Tag: android market

  • Verizon Blocking Tethering Apps – FCC Gets Involved?

    Verizon Blocking Tethering Apps – FCC Gets Involved?

    Verizon is in trouble! The FCC has been called into investigate Verizon blocking access to certain tethering applications. This would violate the open access provision that was put on the Verizon’s C-Block 700 MHz spectrum that they won in the auction back in 2008.

  • Netflix finally released an Android app for select HTC phones & the Samsung Nexus S

    Netflix finally released an Android app for select HTC phones & the Samsung Nexus S

    Geeks we know you’ve all been waiting on this and we also know the LG Revolution users have been lucky enough to have access to Netflix already. The Netflix for Android app has just hit the Market and is apparently available for the HTC Incredible, Nexus One, Evo 4G, G2 and the Samsung Nexus S.

  • Google Enables In-App Billing For Android Market

    Google has enabled a feature that developers are sure to love. Much like iOS, developers can now offer in-app billing for their apps. This means they could offer you an app, then add levels or features and bill you for them from within the app. It uses the same checkout system as the Market itself…

  • Android Market now home to over 200,000 apps – WOW!

    Android Market now home to over 200,000 apps – WOW!

    The title says it all! Google’s Android Market is now home to over 200,000 applications according to an independent Android app tracker AndroLib.com. Some may argue that Apple’s App Store for the iPhone, iPod and iPad may still be on the first position, with over 300k applications available for download for its users, but the…

  • Adobe Air is now available in the Android Market

    Adobe Air is now available in the Android Market

    First you may ask what is Adobe Air? We don’t want to confuse you with Adobe flash player so we will explain. Adobe AIR allows one to publish ActionScript 3 projects and run them as native applications (.apk) for the Android OS. These AIR applications can now be delivered to Android devices through Android application…

  • How Many Apps In That App Store?

    Apps, apps, apps! With Google’s recent announcement that the Android Market has reached 38,000 applications, I decided to find out how many applications are in each of the major smartphone app stores. Remember that these figures are only for the number of applications in the official application store and do not include the total number…