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CyanogenMod Team contemplates a root/banned-app store

By Alex Pak January 11, 2012 - 2:10pm EST Comments

Looks like some action on the Google+ yesterday. One of the members of the CyanogenMod team, Koushik Dutta, posted an interesting idea on the CyanogenMod Google+ account. The post outlined a plan to develop a separate app store that would bring root-access-required apps and apps banned from the Market together, not unlike Cydia for the iOS platform which brings apps... Read more »

BlueStacks App Player now compatible with Windows 8

By Alex Pak January 10, 2012 - 5:36pm EST Comments

Future Windows 8 tablet owners rejoice! Looks like Android and newest flavor of Windows are going to be playing nice for the forseeable future. BlueStacks, the company responsible for App Player, has announced that their Android environment emulator has official compatibility for Windows 8. That means that now, you'll be able to run most Android applications from the... Read more »

Myriad Alien Vue brings Android apps to your TV without hardware

By Alex Pak December 20, 2011 - 2:16pm EST Comments

Google TV has been getting positive press as of late, but this was not always so. The internet-based TV platform was criticized for not supporting the Android ecosystem that has grown to be so robust in the past year. Luckily, those criticism haven't fallen on deaf ears, but those ears did not belong to Google. Enter Myriad. The company that brought us Alien Dalvik... Read more »

Handster to assist devs in getting their Android apps on BlackBerry App World

By Alex Pak December 8, 2011 - 1:39am EST Comments

Android devs got some good news today from Handster. Handster is a division of Opera Software that is a marketplace for apps across multiple platforms (namely Android, Windows Mobile, Java, Symbian, BlackBerry, and iPhone). Devs that have apps on the Handster catalog are being submitted to BlackBerry App World. What's great about this you ask? Well, if your app is... Read more »

Amazon Getting in on the Black Friday Action with 50% Off Select Apps

By Joe Fedewa November 23, 2011 - 1:42pm EST Comments

Black Friday sales are coming in droves, but most of them are focused on hardware. Amazon doesn't want the apps to feel left out. From 12am Thursday night to 12am Monday night Amazon will mark select apps 50% off. The best part is you don't even have to wait in line! We've got a list of the apps below. Plants vs. Zombies/Plants vs. Zombies HD – $2.99 (or... Read more »

Square Enix Market on Android devices in Japan

By Alex Pak November 23, 2011 - 12:15am EST Comments

The Android community has been blessed with several different sources for applications. Of course, the most ubiquitous is in fact, the Android Market. Then, perhaps the Amazon App Store? There are others, but for the time being let's discuss a new entrant into the alternative market arena, Square Enix. Come December 1st, Square Enix, the creators of the... Read more »

Amazon Appstore for Android open for business

By administrator$$ March 22, 2011 - 3:19pm EST Comments

There's been a lot of build-up to this moment, and the time has finally come: The Amazon Appstore for Android is ready to go. By visiting Amazon.com/appstore, you can browse apps and games available from Amazon, as well as look at reviews, technical information, recommendations, screen-shots, developer info, and more. At first glance, using the Amazon Appstore... Read more »

Amazon Appstore could launch tomorrow [Update]

By administrator$$ March 21, 2011 - 2:11pm EST Comments

Update: The Appstore is live. More info here. End update. According to a "trusted source" from Wired, Amazon could be launching their Appstore as soon as tomorrow, March 22nd. There's been a lot of leaks surrounding Amazon's Appstore, but it looks like the real deal may finally be upon us. We've already seen how competitive pricing for the alternative... Read more »

MobileApps.com to offer 95% of revenue to developers

By John Walton January 26, 2011 - 10:59am EST Comments

Third party application discovery portals and stores have seen a rise in popularity lately, and though it's unlikely that any Android application store will experience the success of the Android Market, it's become clear that there is a place in the Android community budget for alternatives. Get Jar is a prime example of how the right software, combine with the... Read more »

Samsung’s Turkish Android Market looks slick

By John Walton December 8, 2010 - 12:35pm EST Comments

Everyone here at DroidDog lives in the States, so we miss out on some of the devices and software features that our friends around the world experience regularly. So I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I stumbled across some screenshots of Samsung's dark-themed Turkish Android Market over at FriendFeed: Image via Taj Muhammad The OP was showing off... Read more »