Responding to a Twitter campaign led by LGBT activist website AllOut.org, Google this week pulled a controversial app called “Is My Son Gay?” from its Android Market.
The app was released last month to immediate controversy, with many upset by the idea of an app that, following a 20-question quiz, would tell parents whether their sons …
According to a new survey by Nielsen, the most used app by men as indicated by metered device usage is—drumroll, please—Google Maps.
In taking a look at how many Android owners used an app in the past 30 days, the study found that 77.1% of males used Google Maps (disregarding the requisite Android Market app).
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Netflix on Android: It’s been a rocky, pot hole-filled road until recently. It wasn’t until May of this year that streaming video features made it to certain Android handsets and, even then, the initial number of supported devices sat at just five.
Netflix promised to “aggressively” add to that list, and we now find that the app is …
An update to the Android Market is on the way, with less sickly pea green than ever before.
The Android Market redesign is meant to emphasize movies and books alongside apps and games. Each type of media gets its own fat rectangle on the Market home page, with extra blocks for featured content on the sides and on top. It looks like a …
At last, Skype’s Android app supports video calling, but it’s only available on four phones for now.
Video calling works over Wi-Fi and 3G, and is supported on the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Google Nexus S. The common thread among these phones is that they all run Android 2.3, but a Skype …
AT&T is reportedly doing the right thing by allowing Android phone users to install apps from outside the Android Market.
Starting today, an update will enable non-Market app installation — also known as sideloading — on the HTC Inspire 4G, HTC Aria and Samsung Captivate, Android Central reports. All future Android phones will also …
Unless you own one of the five phones that support Netflix’s new Android app, Thursday’s announcement was worthless.
But thanks to some clever folks on Reddit, Netflix’s petty device restrictions needn’t apply. With a rooted Android smartphone, you can trick Netflix into thinking your device is approved for streaming video. It’s not a …
People have been throwing the F-word around with reckless abandon concerning the sudden appearance of the ability to stream movies and TV shows with the official Netflix app for Android phones.
Not so fast, though. The streaming feature is only available for the following handsets: HTC Incredible, HTC Nexus One, HTC Evo 4G, HTC G2 and …
Business cards: can’t stand them. Can. Not. Stand. Them. If you want me to be able to get ahold of you, just give me your fax number, okay? Teletype works, too. In a pinch, I’ll hit you on your beeper—if I leave “911″ after my callback number, call back quickly! It’s an emergency.
Let’s get totally serious, though. If I’m given a …
After a long, cold, dark, snowy, jerky winter, we’ve officially hit some nice weather. And not the fake nice weather where it’s nice for half the day and then it rains and then the next day it snows—fool me once, shame on you; fool me pretty much all of April, shame on me for breaking out my short-shorts and donating all my warm …
Smart move, Microsoft. Smart. Move.
In an effort to bolster app development for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, Microsoft has given app makers a new tool that eases the burden of programming their existing iPhone apps for Microsoft’s phones.
It’s not as simple as dropping in an iPhone app and watching a Windows Phone-friendly …
Those affected by the recent storms in the South may want to check out the Global Alert Networks hands-free mobile alerts app. Available for Android and BlackBerry phones, the app runs in the background and uses your phone’s GPS chip to determine if you’re within range of severe weather. If so, it’ll send you an audio message that gets …
