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Google’s Android team joins the rest of us on Twitter

By Michael Crider
on 13 Oct, 2011

If you're reading this and you're even a casual user of Twitter, you probably want to hit this link up right away. Google's Android development team has just created its own Twitter account, @Android. Just an hour after their first message, they've already over 4,000 followers - and it's growing fast.

HTC recruiting event October 24th in Mountain View, looking to hire developers

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Oct, 2011

Do you love Android and wish you could land a dream job developing for a company like HTC? Well this could be your chance. This month HTC is holding basically a job fair but they are calling it a developer recruiting event. On the 24th and 25th in Mountain View, CA the event will last 1 hour and HTC will be looking to fill various developer jobs in their Android and mobile teams. They want to meet and see some local talent and this could be the perfect opportunity for many of you developers out there.

Android Developers YouTube Channel Confirms Ice Cream Sandwich Launch

By Cory Gunther
on 6 Oct, 2011

Well folks, would you look at this. The official Android Developers YouTube channel has now confirmed we will see Android 2.4 (or 4.0) Ice Cream Sandwich detailed at the CTIA Samsung Unpacked event next week. While this isn't a big surprise seeing it from the official channel makes it even more official. We will be seeing the next Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich next week, and we'll be there live to bring you all the details.

Funf app open sources MIT smartphone sensor research

By Michael Crider
on 5 Oct, 2011

You're all familiar with the accelerometer inside your Android phone, but what you might not know is that the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been using this and other data inputs to learn new things about the way we move and live. Now the MIT Media Lab is making its tracking technology available to all, allowing users to reach the same conclusions on a personal and social level. The new app, Funf Journal (give 'em a break, they're geniuses), can be downloaded and installed directly from MIT.

Android devs hit by Lodsys in-app patent legal threats

By Chris Davies
on 27 May, 2011

The patent holder targeting iOS App Store developers over their use of in-app purchasing systems has apparently turned its attention to Android developers now, with at least one coder claiming to have received a legal threat over their software. Lodsys grabbed headlines after issuing independent App Store developers with demands for patent licensing over some of the technologies used in in-app purchasing systems, despite Apple having already licensed those patents. "We recently implemented in-app purchases for our Android application" Android developer markusn82 writes, "and several weeks later we received a letter from Lodsys, claiming that we infringed on their patents." So far we're yet to hear from any other developers similarly targeted. Apple has announced its intent to support iOS developers, arguing that it licenses the Lodsys patents under an agreement that allows it to offer the resulting technologies to its business partners and customers. The expectation is that Google will take a similar stance. [via MacRumors]

Samsung Android Developer Forums Official

By Chris Burns
on 16 May, 2011

Today Samsung announced a brand new set of forums for developers on Android specifically for their Samsung devices. This new place to talk and exchange ideas will work through their already existing developer site: http://developer.samsung.com/ and is set to act as a conduit for the news and updates area of the Samsung Developers site. This area will draw on all walks of Android development life: bada, Java, Widgets, Themes, etc, and will be a single gateway for SDK's tutorial videos, hardware updates, software updates, and more.

Amazon clears the air on their AppStore Developer Agreement

By James DeRuvo
on 15 Apr, 2011

There seems to have been a bit of confusion over details in the Amazon AppStore Developer Agreement. There was apparently two different versions, one in PDF and one in text, and the plaint text version was an old version from before last November. Amazon had altered the ADA then, to reflect a definition of list price in the store. That likely means the some lazy intern forgot the post the new text file and confusion reigned. It's now been fixed.

In-app billing for Android is ready for testing

By Shane McGlaun
on 25 Mar, 2011

We reported in early February that Android was going to be getting in-app billing this quarter. That would mean that you could call in those Eagles in Angry Birds if you want and buy up all sorts of upgrades using real money as you play some of your favorite games. The downside to in-app billing as some other smartphone users have found out is that you can rack up a bill fast if the charges aren't made clear.