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“Android Winning” T-Shirt Represents the Growth of the Platform

Kellen February 6, 2012 24

The latest t-shirt design from our favorite Android t-shirt designers is known as "ANDROID WINNING." It's a slide redesign of their Andy vs. shirt, omitting the late Steve Jobs and including some additional green power. I'd have to agree that Android is...

U.S. Government Chooses Android For Its Openness, Can Update Phones in 2 Weeks

Kellen February 3, 2012 42

The U.S. government has been testing Android phones for a couple of years now, but they expect to deliver them to soliders in 2012 according to a report from CNN. Up until this point, government officials and military personnel were not allowed to use...

How to: Install All Carrier-Blocked Apps from the Android Market

Kellen February 3, 2012 156

One of our readers discovered yesterday that through a loophole in the Android Market and browser, you could install Google Wallet. After the community got a hold of this method, they quickly realized that this not only works for Wallet, but just about any app...

Study: iOS Apps Crashing at a Greater Rate than Android Apps

Kellen February 3, 2012 83

According to a new mobile app monitoring startup called Crittercism, iOS apps are crashing at a greater rate than your favorite Android apps. For a 2 month period, a ton of data was compiled and broken down by OS version and in some cases by app, and then into...

Windows Phone 7.5 – How Does it Compare to Android? [Opinion]

Ron February 2, 2012 143

For the past week I've been reviewing the Samsung Focus S. I believe that competition drives innovation, so I love spending time with multiple devices and operating systems to see what works well and what doesn't. I think most of us have spent some quality...

Facebook for Android Receives Update – Bugs Fixes and Better Memory Management Included

Kellen February 2, 2012 34

Facebook for Android updated this afternoon, bringing with it bug fixes and some sort of better memory management. We are hearing that it has made the overall experience much faster, but that's all in the eye of the beholder. Here is the note from Facebook: We...

Google Introduces “Bouncer” Security Service for Android: Shows Massive Drop in Malicious Downloads, Calls Out Anti-Malware Companies

Kellen February 2, 2012 31

Moments ago, Google unveiled a security service that has been working behind the scenes on Android for a few months now, codenamed Bouncer. The service allows the Android Market to scan apps that have been uploaded, analyze them for trojans or other malware,...

February’s Android Distribution Chart is Out – Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich Shares Grow Slightly

Kellen February 2, 2012 15

Back in January, Android 4.0 made up for all of 0.6% of the world Android market share. As of February 2, it has jumped up to a full 1% as a handful of tablets received updates from Honeycomb. Gingerbread as expected, remained king, growing another few...