Posts Tagged ‘Android’

ABI: App Store Generated 5.6 Billion Downloads

March 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

According to a report from ABI Research, Apple’s App Store has generated 5.6 billion downloads in 2010. With this number of downloads, it is safe to say Apple is the biggest player yet.

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Scoreloop Announces ‘Go Android’ Program

March 11th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

Scoreloop has announced the Go Android program which helps developers of successful Apple iOS apps to port their apps over to Google’s Android platform.

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ComScore: Android Passed RIM in the US

March 8th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Just like Nielsen, ComScore also calculated that Android has passed BlackBerry OS in the Unites States. According to ComScore, Android has 31.2% of the market making Google the dominant player.

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RIM to Expand Ping Onto iPhone and Android!?

March 3rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: BlackBerry, Platforms: iOS | No Comments »

If rumors are right, BlackBerry is developing special versions of BlackBerry Messenger for both the iPhone as well as for Android. Both new versions would be paid apps though usage after purchase is free.

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Google Enables App Subscriptions

February 17th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Following in the footsteps of Apple, Google has announce One Pass. One Pass is a system that allows content owners to charge subscription based fees for access to their content.

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GetJar Secures $25 Million Investment

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

In a third round of financing, Get Jar has secured $25 million in capital. Though the company is running open app stores for multiple OS environments, the money will mainly be used for a push into Android.

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MWC: Unity’s Union to Distribute for Xperia Play

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Unity has announced that it will be bringing games to SonyEricsson’s new Xperia Play through it’s Union games distribution unit. Unity’s 3D engine was already used for many of the new Playstation Suite games.

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MWC: HTC Releases Android 2.4 Tablet

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

HTC has joined the tablet race, but has taken a remarkable step in regards to OS selection. While all others are firmly behind Android 3.0, HTC has chosen to go for Android 2.4 and there’s more.

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MWC: HTC Releases Facebook Phones

February 15th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

HTC has announced a couple of Facebook branded phoned. Well, they don’t really call them Facebook phones, but they are the first Android phones with a big blue F button at their bottoms.

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MWC: MobiUs Tries to Leverage WebApps

February 14th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Web Apps | No Comments »

MobiUs has released a new browser/plugin that allows developers of web based apps seems to access more of the device than most of the other services that have been around till now.