Posts Tagged ‘Market’

Fast Company: Tablets Kill eReaders

May 2nd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Kindle | No Comments »

Following the demise of the netbook, the tablet seems to be wiping out the eReader market as well. Though tablets are a true horror to the retina when reading books, the benefit of being able to read in colour and read on a device purchased for all sorts of entertainment seems to go above purchasing a dedicated reading gadget.

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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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MWC: Google Activates 850.000 Androids a Day

February 28th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

During the Mobile World Congress, Google’s Andy Rubin gave some insights as to how the Android platform is performing. Currently, Google is activating 850,000 new Android phones a day.

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Gameloft Live! Pushed on Android Market

February 7th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Distribution, Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Some time ago, Gameloft launched their Gameloft LIVE! service for the Android gamers that roamed Gameloft’s own deck of Android apps. Now, Gameloft seems ready for the big numbers as Gameloft LIVE! went online on Android Market.

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Bouncer Bounces Malware from Android Market

February 6th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | 1 Comment »

Google has started to fight malware off of their precious Android Market. As most developers know, the place is kinda flooded with it but the new Bouncer service should clean up the mess there.

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Android Market to Support Multiple APK’s

July 23rd, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Google announced that Android Market will finally bring support for apps that have multiple APK’s for different devices. This brings various advantages compared to the old single-APK model it used.

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Gartner: iPad to Dominate till 2016

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

Dispite growing competition, Gartner predicts that Apple’s iPad will dominate the market until the end of 2015 at which the analyst predicts a turning-point in tablet history.

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Google Changes Recommendation Algorithm

April 7th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

Rumors say there has been a so called ‘Google Dance’ on Android Market. Several app developers noticed their titles sky-rocketing in the charts while others went out of sight.

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PSX4Droid Pulled From Android Market

March 31st, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS | No Comments »

PSX4Droid has been one of the more popular PSX emulators on the Android market, but the popular app has now been booted off Google’s Android Market.

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ComScore: US Smartphone Userbase Increased With 60%

February 9th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Research & Stats | No Comments »

Comscore has released it’s latest US smartphone market metrics through their MobileLens report. Android continues to grow in the market while Samsung is now the leading OEM.