Today Google unveiled a new tool to fight malware in the Android Market, appropriately named Bouncer. Hiroshi Lockheimer, VP of Engineering for Android made the announcement on the Google Mobile blog, and it seems to address most concerns users …
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Android Market security addressed by Google’s new Bouncer
February 2nd, 2012 
Jerry Hildenbrand 
Posted in News 
Tags: Android, bouncer, google, malware, scanning, server side, smartphone, Smartphones, tablet, Tablets 
No Comments »Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire begins to cool off, study suggests
February 2nd, 2012 Todd Haselton Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has started to cool off according to one study. ChangeWave published results of a survey on Thursday, which found that just 2% of customers in January were “very likely” to buy a Kindle Fire, down from 4% in December. Respondents who were “somewhat likely” to buy the tablet fell as well, from 13% in December to 10% in January, though demand following the holidays is expected to slow. Amazon’s tablet has better satisfaction ratings than several other tablets, however. ChangeWave’s survey found that 54% were “very satisfied” with the Kindle Fire, compared to 49% of those surveyed who were “very satisfied” with other tablets and 74% who were “very satisfied” with the iPad. Read
Posted in News Tags: amazon, Android, ChangeWave, demand, Kindle Fire, study, survey, tablet, Tablets No Comments »Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire begins to cool off, study suggests
February 2nd, 2012 Todd Haselton Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has started to cool off according to one study. ChangeWave published results of a survey on Thursday, which found that just 2% of customers in January were “very likely” to buy a Kindle Fire, down from 4% in December. Respondents who were “somewhat likely” to buy the tablet fell as well, from 13% in December to 10% in January, though demand following the holidays is expected to slow. Amazon’s tablet has better satisfaction ratings than several other tablets, however. ChangeWave’s survey found that 54% were “very satisfied” with the Kindle Fire, compared to 49% of those surveyed who were “very satisfied” with other tablets and 74% who were “very satisfied” with the iPad. Read
Posted in News Tags: amazon, Android, ChangeWave, demand, Kindle Fire, study, survey, tablet, Tablets No Comments »Facebook Android app gets an update for bugfixes, memory management
February 2nd, 2012 Phil Nickinson Facebook's Android application just got an update that the social network says will bring better memory management, and "all kinds of bug fixes." If history repeats, we should see an update to fix this update any time now. Source: Facebook
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Applications, Apps, facebook, facebook for android, smartphone, update No Comments »Facebook Android app gets an update for bugfixes, memory management
February 2nd, 2012 Phil Nickinson Facebook's Android application just got an update that the social network says will bring better memory management, and "all kinds of bug fixes." If history repeats, we should see an update to fix this update any time now. Source: Facebook
Posted in News Tags: Android, app, Applications, Apps, facebook, facebook for android, smartphone, update No Comments »Yahoo launches own app search engine, wants to make app discovery better for all
February 2nd, 2012 Richard Devine Yahoo – you know, that other search engine — have added a search category for Android applications. The main search results page sees a new tab labelled "Apps" giving users the opportunity to find Android applications attached to…
Posted in News Tags: Android, android app search, Android Market, app discovery, app reviews, Applications, Market, Yahoo, yahoo app search No Comments »Yahoo launches own app search engine, wants to make app discovery better for all
February 2nd, 2012 Richard Devine Yahoo – you know, that other search engine — have added a search category for Android applications. The main search results page sees a new tab labelled "Apps" giving users the opportunity to find Android applications attached to…
Posted in News Tags: Android, android app search, Android Market, app discovery, app reviews, Applications, Market, Yahoo, yahoo app search No Comments »RIM tells Android developers to get apps ready, offers PlayBooks to sweeten the deal
February 2nd, 2012 Richard Devine Keen to get as many Android applications as possible on board before PlayBook OS 2.0 hits, Research In Motion has put the call out to Android developers everywhere. Get them ready for launch now! The world has known for some time now that RIM we…
RIM tells Android developers to get apps ready, offers PlayBooks to sweeten the deal
February 2nd, 2012 Richard Devine Keen to get as many Android applications as possible on board before PlayBook OS 2.0 hits, Research In Motion has put the call out to Android developers everywhere. Get them ready for launch now! The world has known for some time now that RIM we…
February’s Android Distribution Chart is Out – Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich Shares Grow Slightly
February 2nd, 2012 Kellex 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…
