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Android Market goes commercial in 131 countries

Register - Bill Ray - 13 May, 2011
The Android Marketplace now takes payments in 131 countries, Google has revealed, leaving China and Greenland as the biggest blanks on the map along with some of the more war-torn countries. ...

Google Android malware surges 400%

Sydney Morning Herald - Asher Moses - 13 May, 2011
Android trying to eat Apple but malware still an issue ... Vic Gundotra, Google's senior vice president of engineering, speaks at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco. Photo: Bloomberg There has been a 400 per cent increase in malware on Google's ...

Google's Bright New Idea: Android-Controlled Light Bulbs

Forbes (blog) - Matt Hickman - ‎May 12, 2011‎
After taking a breather from the energy-efficient light bulb barrage that was late April â€" check out my posts on the Philips' EcoVantage bulb, designer AlessiLux Lamps from Italy, and Cree's LED vs. incandescent Easter meltdown â€" here's more ...

Android Market makes it easier to find apps

msnbc.com - Suzanne Choney - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. You can now easily see which apps are trending in the Android Market. ...

Google updates Android Market app discovery features

ZDNet UK (blog) - Ben Woods - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Blogging on the inner workings of business tech including, but not limited to, business intelligence (BI), analytics, enterprise software, desktop and portable hardware, IT in education, open-source p… ...

Google streamlines Android market

CNN - Mike Isaac - ‎May 12, 2011‎
This week has brought a host of different additions and expansions for the Android Market with much needed improvements. (WIRED) -- Android's explosive growth over the past three years has been a double-edged sword for its apps. ...

Google's New Android Plan: World Domination

TIME - Harry McCracken - ‎May 12, 2011‎
Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP The ballroom on the third floor of San Francisco's Moscone West convention center doesn't look like anything special. But in recent years this nondescript hall has become the source of ...

Android Market Update: Why It Matters

InformationWeek - Eric Zeman - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google is juicing up the Android Market with features aimed at helping end users and developers alike. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek The Android Market has swollen in recent weeks past the 200000-application mark. With applications being added every ...

Google Updates App Store to Counter Apple

Wall Street Journal (blog) - Ian Sherr - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google's Android Marketplace, where it sells the tiny programs called apps, is getting a makeover. The Web giant used its annual conference for developers to lay out plans to revamp its virtual store for smartphone and tablet software. ...

How to: Use Google Music for Android

CNETTV - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Original video: http://cnettv.cnet.com/use-google-music-android/9742-1_53-50104713.html Music for Android lets you access on your phone or tablet your music stored in Google's cloud, even if you're offline. Sharon Vaknin shows you how.

Google Revamps Android Market to Give App Recommendations

PC Magazine - Mark Hachman - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google said Wednesday that it had revamped its Android Market, with an eye toward putting a greater number of popular, quality apps in front of users. The new features, which include "Editor's Choices" and other editorial ...

Google IO Developers Conference

USA Today - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Attendees crowd the convention floor at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco. Attendees film the keynote speech with Samsung tablets running on Google's Android software at the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco. ...

Google tweaks Android Market to make app discovery easier

CNET (blog) - Jessica Dolcourt - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google has followed up on yesterday's addition of movie rentals with more changes to its online Android Market. This time, the tweaks focus on making it easier to find and filter the more than 200000 apps in the Android Market. ...

Android Market Makes It A Lot Easier To Find Good Apps (GOOG, AAPL)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Android developers often complain that it's too hard for users to find their apps in the Android Market compared with iTunes. New top apps lists. Google is FINALLY adding "top free," "top paid" and "top grossing" lists like iTunes. ...

Google branches into music, movie streaming

CNN - Mark Milian - ‎May 11, 2011‎
With new music, movies and accessory services for Android, Google is taking on Apple in three major areas. The assault came Tuesday at Google I/O, the company's annual conference, where Product Management Director Hugo Barra announced a variety of new ...

Google's Platform Extends its Reach With Android@Home

Wired News - Mike Isaac - ‎May 11, 2011‎
The accessory developer kit handed out to developers at Google's I/O conference. Photo: Mike Isaac/Wired.com SAN FRANCISCO â€" The first Android smartphone came in 2008. Then in 2010, the platform appeared on tablets. ...

TechBytes: Movie Rentals on Android and YouTube

ABC News - Ronnie Reiss, Tina Trinh - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Good news for movie fans: Google Android users can now rent movies from the Android market for about $2, and YouTube has announced that it is making 3000 major Hollywood films available for rent, for prices ranging from ...

Google Envisions Automated Home with Android@Home

PCWorld - Brennon Slattery - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google used its I/O conference to introduce Android@Home, a software framework for Android that allows programmers to interact with various connected appliances such as light bulbs, thermostats, ...

Google suffers curse of diversity with Android

The Guardian - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Sales of smartphones running Android have now overtaken those of iPhones. Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images One of Apple's great advantages in the phone and tablet markets is the lack of choices it provides to customers. ...

Google I/O Day One: A Complete Rundown

PCWorld - Daniel Ionescu - ‎May 11, 2011‎
Google is putting on a show for developers at this year's I/O conference and the first day was a bumper one. It was all about Android, including software updates for smartphones and tablets, new movie and ...

Android figures from Google I/O: 400000 Android devices activated every day

The Independent - ‎May 11, 2011‎
In little more than two and a half years, Google's Android mobile operating system has grown from running on just one Google-designed device in the US to become the world's leading smartphone platform. During Google's annual developer conference, ...

Google unveils cloud-based music service

Newsday (subscription) - ‎May 11, 2011‎
By AP Photo credit: AP | Hugo Barra, Product Management Director, during a keynote speech at the Google IO Developers Conference in San Francisco Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Google Inc. unveiled its long-planned music service Tuesday, but it will likely ...

Google wants to control your home

CNN - David Goldman - ‎May 11, 2011‎
SAN FRANCISCO (CNNMoney) -- First Google dominated the Web with search. Then it ruled mobile devices with Android. Now Google wants to control everything inside your home. ...

Google to make lightbulbs and dishwashers

Telegraph.co.uk - Matt Warman - ‎May 10, 2011‎
Not content with dominating the internet, Google is to set its sights on integrating with users' whole homes too. 'Project Tungsten' will see Google integrate wireless technology into household appliances, including light bulbs, thermostats and ...

Android Challenges Apple With New Devices, Software and Services

Huffington Post (blog) - ‎May 10, 2011‎
San Francisco -- Day one of the annual Google I/O developer's was all things Android. The day began with a recap of Android's growth in the two and a half years it's been on the market. Google says that there are now 100 million activated Android ...

Bits: Turn Your Android Phone Into a Remote Control for Your Home

New York Times (blog) - Claire Cain Miller - ‎May 10, 2011‎
Google wants people to use its Android software to operate a lot more than just phones and tablets. And at Google I/O, the company's conference for developers in San Francisco this week, the company showed off a future where ...

Inside Google I/O: Amazing Scenes From The Show (GOOG)

San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - ‎May 10, 2011‎
Google kicked off its annual I/O conference for developers today in San Francisco's Moscone Center, and the company used the full force of its bankroll and design chops to wow the 5000 attendees. These are important people: without an army of ...

With Android@Home Google wants your house to be as smart as your phone

Los Angeles Times - ‎May 10, 2011‎
Google kicked off its annual two-day conference for software developers by launching headline-grabbing movie and music services. But it also announced a more futuristic project at Google I/O called Android@Home. The idea: To make your home as smart as ...

Google ups mobile competition with music and movies

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - ‎May 10, 2011‎
Google Inc. took big steps to improve the competitiveness of its mobile offerings on Tuesday, heating up the already fierce battle for supremacy in the smart phone and tablet spaces. Most notably, the Mountain View Internet giant used the first morning ...

Google's Android moving into homes

AFP - ‎May 10, 2011‎
SAN FRANCISCO â€" Google wants Android to move into people's homes with the open-source software powering everything from smart light bulbs to sound systems. More than 5000 software savants at Google's annual developers conference in San Francisco on ...

 

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