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Some Google Services Seem to be Struggling at the Moment… (Updated)

Kellen March 5, 2015 64

Google Play, Hangouts, and Play Music all seem to be having issues this morning. More specifically, the Chrome Hangouts extension and Android app, Google Play on mobile, and Play Music in the browser, were all having their own issues. Many of us are also...

Google Play Updated to V5.3.5, Includes Minor UI Tweaks

Kellen March 4, 2015 14

A new version of Google Play is rolling out on this here update Wednesday as version 5.3.5. The update seems pretty minor from what I can tell, but does change up a couple of things in individual app/music/movie listings. Instead of the notification bar in...

Google Play Services 7.0 is Rolling Out With New Places, Google Fit APIs, and More

Kellen March 3, 2015 21

Yesterday afternoon, Google began pushing Google Play Services 7.0 to devices. The update introduces a new Places API, a handful of Google Fit APIs that replace the old single API, a new location settings dialog, automatic AdMob and Google Analytics...

Google Hosting Play Store 3rd Birthday Sale, Many Apps, Movies, and Books Marked Down

Tim March 2, 2015 33

Ready to spend some money? To celebrate Google Play's 3rd birthday, Google is hosting a very special sale, marking down prices on movies, TV shows, apps, games, music, and books. Seriously, there should be something here for everyone. A few notable markdowns...

Google Paid Out Over $7 Billion to App and Game Developers in 2014

Tim February 26, 2015 12

Right before Google announced a way to get a portion of its money back from app and game developers through Google Play, the company stated it paid out over $7 billion to publishers in 2014. With over 1 billion Android devices activated across 190 countries,...

“Sponsored” Apps Will Soon be Listed on Google Play

Kellen February 26, 2015 31

It's still probably safe to say that Google is an ad company. Out of all the cool products and services of Google's that you use each day, ads are how Google makes most of its money. So this morning's announcement, about new "sponsored" apps and search results...

Google Play Hosting $5 HD Movie Promotion, Includes Inception, 300, and The Hangover

Tim February 20, 2015 42

For a movie lover such as myself, I have been spending way too much money on buying digital copies of my favorite movies. Now, my entire DVD collection seems basically worthless, as I continue to add to my cloud-based digital collection on Google's servers....

About That Missing Toolbar…Action Bar…Whatever…From the New Google Play Update

Kellen February 20, 2015 36

Yesterday, there was a solid complaint session discussion in our comments about the new Google Play update that is about to add a search box to the top of the main Play page, replacing the Toolbar or action bar or whatever Google is calling it today. The...