serve themselves and their customers.…
Google Play Comes With Big Discounts On Some Music, Movies, Books And Apps
Google announced Google Play today. This is Google’s new app/music/video/book store, which is replacing Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore. Google kicked off a big sale to celebrate the launch, called 7 Days to Play, in which Googl…
Updating Android Market To Google Play
As you may have heard, Google is replacing Android Market with Google Play. Actually, Google Play is a combination of Android Market, Google Music and the Google eBookstore. If you have an Android device, you may be wondering how to…
Putting Your Mobile App On Sale Boosts Revenue, Study Finds
If you’re a developer who doesn’t want to shell out money for ads, there’s one reliable tactic you can employ that will not only boost your notoriety but also improve your revenue: put your app on sale. Despite the concept…
Native Wikipedia App Arrives For Android
Remember when everybody was bemoaning the lack of Wikipedia due to the Mayan SOPA Blackout of 2012? I know, I barely do, too – that was so yesterday. Well, the next time that happens, when that happens again, Android users…
Free Apps Bring The Gold In 2011
Every time I play a move on Words With Friends or tag a song with Shazam, I’m forever confronted with an ad somewhere in the process. I see an add, it gets tallied, and somewhere somebody earns a few more…
SOPA, Android & Drunk Office Parties
Today’s infographic round-up looks behind SOPA, takes a look at the latest Android numbers, and shows how much you should drink at your holiday office party if you’re at a cool company and if you’re at an uncool company. View…
Android Market Offers 90% Off Premium Apps for 10 Days
Google announced today that it has surpassed 10 billion downloads in the Android Market, and to celebrate, they’re offering 10 cent downloads of “top premium apps”. That’s 90% off. Google has partnered with some of its developers on the pricing.…
Google Music Store Gets Its First Look Via Leaked Screenshots
Last week, email invitations began popping up to an event scheduled for this Wednesday, November 16th. The invitations simply said “These Go To Eleven” and were sent by “Nigel Tufnel.” This clear Spinal Tap reference has led many to speculate…
Google Music Store Spotted In The Wild?
Here’s more proof of the imminent launch of the Google Music Store, which is Google’s rumored jump into the digital music selling business. Apparently, Android users that went to music.google.com from their mobile browsers were greeted with a landing page…
New Android Market with Movies and Books to Launch in Coming Weeks
Google announced that it is releasing a new version of the Android Market for Android 2.2 and higher. It will include books and movies. Android Market movie rental was announced at Google I/O, the company’s developer event, but now it’s…
Android Market Gets New Features
While today was largely Chrome day at Google I/O and yesterday was largely Android day, Google is still making Android-related announcements. Today, Google revealed five new features for the Android Market. That’s in addition to the recently announced movie rentals.…
iOS Leads App Revenue Over Android
Millennial Media released its latest Mobile Mix report, looking at the impact the Verizon iPhone has made, as well as the growth of tablets/connected devices. In addition, there is some data on apps, and a comparison of different platforms, based…
Panda-Like Update In Android Market Search?
It appears that Googele may have taken steps to boost search quality in the Anrdoid Market. Search quality has been a consistent theme among many of the company’s recent offerings. Last week, myYearbook acquired five new Android apps. The company…
Google Beefs Up Android Market Security
Google announced that it has taken several new steps to keep Android users out of harm’s way with regards to malicious applications. The announcement came a few days after a few such apps were discovered in the market. Google says…
Android Market Website Debuts
Using an app on a smartphone can be both easy and fun. Browsing through dozens or hundreds of them, on the other hand, might result in an unscheduled trip to the optometrist. So this afternoon, Google introduced the Android Market website in the midst of some other Android announcements.
Amazon Appstore for Android Apps Should Help Android
Amazon has launched its Appstore Developer Portal, aimed at letting Android developers submit apps for the launch of the Amazon Appstore for Android. The date of this launch is still undetermined.
Android Market Reaches 100,000 Apps
So far, Google hasn’t celebrated with any public parties or press conferences. Not even with a short press release or tiny blog post. This morning, Google just used a Twitter account to announce the fact that the Android Market’s now populated by 100,000 apps.
You can see the seven-word tweet for yourself below. It was sent from a somewhat out-of-the-way account the Android team uses to communicate with developers.