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Paypal X Developer Challenge for Android offers $50,000 in Prizes

Paypal X Developer Challenge for Android offers $50,000 in Prizes

03 March 2011 by Discuss (1)

It’s back again, the Paypal X Developer Challenge. This time it is targeting everyone’s favorite mobile operating system, Android. The Paypal Developer Challenge is an event where they hold a contest for developers to build the best app that integrates Paypal secure payments into the mix. They have clearly noticed the extreme growth of Android …

Car Locator Android App Makes $13,000 a Month

Car Locator Android App Makes $13,000 a Month

02 March 2010 by Discuss (0)

Developer Edward Kim is undoubtedly pleased with his $13,000/month from the Car Locator app in the Android Market. He states that he made this app as a side project while vacationing with family. Not bad for a side project, this app finished third in Google’s Android Developer Challenge 2.

Winners of the Android Developer Challenge 2 are Announced

Winners of the Android Developer Challenge 2 are Announced

01 December 2009 by Discuss (0)

Yesterday, Google announced the winners of the Android Developer Challenge 2. The way this is done is by a combination of votes from Google-selected judges, who represent 60% of those votes. The rest, which is 40% of the votes, are constituted by the community. The Overall Winner – or Top Three – apps are; SweetDreams, …

JOYity brings mobile gaming into the real world

JOYity brings mobile gaming into the real world

27 October 2008 by Discuss (0)

JOYity has brought social based gaming to a whole new level with Android. JOYity uses GPS to help users play adventure-based games with other people in the real world like it has never been done before. JOYity is not one but three games in a single application. Once you download the application you can either …

Android Community Week in Review – Week 43 2008

Android Community Week in Review – Week 43 2008

26 October 2008 by Discuss (0)

Just before the launch of the T-Mobile G1 this week, Google decided to pull almost all of the applications in the Android Market. It turns out that they were pre-production applications that were only there for demo purposes only. It was not long before applications returned to the Android Market in completed form.  Myspace was …

AndroidDevCamp 1 being held in Dallas

AndroidDevCamp 1 being held in Dallas

25 October 2008 by Discuss (0)

Today an event called AndroidDevCamp is being held in Dallas Texas to help developers prepare for further developing for the Android platform. Developers will be able to learn from not one but two of the Android Developers Challenge winners. Jason Hudgins, developer that worked on Tunewiki (and that is now a part of ShopSavvy), along with …

Android Market charging for apps in early 2009

Android Market charging for apps in early 2009

23 October 2008 by Discuss (3)

Today the Android Market was officially launched, as the Android Developers Blog reported. They wrote a lot about what is expected for developers in order to bring their applications to market. Developers will be able to upload their applications on Monday, October 27th when they have wrapped up all the details. Google requires registration and …

T-Mobile G1 hands-on: Award-Winning Android App feature ShopSavvy

T-Mobile G1 hands-on: Award-Winning Android App feature ShopSavvy

29 September 2008 by Discuss (4)

We had a little bit of time today to get an exclusive one on one time with the G1 for our Android Community members, at a special developers event held in Dallas. The company behind Google Application Challenge award winning app ShopSavvy, Big In Japan – were there, demonstrating the software in action on a …

Big in Japan wins again: $700k startup funding

Big in Japan wins again: $700k startup funding

18 September 2008 by Discuss (0)

Big in Japan’s bank account will be receiving its second major deposit of the year, as the company secured $700,000 of startup funding from Architel, an IT infrastructure company that also offers investment in early-stage Dallas-based tech firms. The money will be used both to develop ShopSavvy, the app Big in Japan are best known …

Big in Japan Exclusive Video Interview

Big in Japan Exclusive Video Interview

12 September 2008 by Discuss (4)

Android Community had an invite to spend some time with developers Big in Japan, the team behind GoCart which was one of the ten apps to win $275,000 in Google’s Android Developer Challenge.  Ewdison Then, our resident Linux expert, made the trip over to their Dallas offices to ask them about the motivation behind GoCart, why …

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