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Marketplace accelerates to 1bn apps per month, Google claims
Read More »Google Play reaches 15 billion downloads
Google’s Android marketplace has surpassed 15bn app downloads since its launch in October of 2008. A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that the figure was passed for the newly-branded Google Play Store ‘a few weeks ago.’ TechCrunch proposed that Google tabs around 1bn app downloads per month, while Apple still leads …
Read More »Football Manager Android piracy rate ‘worst yet’
Studio says it will abandon Google's operating system if sales targets aren't met
Read More »Valve’s Michael Abrash talks ‘wearable computing’
Veteran developer believes realisation of sci-fi tech possible in three to five years
Read More »Android profits at $550m
Court documents claim Android brought less than $550m for Google since 2008
Read More »Google homepage adds Android store tab
'Play' sits between Maps and YouTube
Read More »Games, TV, web and advertising industries unite for four events
The worlds of TV, games, internet and advertising are coming together for a new series of events. ConnectedUK has been organised by UKIE, PACT (TV production), BIMA (Interactive and digital media) and the IPA (advertising). The events are designed to ‘forge commercial and creative links between the UK’s key creative …
Read More »PS Store added to Android Xperia S smartphone
Old PS One games now available on touch-screen phone
Read More »From Dust to become Google Chrome game
Ubisoft has announced plans to port From Dust to Google’s free web browser Chrome. The game has previously been available first on Xbox Live before arriving on PC and the PlayStation Network. From Dust was created by Eric Chahi who is arguably best known for his graphically stunning 1991 hit …
Read More »Google drastically increases Android app size limit
Google has extended the maximum size limit for Android apps up 8,000 per cent from 50mb to 4gb. Revealing the move on the Android developers blog, the move has been made to accommodate high-quality 3D interactive games” that require more resources than typical apps. APK files will still be limited …
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