Research in Motion has announced their plans to stop allowing Android apps to be side loaded on the Blackberry Playbook says Alec Saunders, Vice President of Developer Relations for Blackberry. Saunders said that RIM wants to avoid “duplicating the chaotic cesspool of Android market.” RIM’s comments are an obvious dig at the Google Play Android app… Read more
Popular benchmarking app Quadrant Standard has been off the radar for awhile now, mostly due to a few excluded features that make the app inaccurate. It wouldn’t run on any phone with the latest Android 4.0, nor would it include multiple cores when benchmarking. The latest update is bringing those two features, and is now available in the Android Market…. Read more
The Grammys are quickly approaching, and Google is looking to get everyone pumped with a huge music sale. Some of this years best selling songs will be going for only $0.59. Albums will also be going for a super cheap $3.99, and should be a good way to get music fans pumped for the Grammys. You can head over to the Android Market via the source link to join… Read more
Anyone who currently has a rooted Android phone with Google Wallet installed, listen up. A new bug has been found in the app, and it could reveal a users’ PIN number. This could lead to users losing money in their Google Wallet accounts, as thieves could in turn use the service on a stolen device. There are a number of steps that can be taken to prevent… Read more
Google is bringing a huge update to its Google+ app, offering multiple fixes and new features. Included is massive performance updates across the app, the ability to view who 1+’d a post or comment, What’s Hot, shortening of Stream posts, Streams no longer jumping to the top when refreshed, and infinite photos feed in ‘From your circles’. A pretty large… Read more
Microsoft has decided that Windows Phone may not be quite ready to compete against the likes of Android yet, and has instead brought the OneNote note-taking app to the Android Market. All that is required is Android 2.3 and above, with 500 free notes included. After that it’ll cost $4.99 a month, but is reasonable for what it does. The app includes many… Read more
Google has been working towards making all of Android look the same over the last year, and is taking another step by updating one of its own apps. Google Voice has just been updated to version 0.4.2.44, bringing new UI elements to devices running Honeycomb or Ice Cream Sandwich. Also included is offline queuing of apps, something not previously available…. Read more
Rdio is updating its app for Android to version 2.0, and it brings plenty of new features to the table. Included are a whole new interface, allowing for much simpler use of the service. Also included are profiles, new releases, recommendations, top charts and improved search. It now fully supports Android 4.0, and should make many Galaxy Nexus users happy…. Read more
Android has a had a growing security problem, as apps containing malicious viruses and other spyware have made their way to the Android Market, and eventually onto consumer’s phones. Google has noticed, and has apparently had a solution running “for a while now”. It has a codename of “Bouncer”, and does just that. It scans new and existing apps in the… Read more
While there were some nasty reports floating around yesterday that some third-party Android applications for Steam were disappearing in the Android Market, it looks like the developers for the app have given the green light to go ahead and release it for the public. The developers, Valve, have now officially opened the Beta for the application to anyone… Read more
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