A few weeks ago Google announced a new licensing service for Android applications. The service, once added to software, would force an online ID check each time it was launched to ensure the person using the application did, in fact, pay for it. Piracy is a huge concern for Android developers, and it’s one of the reasons some larger software companies haven’t begun releasing their products on the Android Market. Google had hoped that their new licensing service would alleviate some of those concerns. It turns out the service might not be all it’s cracked up to be.
New Application Licensing Service for Android Cracked
August - 30 - 2010 - Monday ADD COMMENTS
Google Places for Android
August - 25 - 2010 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS
Google Maps for Android recently hit version 4.4, and the update brought a lot of great new features with it. Google Maps now makes it easier than ever to find new places around you with a new, dedicated Places application. If you already got the update to 4.4, you should now have a new Places icon in your application menu. Places is a powerful new tool that will let you find whatever sort of establishment you are looking for quickly and easily.
Google App Inventor for Android
July - 20 - 2010 - Tuesday ADD COMMENTS
Google seems to be very keen to make Android the most popular mobile operating system. Few days ago the company announced new revolutionary service, which allows all users to easily create applications for their phones. Basically users will not require any programming skills or knowledge to create an application, and anybody will be able to do it. This service is called Google App Inventor and is available for users to register their interest. The official website says that users will be given access to the service in the coming weeks. Users will be able to create and download applications to their phones, but not to other Android users at this stage.
57% of Android applications are free
July - 14 - 2010 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS
Distimo is a company that specializes on mobile application market analysis for different platforms. They have recently released interesting statistics on the proportion of free vs. paid applications for the Android Market, AppStore, OVI Store and others. They have also listed top 10 most popular free and paid applications for Android. The results are quite interesting, and in the case of our beloved “Market” entertaining.
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Android Gingerbread
July - 5 - 2010 - Monday ADD COMMENTS
First information about the new, probably the third version of the Android operating system started circulating the web last week. It is believed that the developers are likely to stick with the existing naming convention, and the new version will be called Android Gingerbread.
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Android 2.1 for HTC Hero
June - 29 - 2010 - Tuesday 1 COMMENT
HTC Hero owners can start celebrating… The moment so many people were waiting for has finally arrived. Official upgrade to Android 2.1 has been released yesterday. The question you are probably asking now is – ‘So, how do I upgrade?’
My Tracks for Android
June - 22 - 2010 - Tuesday 1 COMMENT
There is nothing more frustrating than being lost and not knowing how you got there. What if you are not looking for a specific building or house, not searching for the shortest route, you just want to return to the starting point in an unfamiliar area. There is an excellent program that will help you do just that – My Tracks.
DoubleTwist for Android
June - 9 - 2010 - Wednesday ADD COMMENTS
A new multimedia player for the Android platform was officially announced last week. The player is called DoubleTwist. And this event could go unnoticed, because there plenty of music players available on the Market, and the release of another one is not such a big news… The fact is that compared to some other players, DoubleTwist looks very cool and attractive due to some features and nice design.
ES File Explorer
June - 3 - 2010 - Thursday ADD COMMENTS
As is the case with Twitter clients, there are plenty of file managers available on the Android Market. However, not every application is worth installing on your phone, and frankly speaking most of them are rubbish. So, to save your time and nerves, I want to recommend a great application that should be installed on almost every Android device – ES File Explorer. Read the rest of this entry »
Official Twitter client for Android
May - 10 - 2010 - Monday 4 COMMENTS
I cannot say that we waited a whole year for this, but the release of an official Twitter client for Android was quite a big milestone, which was noticed by the community. Let’s see what Twitter can and cannot do, how it differs from other applications, and whether it is worth installing, and more importantly keeping on your phone.
