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In-browser Android emulator from Amazon’s Appstore

Published on: 24th March, 2011

Amazon has recently integrated a unique feature which offers customers the possibility to try out certain applications without even leaving the browser, as part of the new Amazon Android Appstore. This ‘test drive’ system apparently works with an Android emulator which resides on the retailer’s EC2 cloud. Users are able to view a virtual phone [...]

Google removes 21 Android applications to avoid malware spread

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Google has made some steps to stop the rising malware infection that threatens its platform. A report from Mashable says that Google has pulled 21 applications from its Android Market, all of them identified as trying to gain root access to users’ personal data. Adepts of Google’s platform often criticize Apple’s iOS platform to be [...]

Real-time weather web application created by Google for iPhone and Android

Published on: 30th January, 2011

Google recently released a web-based, real-time weather application for both iPhone and Android users. When searching for “weather” in the mobile browser, the current weather will be shown, based on the user’s location. Users will get the forecast and will be able to drag a live slider which will show how the forecast is supposed [...]

Cloud Print of Google reaches iOS and Android

Published on: 30th January, 2011

Google recently made its Cloud Print plans available for a wider audience with a first mobile option. Thus, Android, iOS or other phone platforms which are HTML5-capable can print common documents coming from Gmail or from Google Docs to no matter what printer which is associated with an account at Google. It does not matter [...]

British Library launched its first application for iOS and Android

Published on: 26th January, 2011

Treasures is the name of the first-ever mobile application launched by the British Library. There are three separate editions dedicated to the iPhone/iPod, iPad and Android. The application provides access to more than 100 items belonging to the Library’s collection, including a copy of the 1215 Magna Charta, as well as music manuscripts of Handel, [...]

Facebook application for Android brings push notifications and chat

Published on: 20th December, 2010

Facebook has updated its mobile client available for Android handsets. Several improvements are brought by version 1.5, including the support for the Facebook Chat functionality available in the iPhone application and desktop edition. Push notifications for arriving messages as well as other content are also added in this update. The chat feature makes available a [...]

Google Voice officially reaches the iPhone

Published on: 23rd November, 2010

Apple recently posted Google Voice for its iPhone as freeware on the App Store after one of the longest delays in memory. The application allows users to make outbound calls through a Google Voice number, using its reduced rates. Free outbound messages are also supported. Users can check texts as well voicemail with push notifications [...]

Wall Street Journal application available for Android tablets

Published on: 18th November, 2010

A version of The Wall Street Journal in its Tablet Edition application is now available for Android tablets. Downloading it requires Android 2.2 and brings full-screen video and the possibility of saving articles for offline visualization, marketing of data and more. There are also full sections of each edition of the newspaper available through the [...]

Leanback application for Android devices at YouTube

Published on: 17th November, 2010

A new Android application has been launched by YouTube, which makes available remote control functions for the Leanback interface. Signing in to an account on YouTube on an Android phone and Google TV or a computer, the device is paired automatically using the Internet. Consequently, users can control playback or find and queue video content [...]

Adobe launches AIR for Android, porting iOS applications simplified

Published on: 12th October, 2010

By launching the AIR for Android, Adobe has finished the second part of its mobile Flash strategy. Like in the case of desktop computers, the implementation of the software allows Flash applications behaving closer to the native code to run outside the browser. The feature requires Android 2.2 and Flash 10.1 to be downloaded independent [...]

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