New Android Malware Targets App Pirates

Following the recent removal of almost 50 apps from the Android Market due to malware infection, security firm Symantec has found yet another Android threat. Unlike the previous malware threats however, this latest incident is not found in the Android ...

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Google Tightens Its Grip on Android

As you're exploring these resources, check out this helpful resource from our sponsors: Cultivating a Developer Ecosystem: Understanding Their Needs Google is exercising more control over what partners and carriers can do to the Android mobile ...

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Hacktivist Android Trojan Designed to Fight App Piracy

There's malware, then there's Android Trojans like the latest "threat" discovered by Symantec. Android.Walkinwat is like the Batman of mobile malware--a rogue vigilante seeking justice through means that also skirt legality, but for a good cause. ...

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/223842/hacktivist_android_trojan_designed_to_fight_app_piracy.html

In-App Billing Can Boost Android Revenues More Than You Think

30, 2011, 7:35am PT No Comments Google Tuesday launched a long-awaited in-app billing feature for developers who can now add extra purchases in Android applications. Digital goods such as content downloads, additional game levels, virtual currency and ...

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Android In-App Billing Goes Live

By Chloe Albanesius Google on Tuesday announced that in-app billing for Android apps is now live. Developers can now publish apps with in-app payments and users can make purchases within those apps. "In-app billing gives you more ways to monetize your ...

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IDC: Android, Windows Phone to rule mobile

by Don Reisinger Android and Windows Phone will reign supreme in the smartphone market in the not-too-distant future, a new IDC report claims. According to the market researcher, more than 450 million smartphones will ship in 2011, up from the 303.4 ...

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Google, MasterCard and Citigroup to Bring NFC Payments to Android?

by Nate Rios on March 29, 2011 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google, MasterCard and Citigroup are collaborating on a project that will bring NFC payments to Android phones. NFC, which is short for Near Field Communication, would allow users ...

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Google Plans to Turn Your Android Phone into an Electronic Wallet

By Erica Ho on March 28, 2011 In the future, you better not lose your Android phone. Google is teaming up with MasterCard and Citigroup to turn your Android phone into a portable wallet, allowing you to pay for purchases simply by waving your phone ...

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OMG/JK: The Color Of Controversy

This last week has been full of controversy â€" from the launch of Color, the photo-swapping app that raised $41 million pre-launch, to reports that Google is not planning to open-source the tablet version of Android any time soon. And, as you'd expect, ...

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It is 'STILL' about the Apps!

By Rommel Feria Amazon launches Android App Store. Apple sues over "App Store" name. Amazon re-launches as Amazon AppStore. Sneaky, eh! :) Anyway, Amazon is on to something here. It has a Kindle eBook reader, which does not run Android applications ...

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HTC Thunderbolt getting Gingerbread by Summer

In an email reply, HTC reps responded that the Thunderbolt will be getting an update in the second quarter of the 2011 that will notonly address the bluetooth issue, but also bring Android 2.2 (Gingerbread) to the 4G handset. ...

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Android, FTW!

Obviously, I am in the Android camp but I wanted to keep an open mind and review the competition objectively to explain why I choose Android over anything else. (I was not able to get a Windows Phone 7 device, so while it is gone, it is not forgotten). ...

Read more at: http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/26/android-ftw/

Google delays delivering Android Honeycomb for open source

Those waiting for Android Honeycomb will have to wait some more. Google announced that it will delay distribution of its newest Android source code, nicknamed Honeycomb, for the foreseeable future. Designed to run on tablet computers, the Honeycomb ...

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Android openness withering as Google withholds Honeycomb code

By Ryan Paul | Last updated March 25, 2011 8:26 AM During a keynote presentation at Google's IO developer conference last year, Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra proclaimed that the search giant created Android in order to bring freedom to the ...

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Is “Closing” Honeycomb the Beginning of an Androidocalypse? Hardly.

Earlier today, we learned that Google would be limiting access to the source code for Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb, its tablet-specific OS. For a famously open-source platform, this decision was startling to many in the field; however, the situation ...

Read more at: http://mashable.com/2011/03/24/honeycomb-androidocalypse/

Is Motorola gearing up to abandon Android for its own OS?

It may sound crazy, but there's reason to believe that Motorola Mobility isn't content to rely entirely on Android for its mobile future. The company has been gathering developers from Apple and Adobe in an effort to build its own web-based mobile OS, ...

Read more at: http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/24/motorola-mobile-os/

Is Motorola getting ready to ditch Android?

Motorola is reportedly developing a web-based mobile operating system as a "possible alternative" to Google's Android. "[Yes], I know they're working on it," Jonathan Goldberg, an analyst with Deutsche Bank in San Francisco told InformationWeek. ...

Read more at: http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/54903-is-motorola-getting-ready-to-ditch-android

Porn store for Android targeted in Apple's 'App Store' trademark defense

By Katie Marsal Apple's defense of its "App Store" trademark filing has a new target: a storefront for pornography available on the Google Android platform. The adult service "MiKandi" this month hit with a cease-and-desist letter from Apple over its ...

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Amazon To Launch Android Tablet After App Store Debut?

Amazon officially launched its alternative to the official Google Android Market, called the App Store, earlier today with nearly 4000 applications already including star hits like Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja and Call of Duty : Modern Warfare 2. ...

Read more at: http://www.itproportal.com/2011/03/22/amazon-launch-android-tablet-after-app-store-debut/

Amazon's Appstore for Android Opens for Business

By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to US users of smartphones with Google's operating system. Amazon is trying to lure users away from Google's Market by offering users a ...

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Microsoft suit over Nook centers on Android

Microsoft has filed a patent lawsuit against Barnes & Noble that centers on the Android operating system used in the bookseller's Nook e-reader. Without suing Google itself, Microsoft contends that in developing Android, Google infringed on Microsoft ...

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Sprint integrating Google Voice, outs Nexus S 4G with Android 2.3

Google and Sprint are consummating this new level of hand-holding with a handset, the Nexus S 4G, which will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on Sprint's network this spring. With Google Voice integration, Sprint customers will no longer have to ...

Read more at: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/03/sprint-integrating-google-voice-outs-nexus-s-4g-with-android-23.ars

What if Amazon released Android Kindle tablet?

It makes sense out of Amazon imminently launching an app store to rival Google's Android Marketplace. Why else does Amazon need its own Android app store? Well, there's an answer to that question, too. Read on. Firstly, in the short term, ...

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Android beats iPhone on Web speed?

Google's Android operating system accessed the Web more quickly through mobile applications than Apple's iPhone. Google Inc.'s Android operating system accessed the Web more quickly through mobile applications than Apple Inc.'s iPhone, according to a ...

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LG Optimus One Getting Android 'Gingerbread' 2.3 This Spring

There are many different phones on the market powered by Google's Android mobile operating system from a wide array of different manufacturers. Each of these different phones feature their fair share of positive qualities be it price, big screen, ...

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HP Grooming webOS for Assault on Android, Apple iOS

Android and Apple will have something to say about that. When new HP CEO Leo Apotheker said he expected the company's webOS platform on 100 million devices a year, he effectively declared war on Google's Android and Apple's iOS mobile platforms. ...

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/HP-Grooming-WebOS-for-Assault-on-Android-Apple-iOS-707919/

Adobe Flash 10.2 hits Android smartphones and Motorola XOOM

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 has finally arrived for higher powered Android devices running Android 2.1 or above, including the new Android 3.0 Honeycomb powered tablets like Motorola's XOOM. On the XOOM, at least, there's was some initial confusion in the ...

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Motorola Xoom Gets Flash Support…Sort Of

Unfortunately, Android 3.0 Honeycomb only gets a beta version. How important is Flash support for the Motorola Xoom? Let's quickly review. The iPad, despite its enormous popularity, has one particular flaw that theoretically keeps its sales from being ...

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Is Android really faster than iOS?

Android loads pages an average of 52 percent faster than the iPhone iOS, one tracking firm said this week. Others aren't so sure. Android is faster than the iPhone iOS, according to one new study. By Matthew Shaer / March 17, 2011 Android â€" the mobile ...

Read more at: http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2011/0317/Is-Android-really-faster-than-iOS

Android Loads Mobile Web Pages 52 Percent Faster Than iPhone, Study Says

By Chloe Albanesius Android phones load mobile Web pages 52 percent faster than the iPhone, but recent platform upgrades did not result in any major speed improvements, according to a Thursday study. Blaze Software took more than 45000 measurements on ...

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Samsung Introduces Android-Based Galaxy Player

Samsung has extended its Galaxy line of portable devices â€" which includes mobile phones and tablets â€" with the addition of its Android-based Galaxy Player. The 4-inch and 5-inch screen models of Galaxy Player, weighing 5 and 7 ounces respectively, ...

Read more at: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/samsung-introduces-android-based-galaxy-168564

The Android Kill Switch: Mea Culpa

Over the weekend I wrote a piece which argued that walled gardens were conquering the Internet, and Google's ability to to remotely delete apps from Android devices effectively turned Android into a “subtler but no less forbidding” walled garden than ...

Read more at: http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/16/the-android-kill-switch-mea-culpa/

Staples to offer a host of Android tablets in 2011

Coming from two separate sources, they confirm the company's plan to offer at least eight Android tablets from a variety of manufacturers. While some devices are a few months old and currently offered through carriers, other products have yet to be ...

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Google Enhances Android Developer Dashboard with Expanded Stats

Android developers logging into the application dashboard will find themselves looking at a host of new and expanded data. A new "Statistics" mark greets developers immediately upon entering the Developer Console whereupon they can dive deep into where ...

Read more at: http://www.androidguys.com/2011/03/15/google-enhances-android-developer-dashboard-expanded-stats/

News: Consumer Reports: iPad 2 “More Than Competitive” w/Android Tabs

Apple's iPad 2 is “more than competitive” with competing tablets based on Google's Android operating system, according to noted iPhone critic Consumer Reports. In a first look piece posted by the magazine, the iPad 2's pricepoint, size, and Smart Cover ...

Read more at: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/consumer_reports_ipad_2_more_than_competitive_w_android_tabs/

Amazon's Android Store Gets New Angry Birds Game As An Exclusive

Amazon's Android app store, which will supposedly launch this month, is going to get a nice exclusive in the form of a Angry Birds Rio, the latest exclusive game, the companies have announced. The app store will also get ad-free versions of Angry Birds ...

Read more at: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-android-app-store-angry-birds-exclusive-2011-3

Analysis: Google's Android malware problem

Reports of malware attacks on cell phones and tablets using Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system has put an undesirable spotlight on the vulnerability of the Internet search giant's Android Market. The situation also highlights the differences ...

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Symantec discovers more Android app malware

Symantec has discovered suspicious code within a fake version of the Android Market Security Tool on a third-party apps site. By Georgina Enzer Published March 13, 2011 Symantec has discovered suspicious code within a repackaged version of the Android ...

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Video: Android 3.0 Honeycomb Walk-Through

Android 3.0 Honeycomb offers a refreshing interface and many people are not aware the improvements it has over the older smart phone OS. For those of you who have yet to get their hands on one of these tablets, I decided demo five new features that ...

Read more at: http://skattertech.com/2011/03/video-android-3-0-honeycomb-walk-through/

Motorola Xoom, Android 3.0 to Get Flash March 18

Adobe said Flash Player 10.2 will be available in the Android Market for Android 2.2 and 2.3 smartphones and Android 3.0 tablets March 18. Motorola Xoom owners need only wait one more week to download Adobe Flash Player 10.2, which will be available ...

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/Motorola-Xoom-Android-30-to-Get-Flash-March-18-487164/

Flash 10.2 heads to Motorola Xoom, other Android devices March 18

The next major update for Flash on Android mobile devices, version 10.2, will hit the Android Market on March 18, Adobe announced today. That's good news for owners of Motorola's Xoom tablet, as it launched without Flash support two weeks ago. ...

Read more at: http://venturebeat.com/2011/03/11/flash-10-2-android/

Google's Android security tool gets spoofed by malware

By Lawrence Latif SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Google has found its Android Market Security Tool spoofed to include a variant of the Trojan that it was supposed to detect. Google's Android Market Security Tool was released to combat the 'Droid Dream' Trojan that ...

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Tested: iPhone 4 (iOS 4.2.1 vs. 4.3) and Android phones

For Android phones, a 720p version of "Toy Story 3" is run. The reason we chose 720p for Android was that most Android phones are capable of running 720p video and we wanted the best quality video represented. On iPhone, we ran the movie through its ...

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Review: Motorola XOOM, brimming with unrealized potential

By James Kendrick | March 10, 2011, 4:04am PST There has not been a single Android device yet to hit the market with as much potential as the Motorola XOOM; sadly, it is unrealized potential in its current state. James Kendrick has been using mobile ...

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/review-motorola-xoom-brimming-with-unrealized-potential/1336

Google rolls out Instant Previews on Android, iOS devices

by Scott Webster Google announced earlier this week that it has enabled Instant Previews for Android handsets running Froyo (2.2) or later. Like its desktop counterpart, it allows users to see search results in a handy image format before clicking ...

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TEGA v2 review: Windows 7 tablet with Android on the side

The same ODM is making both the TEGA v2 for Tegatech in Australia and the ViewPad for Viewsonic, and they are the same right down to the dual-boot environment with Android. The TEGA v2 is a thin slate with a 10.1-inch display running at 1024×600. ...

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/mobile-news/tega-v2-review-windows-7-tablet-with-android-on-the-side/1309

Foursquare 3.0 lands right in time for SXSW

Foursquare will offer a major revamp for iOS and Android users, attempting to solidify itself as geo-social's leading innovator. There was a time when Foursquare was more or less the ruler and lone competitor in the geo-social market. ...

Read more at: http://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/foursquare-3-0-lands-right-in-time-for-sxsw/

Android Leads in Smartphones, Will Tablets Ever Follow?

More data keeps coming in showing how Android's grip on the smartphone market is tightening with each passing month. Information from comScore (via Mashable) shows that the Android platform has taken the number one spot from BlackBerry. ...

Read more at: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/2011/03/android-leads-in-smartphones-will-tablets-ever-follow.html

Google Takes Heat Over App Security

The company behind the now ubiquitous Android operating system came under fire after computer-security experts last week uncovered more than 50 malicious applications that were uploaded to and distributed from Google's Android Market. ...

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Google flips on death-ray, nukes Android malware ... but is it enough?

By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | March 7, 2011, 5:45am PST Google has used its remote kill-switch powers to delete malware from affected Android handsets following the uploading of around 50 Trojanized apps to the Android market last week. ...

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/google-flips-on-death-ray-nukes-android-malware-but-is-it-enough/11763

Google confirms it pulled malicious Android apps

by Steven Musil After several days of silence on the issue, Google has confirmed that it removed several malicious apps from its Android Market on Tuesday. The developer accounts associated with the apps were suspended, the Internet giant reported ...

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Google Remotely Wipes Malware From Android Handsets

This will eliminate the apps from affected Android 2.1 and earlier devices. Google March 5 remotely removed 58 malicious applications that affected smartphones based on its Android 2.1 operating system and earlier, the latest of several steps to blunt ...

Read more at: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Remotely-Wipes-Malware-From-Android-Handsets-878110/

Android gets anti-fragmentation tool

By Stephen Shankland , CNET News, 5 March, 2011 22:42 Google has made good on a promise to release technology it hopes will curtail Android's fragmentation problem, a complication for programmers who want their software to run on diverse devices. ...

Read more at: http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/application-development/2011/03/05/android-gets-anti-fragmentation-tool-40092036/

These 20 Android apps shine on the Motorola Xoom

Tapping into Android apps on the Motorola Xoom tablet literally introduces a new dimension to Google's mobile operating experience. While the distinction between apps on tablets and smartphones on Android devices is less pronounced than what exists ...

Read more at: http://www.androidapps.com/tech/articles/6991-these-20-android-apps-shine-on-the-motorola-xoom

Expert: Android Market should scan for malware

by Elinor Mills Android Market apps should be scanned for traces of malware in order to protect Android customers from downloading apps that look legitimate but are in fact malicious, a security expert told CNET today. Earlier this week Google removed ...

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Another look at Saab's Android infotainment platform

Making its debut in the Phoenix concept car this week at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Saab iQon is an Android-based infotainment system that uses downloadable apps to bring navigation, entertainment, and diagnostics functionality into the vehicle. ...

Read more at: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13746_7-20039104-48.html

Android malware attacks show perils of Google openness

This week's discovery of malware that hijacked tens of thousands of Android cellphones shows the pitfalls of Google's decision to make the operating system the Wikipedia of mobile platforms that offers apps written by virtually anyone. ...

Read more at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/04/google_android_market_peril/

Download Free Cars.com Android App Today

Last year around this time, we launched our free iPhone app, and starting today we're offering the same convenience to Android smartphone users. With the app, you can browse our listings, find and get directions to your dealership of choice and share ...

Read more at: http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2011/03/download-free-carscom-android-app-today.html

Malware in Android Market highlights Google's vulnerability

By Peter Bright | Last updated March 2, 2011 6:10 PM Google has removed 21 applications from the Android Market after it was discovered that the apps secretly installed malware. The applications themselves included pirated and renamed versions of ...

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Google Yanks 21 Malicious Apps From Android Market, Phones

By Daniel Ionescu, PCWorld Mar 2, 2011 5:41 AM Openness, one of Android's big advantages, can also be the Achilles' heel of the platform. Google has pulled the kill switch on 21 free malware apps from the Android Market and from around 50000 devices, ...

Read more at: http://www.pcworld.com/article/221137/google_yanks_21_malicious_apps_from_android_market_phones.html

Nvidia Tegra 2: A new form of Android fragmentation?

by Scott Webster One wouldn't naturally associate chip- and GPU-maker Nvidia with apps, but nevertheless, the free Tegra Zone appeared today in the Android Market. The app showcases current and forthcoming games that have been optimized for the Tegra 2 ...

Read more at: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20037975-251.html

T-Mobile Sunsets Danger Service As Android-Based Sidekicks Beckon

It appears that existing Sidekick users will have a choice of migrating to a new Android-based Sidekick, hopefully in time for the Danger service cutoff, or they can choose to transfer their existing data from the Danger servers. ...

Read more at: http://gigaom.com/2011/03/01/t-mobile-sunsets-danger-service-as-android-based-sidekicks-beckon/