Android Market now Supports 4GB Apps

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google has made a major change to the filesize restrictions on Android Market. From now on, Google will allow apps that are 4GB in size. That’s four times the amount of space Google provides on the standard Nexus One. Read the rest of this entry »

DirectCanvas HTML5 Tool Launches Android Beta

March 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

AppMobi has launched the beta version of its directCanvas tool. The tool helps developers to develop HTML5 apps and speeds up 2D rendering for games a thousand times (according to AppMobi). Read the rest of this entry »

Vivian Reding: Many Android Apps are Illegal

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Current Affairs | No Comments »

EU commissioner Viviane Reding exposed to Channel 4 (UK) that many Android apps are not in line with European laws as they leak private data from Android users to advertisers. Read the rest of this entry »

Asus First with Android 5.0!?

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Asus is likely the first vendor to start producing tablets based on the Android 5.0 platform. With the Transformer Prime, Asus was one of the first to launch a tablet based on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Read the rest of this entry »

Google set to Launch Assistant to Battle Siri

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Some love it, others hate it. Apple’s personal assistant Siri. Following the Ziggy app on Windows Phone, Google is also preparing their Assistant to launch on the Android platform. Read the rest of this entry »

Apple’s App Store Hits 25bn Download Mark

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Apple has confirmed the 25.000.000.000th download on the iTunes App Store. This mark was met yesterday. In the days before this remarkable number was reached, Apple was pushing out over 48 million downloads a day. Read the rest of this entry »

Microsoft Opens Dream.Build.Play 2012 Challenge

March 5th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

In order to get more developers interested in developing new and innovative apps for Microsoft’s Windows Phone and XBLA platforms, the company has rebooted the Dream.Build.Play competition it successfully launched back in 2011. Developers will compete for a total of $112.500 in cash prizes. Read the rest of this entry »

Archos Launches €99 ICS Tablet for Kids

March 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though we have seen a lot of sh*tty budget Android tablets pass our desks over the past 2 years, Archos has now announced a new one… one that’s for kids… and runs on some decent specs. Read the rest of this entry »

DTG: iPad Beats Connected TV for BBC

March 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Interesting news from the floor of the Digital TV Group summit in London. We found some info as to how competitive TV sets might become to tablets as the BBC wishes for TV vendors to simplify their products. Read the rest of this entry »

MWC: Global Mobile Awards 2012

March 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards | No Comments »

The Mobile World Congress is over, so time to look back at this year’s Global Mobile Awards for mobile developers and those close to the fire. Congratulations to all that took one of the awards home. Read the rest of this entry »