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Amazon Follows Android Market Sale with $.10 Apps but Needs to Think More About Kindle Fire

December 7, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Yesterday word broke that the Google was putting some Apps in the Android Market Place on sale for a dime. Yep, $.10. Not surprisingly Amazon followed suit today putting some Apps on sale for the same paltry dime.

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Should You Pay $35 to Root Your Nook Color?

July 15, 2011 at 9:00 am

Thanks to a service called Nook2Android, you can have a rooted Nook Color for just $35. Should you pay someone to do this for you? What do you get for the money?

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RIM Demos Android Apps on BlackBerry PlayBook, Again (Video)

May 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm

RIM has released another video demo of Android apps running on the BlackBerry Playbook.

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RIM Demos Android Apps Running on BlackBerry PlayBook (Video)

May 3, 2011 at 1:56 pm

Today at BlackBerry World, RIM showed off some Android applications on how they work with the BlackBerry PlayBook.

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Sprint Brings Carrier Billing to The Android Market

April 13, 2011 at 12:33 pm

Sprint has joined AT&T and T-Mobile in adding a carrier billing option for Android Market app purchases.

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The App-ification of Software Prices: Why Prices Are On the Decline

April 13, 2011 at 12:00 pm

The app stores are pushing software prices down and Apple's unbundle strategy is having the same effect.

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Android Still Poses Problems for Developers

April 8, 2011 at 5:30 am

Google's Android still faces several challenges when it comes to dealing with developers.

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BlackBerry PlayBook Officially Will Be Able To Run Android Apps

March 24, 2011 at 3:52 pm

RIM has confirmed that its upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android applications.

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On the topic of Android Market gift cards…

December 29, 2010 at 9:48 am

As I mentioned earlier today (and a few times prior), developers will stick with iOS because that's where the money is. iOS started the game with gift cards and millions of paying customers through iTunes.

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Android making it easier to buy, stream and sync music and apps

May 20, 2010 at 5:04 pm

Google is making a play at Apple's stronghold. Not the iPod, nor the iPhone or iPad, but iTunes. Music purchasing is coming to Android Marketplace, and it's being backed up with seamless ways to sync and stream from your PC.

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Android Market at 50K this week and rising

April 27, 2010 at 9:29 am

[caption id="attachment_25436" align="alignright" width="237" caption="From AndroLib.com"][/caption] Our hats off and hardy congrats to Android!  It looks like as of this week, the Android Market will hit 50,000 applications available for download.

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Google Fires a Shot at Apple in the App Store Wars with a Return Policy

February 18, 2009 at 6:22 am

As the App Store wars heat up, Google has fired a shot directly at Apple by announcing a policy that allows for customers to return apps for a refund if they aren't happy.

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