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Google has removed a series of console emulators by developer Yong Zhang from the Android Market, while also revoking his developer privileges. The apps includeNesoid, Snesoid, Gensoid, N64oid, Ataroid, Gearoid and Gameboid,some of which had been riding high in the Android Market charts for months as paid apps. According to …
Read More »Android fortification begins after security scare
Automatic fix to be issued soon; â??No action from users neededâ??, firm says
Read More »Facebook and Google to debate app payments
In-app payments, near field communication, virtual items and Facebook Credits will be some of the topics at the Monetising Mobile conference in just under two weeks’ time. Monetising Mobile: Exploring Opportunities in Mobile Payments is hosted by MCV’s stablemate Mobile Entertainment. It will take a close look at this topical …
Read More »Security flaw ‘affects 99% of Android devices’
Google mobile operating system can send unencrypted personal data, study claims
Read More »Aggressive Amazon signs PopCap exclusivity deal
Retailer bags two Android games for 14 days; Begins controversial 'first-day-free' offer
Read More »Facebook embroiled in Google smear campaign
Facebook hired public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to try get the press onside regarding Google’s strategy of collecting information from Facebook. The episode began to unfold on Tuesday when USA Today reported on the Burson-Marsteller representatives which had offered to ghost write opinion piece articles criticising Google’s ‘Social Circle’ feature. The …
Read More »Google: Android market has reached 100m devices
Search engine giant announces tablet-smartphone unification plans
Read More »100m Android devices and counting
Google kicked off the firm’s annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco with a keynote address that hailed 100 million Android devices. Google’s senior vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra took the stage hailing "how much had been achieved", cheekily unveiling a cartoon Android gobbling an Apple, in reference to …
Read More »WP7 to overtake Android by 2015
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform has been subject to continual speculation about poor handset sales in recent months, but one analyst thinks the company is set for big success in the coming years. Pyramid Research’s latest smartphone forecasts report includes the prediction that by 2015, Windows Phone will overtake Google’s …
Read More »Apple named world’s most valuable brand
The latest ‘BrandZ’ study by global brands agency Millward Brown puts Apple and the top, supplanting last year’s top dog Google. It says Apple’s attention to detail and diversifying product range enable it to behave differently from other consumer electronics makers. Peter Walshe, global brands director of Millward Brown, told …
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