Earlier today, Amazon made some key announcements regarding its services internationally. Pertaining to its Mobile App Distribution Portal, Amazon announced today that developers can now submit their apps for distribution in Amazon’s Appstore later this year in Japan. Amazon claims this will bring a strong alternative source for Android… Read more
Fans of TomTom have not had an the option of utilizing the company’s navigation capabilities, that is of course until now. TomTom has just launched its popular navigation service for Android on Google Play, bringing stand-alone offline navigation for many territories around the world. Despite Google Maps navigation being serviceable and free,… Read more
Earlier today, Sony launched its Playstation Mobile game market. Not entirely unlike the PlayStation features we’ve seen in handsets like the Xperia Play, this is a more open environment where developers and partners can work together for a bigger ecosystem. Playstation Mobile has released, not just on Sony’s own 2 dozen Xperia devices, however, it… Read more
According to 9To5Google, a recent rough draft on Google’s Commerce blog revealed that the search giant may soon be allowing Google Wallet users to purchase web content using Google’s payment option. The blog post was reportedly published and then quickly removed, however, a cached version of the deleted post was obtained that contained the details… Read more
Google announced, on its Official Google Blog, that it has now reached 20 million students – who utilize its Google Apps for Education products. To commemorate and in celebration of World Teachers’ Day on Friday, Google shared some stats highlighting the product’s success. Highlights of Google Apps for Education over the last year: 400+… Read more
Google has made an announcement on its Google Operating System blog. Users now have the ability to search inside of attachments in Google’s e-mail client. Previously GMail users were able to search for attachments by file name, however, the text within attached PDFs, documents, and other files was not previously searchable from your inbox search… Read more
Google Play’s 25-cent promotional sale moves into day four with a whole new list of games, all for 25 cents. Today’s list has some excellent opportunities to take advantage of this special Google promotion with special offers on: Madden NFL 12 by EA Sports Where’s My Perry? Camera ZOOM FX Endomondo Sports Tracker Ski Safari Cut the… Read more
Moments after Apple CEO Tim Cook issued an open letter apologizing over the ineffectiveness of its Maps app, ultimately recommending alternatives such as Google Maps web app, Google decided to make an announcement of its own. The search giant went ahead this morning and highlighted some improvements it is making to its maps offering – discussing high… Read more
Mobile game developer Rovio, creators of mega hit Angry Birds, has released an all new game from the Pig’s point of view. This wine-centric Angry Birds spin-off is available on Google Play for free in both a regular and HD (tablet-optimzed) variations. Rovio describes the game as the “ultimate flying, crawling, rolling, spinning, and crashing… Read more
The Vellamo app, developed by Qualcomm, has been viewed as a solid option for conducting Android benchmarking. The app is a suite that provides the ability to test the browsing and networking speeds on Android devices. Well version 2.0 is now available and adds something extra, a section called “Metal”, that truly tests the processor and memory of… Read more
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