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Amazon working on its own in-app payment system for Android

By Chris Ziegler on October 6, 2011 02:40 pm

Google introduced an in-app payment framework to third-party Android developers earlier this year, Continue reading…
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Google: paid Honeycomb apps sell four times better

By Joseph Parish on October 6, 2011 02:20 pm

Google claims that the number of apps being purchased per device on Honeycomb is four times that of Continue reading…
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Android Market refresh starts rolling out, adds books and movies

By Chris Ziegler on July 12, 2011 04:50 pm + 185 comments

Thanks in part to the introduction of a movie rental service, Google had talked a bit about an Continue reading…
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Android 3.2 getting new 'zoom' mode for small apps on big screens

By Chris Ziegler on July 11, 2011 01:57 pm + 118 comments

Platforms live and die by the quality and quantity of apps written for them. With somewhere in the Continue reading…
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Hulu Plus comes to Android with support for six phones

By Chris Ziegler on June 23, 2011 01:04 pm + 32 comments

Hulu Plus has followed Netflix down the Android path today with the announcement that its service is Continue reading…
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Motorola CEO blames crappy apps for poor phone performance, says Blur can help save the day

By Chris Ziegler on June 2, 2011 07:11 pm + 111 comments

At a financial conference today, Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha has put the blame for poor phone Continue reading…
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Google updates Android Market with new discovery features

By Nilay Patel on May 11, 2011 03:49 pm + 4 comments

It wasn't all just Chrome OS and Chromebooks today at Google I/O -- the company also quietly Continue reading…
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Movie rentals hit Android Market: available now for the browser, coming soon for phones and tablet

By Ross Miller on May 10, 2011 12:33 pm + 26 comments

Well, Google is definitely a media company now. Today's other big media announcement (the first Continue reading…
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Google plays ball with carriers to kill tethering apps, violates spirit of the 'open access' it bid $4.6B to protect

By Chris Ziegler on May 2, 2011 10:46 pm + 182 comments

It seems a few American carriers have started working with Google to disable access to tethering Continue reading…