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Android Market app download limit moved to 4GB

Google has confirmed today that direct downloads from the Android Market are now capped at 4GB, compared to the previous 50MB for APK files. ...... 06 Mar 2012 - 6 comments

Cyanogenmod dev suggests a new banned-by-Google app store

The creator of ClockworkMod and ROM Manager for Android has suggested starting a new app store for apps rejected by Google. 24 Jan 2012 - 2 comments

Malicious cloned games dumped from Android Market

Android users attacked again by malicious software that made its way to the Android market, attracting ten thousand downloads. 14 Dec 2011 - 1 comment

The 12/11 list of 10 cent Android Market apps

Here is today's list of 10 cent apps from the Android Market. On Tuesday, the Android Market started an excellent promotion, offering 10 ...... 12 Dec 2011 - 9 comments

The 12/10 list of 10 cent Android Market apps

Here is today's list of 10 cent apps from the Android Market. On Tuesday, the Android Market started an excellent promotion, offering 10 ...... 10 Dec 2011 - 1 comment

The 12/8 list of 10 cent Android Market apps

Here is today's list of 10 cent apps from the Android Market. The deals went live earlier than yesterday, when they didn't go up until 4 PM. ...... 08 Dec 2011 - 3 comments

The 12/7 list of 10 cent Android Market apps

Here is today's list of 10 cent apps from the Android Market. The deals went live at 4 PM. Yesterday, the Android Market started an excellent ...... 07 Dec 2011 - 1 comment

Android Market starts 10 cent app promo to celebrate 10 billion app downloads

The Android Market has started an excellent promotion today, offering 10 days of 10 popular apps for 10 cents. Android's promotion is in ...... 06 Dec 2011 - 7 comments

8 percent of Android Apps leak private information

Researcher identifies offenders among batch of 10,000 Android applications. Security researcher Neil Daswani, of security firm Dasient, has ...... 28 Jul 2011 - 2 comments

Google adds movie rentals to Android Market

Google has updated its Android Market platform this week, allowing U.S. users to rent movies or purchase books right to their smartphone. ...... 15 Jul 2011 - 4 comments

It appears this weekend that Google has pulled a number of popular gaming emulators from the Android Market. All were created by developer ...... 30 May 2011 - 10 comments

Google blocks rooted users from renting movies from Android Market

Google has confirmed today that Android users with rooted devices will not be able to rent movies via the Android Market. The search giant ...... 22 May 2011 - 8 comments

Google I/O conference: Streaming movie rentals headed to Android Market

Following our ongoing coverage of Google's I/O conference, the search giant has announced streaming movie rentals for the Android Market, giving ...... 10 May 2011

Grooveshark pulled from Android Market

Google has pulled the popular Grooveshark music app from the Android Market, following accusations from the record labels that the service facilitates ...... 07 Apr 2011 - 2 comments

Google removes PS1 emulator from Android Market

Google has kicked a PSX emulator for Android devices out of the Android Market. Citing its Content Policy, Google pulled the PSX4Droid application ...... 31 Mar 2011 - 9 comments

Virus-laced Android apps booted from Marketplace

Google has thrown out some rogue applications from the Android Marketplace after it emerged that they contained a virus. All in all, more ...... 04 Mar 2011 - 2 comments

Google shows off Android Market webstore

Google unveiled their web version of the popular Android Market today, live now at market.android.com. The site should help Android device ...... 02 Feb 2011 - 3 comments

Gartner: App downloads to reach 185 billion by end of 2014

Thanks to the massive influx of tablets, research firm Gartner has predicted that app downloads will total 185 billion by the end of 2014. ...... 26 Jan 2011

Android Market hits 200,000 apps?

Androlib has said this week that the Android Market has reached a new milestone, 200,000 apps, just months after October's announcement of 100,000. ...... 31 Dec 2010 - 5 comments

Android Market gets makeover

Google has said this week that the Android Market has gotten a full makeover, with users getting the new "significantly updated" client over ...... 12 Dec 2010 - 1 comment

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