Android

Not sure how widespread this problem is, but we’ve gotten enough Phantips to justify a post. Apparently, the Google Play Store is experiencing another hiccup this time, where users’ paid applications are disappearing from their “Installed/Up To Date” apps list. Instead of showing paid apps, users are being greeted with either blank or RPC errors. [...]

Ask anyone how they feel about Google and their services, and they’ll likely tell you their single biggest issue with the internet search giant is that you can never expect any kind of technical support. None. Well, Google may be trying to change that image, actually offering 24×7 phone support in the Google Play Store. [...]

I’m sure by now you know the drill but in case you don’t, this here is the world famous Android Overload. It’s here you can always turn when you have that late night hankerin’ for even more things Android. Since not every story that comes our way is published to our front page, we pile [...]

Another day, another Google Play store deal for movies and television. Google has inked a deal with MGM Studios, a move that looks to add about 600 new titles to the Play Store and YouTube for rent. This is a pretty significant signing as we all await 20th Century Fox to jump on the bandwagon. [...]

Are you Slovenia’s biggest Android fan, but bummed that you can’t download apps that aren’t available in your country? Then the latest mod from XDA might be right up your alley. XDA member Deeco7 has posted a modified version of the “Vending.apk” Google Play Store app file, with the aim of allowing anyone to download [...]

Ho boy. It seems that at Android enthusiast can’t get his head down before yet another malware story slides across his writing desk. This time it’s from Japan, where a researcher employed by McCafee found naughty apps in the regional Google Play Store sending private information to a remote server. Carlos Castillo documented his work [...]

Millions of aliens will die in Hexage’s latest game Radiant Defense. Yesterday we revealed that Hexage had a new project in the works and today it hits the Google Play Store. Radiant Defense is free to play without any ads, but players who would like to delve deeper into the game can unlock packs of additional [...]

Android is still dominated by US users thanks to parent company Google’s American focus, but things are getting better for international users, including developers. Today the Android team announced that developers in Mexico, Israel, Poland and the Czech Republic can apply for the Google Play Store and start submitting their apps. So felicitaciones, מזל טוב, gratulacje and gratulace, international devs. Get [...]

Like it or not, the freemium model is here to stay. Last year, Google started allowing in-app purchases for applications on the Play Store, allowing developers to put out a bare-bones application for free and charge customers for additional content from within the app itself. This move only applied to the Play Store, and not [...]

The great thing about open source software is that anybody can use it. The not-so-great thing about open source software… is that anybody can use it. Such was the case with two N64 emulators battling it out on the Google Play Store. According to a massive Reddit thread, the original game emulator was called “Mupen64Plus [...]