Google not only restricts movie distribution on Android devices regionally, but also excludes devices that have been rooted. "Failed to fetch license for [movie title] (error 49)" is the error message according to Winfuture.de, which users with ...
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Google now also with in-app payment
After Apple has offered the possibility to install application features against payment for some time, Google now also catches up and offers in-app purchase. This is especially good news for developers, who can expect higher revenues from ...
Continue readingFirefox 4 Mobile also for Android and Meego
After the release of Firefox 4 for desktops last week, the mobile version is now available, which runs on Android and Meego. The rendering engine of the desktop version is used, as well as Firefox Sync and ...
Continue readingFlash 10.2 for Android 2.x - as beta also for Android 3.0
The promised Flash integration for Android 3.0 "Honeycomb" tablets seems to be taking shape: version 10.2 is now available in the Android Market, which is supposed to bring better integration into the browser under Android 3.0 as well as support for dual-core CPUs, ...
Continue readingGoogle deletes Android app via remote access
Until now it was more of a hypothetical possibility, but now Google has made use of it for the first time and remotely deleted an application on users' phones. Even if users with a tendency to paranoia ...
Continue readingMore than half of the Android devices run with 2.1
As reported by wired.com, 50% of the hits to the Android Market fall on Android 2.1, around 25% each on Android 1.5 and 1.6 - so either the manufacturers have launched updates for their devices ...
Continue readingAndroid Market with over 10,000 apps
According to the site AndroLib, the Android Market now contains more than 10,000 applications, two-thirds of which are free. Google itself does not release any data about the number of applications (and keeps the store ...
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