Posts Tagged ‘Android’

Instagram Opens Early-Access Programme for Android

March 26th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Marketing Strategies, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

There’s no doubt about the popularity of Instagram on iOS and the lack of the app on Android gave lots of other developers full freedom to take the market. Now, it seems like Instagram for Android is nearly ready.

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Flurry: China Leads in iOS and Android Activations

March 23rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

Early 2011, China ranked 10th when it came to registered app sessions. This year, the country already ranked second and next year… probably first as the county now activates the most iOS and Android devices.

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Amazon Appstore Reaches 31K Apps

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last year, Amazon kicked off their new Amazon Appstore. After building up momentum by contacting many developers, Amazon had 4.000 apps live on the day of the launch…

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Apps Crash More in ICS!?

March 18th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial | No Comments »

With the first batch of Android ICS products on the market, it seems Google’s new operating system is running into a bit of trouble as reports come in that appls crash way more on ICS than previous Android versions.

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Samsung Starts UCS Rollout on Galaxy S II

March 13th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Samsung has started rolling out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to owners of the popular Galaxy S II smartphone. Samsung will phase-out the update over the next few days.

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Mika Mobile Ends Android Development

March 12th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Developer Mika Mobile has put a new article online on their blog in which the developer explains why it will seize to develop Android games. The main reason, the money, the second, annoyance with the market.

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Google Said to Force Wallet Usage toward Developers

March 9th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

According to Reuters, Google has started to put pressure on Android developers to start using Google’s Wallet service for in-app payments. If they won’t switch, Google Play might become a no-go area to them.

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Bye bye Android Market, Hi Google Play

March 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Last night, Google introduced Google Play. Google Play is set to replace the good old Android Market. Google hopes this move to the new identity will improve the discovery of non-app related content.

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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.

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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.