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300 free Flash games on Android sounded too good to be true, didn’t it? The GameStop-owned Kongregate game portal had launched an Arcade app in the Android Market yesterday, only to have it taken down today. How come? For violating a non-compete clause in the developer agreement, which stops developers for launching their own app…
CyanogenMod nightlies have returned, and this time around they are packing Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Announced just yesterday, I loaded the CyanogenMod RC0 on my T-Mobile G2 as soon as I saw it, and I’m liking what I see. Nightlies ceased being published around the time the Android 2.3 Gingerbread source code was dropped, presumably…
Despite the bumps along the road that the Nexus S has received since it’s release, we know Samsung and Google worked closely together to bring a great Android experience to the Nexus S. It was was the first device to debut with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and it seems that the handset is already running Android…
You know the drill – there so many apps in Apple’s AppStore and developers are having hard time making their apps being discovered by the users. W3i, which already launched Apperang, is out with a new solution that will help solve this problem. The so called Ad-Funded Payment Platform works by rewarding users with virtual…
When it comes to mobile platform security, Trend Micro says that iOS is more secure than it’s open-source competitor, Android. The reason is because of Android’s open-source nature, making it easier for hacker’s to, well, hack, than Apple’s iOS. Trend Micro Chairman Steve Chang said the following to Bloomberg yesterday, “Android is open-source, which means…
Along with the BlackBerry PlayBook WebWorks SDK, RIM announced the opening beta of their Payment service, which won’t only allow in-app purchases, but also content unlocking, and subscription services. This program has been in the works for over a year now, so it’s good to see it’s finally coming to the public. Correct me if…
RIM has had the Adobe AIR SDK available for developers to make apps for the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but for those looking for something a little more accessible, RIM has released the software development kit using WebWorks, based on languages like HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript. As you might expect from the DevCon announcement of…
While there have been a few people who’ve dropped hints saying that Honeycomb will be compatible with Android phones, we’ve yet to get a real confirmation that Honeycomb will be hitting anything other than tablets. Well, it seems Engadget recently got a chance to sit down with Matias Duarte, the WebOS designer lead that Google…
While all the hype is surrounding Android Honeycomb, the next version of the popular mobile OS, dubbed Ice Cream, isn’t completely accurate. According to TechCrunch, and by word of Mr. Andy Rubin himself, the followup to Android 3.0 OS will be called Ice Cream Sandwich. While I’d rather them leave the Sandwich part out, TechCrunch…
Ray Reddy, who used to handle technology licensing and acquisitions at RIM, doesn’t feel particularly confident about the BlackBerry PlayBook‘s future. Right now Reddy is the head of a software startup called PushLife, which is a music management app for Android and BlackBerry, and though he’s looking to spread out into tablets, and already has…