Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Former Google China Exec Branches Out on Android

September 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Innovation Works, an incubator formed by former Google China President Kai-Fu Lee, has invested in a company that is working on an alternative operating system based on Google’s Android.

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Google Acquires SocialDeck

September 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Companies & M&A | No Comments »

Google has acquired SocialDeck, a startup that created several successful mobile games that allow cross platform multiplayer functionality over BlackBerry, iOS, Facebook and Android.

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Google Responds to Android Licensing Server Hack

August 25th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Yesterday evening, the news reached us that Android Market’s new licensing service turned out to be easy to hack. Today, Google responds to the publicized hack.

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Google Checks Out PayPal for Android Market!?

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though PayPal has already made available API’s to allow billing for virtual items, it seems eBay and Google are now discussing further integration of PayPal into the Android Market.

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Google Runs Out of Nexus One’s

August 24th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Recently, Google chose to stop supplying US consumers with Nexus One devices and keep their last batches for the Android development community (which already received many of them for free).

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Oracle Sues Google Over Java in Android

August 13th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

The Oracle Corporation has started a lawsuit against Google for infringing Oracle owned patents in regards to the implementation of Java on Google’s Android operating system.

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Google Boots Easy Root from Android Market

August 9th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Though Google doesn’t do much moderation on the Android Market, the company has decided to boot Easy Root off of the Android Market as the app allowed Android owners to root their device with one flick.

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NPD: Android Takes the Lead, Google: 200.000 New Androids a Day

August 5th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

NPD has announced that Android is the leading platform in the US. Google’s Eric Schmidt announced that the company is currently registering 200.000 new Android phones a day.

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Hexage: 97% Android Piracy in Asia

August 3rd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Analysis & Editorial, Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Google has recently started to increase security on the Android Market and if we have to believe developer Hexage, Google might already be too late as in Asia, 97% of his gamers play with a pirated version.

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Google Fights Piracy with Android Licensing Service

July 28th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

To fight Piracy on the Android Market, Google has introduced a new licensing service. Developers can use the licensing service to let their apps check if the phone they run on belongs to a registered buyer of the app.

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