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Over a million combined iOS and Android apps have been released

By Shane McGlaun
on 16 Sep, 2011

Any way you look at it, there are tons of apps on the Android Market and the iTunes App Store. Granted many of them are different copies of the same app or junk that none of us want anyway. Still, there are a million apps now released for Android and iOS combined. That is a very big number and it comes from Appsfire. Appsfire is a new app tracking company.

Sony announces software dev kit for PlayStation Suite to land in November

By Shane McGlaun
on 15 Sep, 2011

Sony made an interesting announcement that will make a big difference in how many games are offered from developers for the Sony line of PlayStation gaming systems and Android devices. The announcement is of the new PlayStation Suite or PS Suite SDK and the SDK will hit for software devs in November. The kit will make developing games for multiple PlayStation devices a snap.

Samsung announces new UK Premium Samsung Apps Store

By Shane McGlaun
on 15 Sep, 2011

Samsung has made an announcement for the UK today that it is opening a new apps store. The store is called the Premium Samsung Apps Store for Android. Samsung says the UK is one of the first locations to get the new store offering premium apps like games and more. The purpose of the store is to sell premium apps to users that complement the free downloads that Samsung offers already.

Sphero for Android coming late 2011

By Cory Gunther
on 14 Sep, 2011

Well folks, this is a pretty unique accessory or game for Android that has finally entered full production mode and should be available for Android coming late in 2011. This is Sphero, and you can control it with your phone or tablet. Below are some final production pictures as well as a neat hands-on video.

Amazon App Store offering great deals for “Geek Week”

By Cory Gunther
on 13 Sep, 2011

The Amazon App store isn't going anywhere anytime soon and the great ideas they have just keep getting better and better. Not only do they offer a free app of the day every single day, but now they look to be starting something called "Geek Week". It may not be every week but they are offering amazing Android apps that many power users (or geeks like myself) will find very useful all at extremely low prices.

Verizon to launch Verizon Apps store for Android

By Shane McGlaun
on 13 Sep, 2011

Verizon leaned heavily on Android smartphones for a long time to battle the iPhone. The company eventually landed its own version of the iPhone and still sells a bunch of Android devices too. Verizon tried to offer its Android customers direct sales of apps for their devices a while back and the direct sales didn’t go well for Verizon. The store will get a second chance soon with a relaunch coming.

DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket App Now available for Android Honeycomb

By Cory Gunther
on 12 Sep, 2011

With the NFL finally getting started this week along with plenty of teams seeing the light (or dark), DirecTV has introduced their own NFL Sunday Ticket app specifically for Android Honeycomb tablets. They have long had a Sunday Ticket app, but this is for Android 3.1 and up tablets only and will be taking advantage of the full 10.1" display similar to the recently released NFL 2011 for Honeycomb by the NFL.

NFL 2011 App for Honeycomb Tablets

By Cory Gunther
on 10 Sep, 2011

Just in time for Football to officially get started yesterday the NFL has released their official NFL 2011 app for Android tablets. This requires Android 3.0 or higher and so far it is amazing. I'm way too excited about this because the NFL Mobile app from Verizon doesn't support tablets and everything else just doesn't compare. Watching highlight videos and checking news in amazing quality built specifically for the 10" display looks incredible. Well done NFL, well done!

GetJar Gold offers premium Android apps for free!

By Shane McGlaun
on 8 Sep, 2011

GetJar just kicked the Amazon Appstore in the twins with the announcement of the GetJar Gold service. GetJar Gold has been in beta testing for the past month and is now ready for the public. Rather than one app you may or many not like for free, GetJar Gold gives you 50 free apps all the time with new apps added. These aren’t apps of questionable quality either. GetJar gold offers some of the coolest games and apps around for free.

Amazon rewarding developers $50 for submitting apps to the Amazon App Store

By Cory Gunther
on 7 Sep, 2011

Amazon looks to grow their app store and seem to really be ramping up the efforts on the Android front. With the possibility of an Android tablet coming soon and more, they are getting ready to start offering rewards to developers that opt to submit their apps into the Amazon App Store. Yay, That reward is $50 dollars.