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Play Store update adds new notifications, remove apps from “all apps” list

By Cory Gunther
on 11 Oct, 2012

Today Google has just issued an update to the Google Play Store. For those that have already received it, you'll quickly notice they've added a few awesome and much awaited for features. We haven't seen an update since August, but today they've started rolling out Google Play Store version 3.9.16 to the masses. Read on below for more details and download links.

Android Community Weekly: September 28th, 2012

By Craig Lloyd
on 30 Sep, 2012

Another great week here at Android Community has wrapped up. There were a lot new app releases, as well as a plethora of news from Google. On the other side of the fence, Apple is still getting a ton of grief for its new Maps app and even apologized for how awful their mapping service is. All we have to say is that it's great to be an Android user right about now.

Google Play Store enters day three of 25 cent sale

By Eric Abent
on 28 Sep, 2012

Day three of Google Play's 25 cent app sale has kicked off, bringing a new round of discounted apps and games with it. We already saw some great deals on day one and day two, and there isn't any lack of them today either. The sale will go on for five days in all, and is a celebration of Google Play recently hitting the 25 billion downloads milestone.

Google Maps updated with new high-resolution images

By Eric Abent
on 28 Sep, 2012

Google is on a roll with the Google Maps updates lately. Earlier this week, the company announced that it had updated Google Maps Street View to include a select number of underwater locations around the world, and today, it has updated Maps once again. This time around, the big G is adding more high-resolution satellite images and a number of 45° aerial images from many places around the world.

Google Play Store Promo Day 2 deals available now

By Cory Gunther
on 27 Sep, 2012

In celebration of Google's Play Store passing the 25 billion apps downloaded milestone earlier this week, they're offering tons of the most popular apps and games all for just a quarter. Yesterday we showed you a list of plenty of popular apps, although the offers weren't that great. Today however they're all looking much better.

Google Play Store hits 25 billion downloads, celebration sale ensues

By Eric Abent
on 26 Sep, 2012

Android users have been frequenting the Google Play Store in a big way, with Google announcing that the store has hit 25 billion downloads. That may not seem like a big deal when you remember that the Apple Store hit 25 billion downloads earlier this year, but it's important to keep in mind that back in 2010, the Google Play Store was only at 1 billion downloads. That's a pretty significant jump in user activity (and, by extension, consumer adoption of Android), so it's only fitting that Google kicks off a new promotion to celebrate this milestone.

SoundCloud introduces in-app audio editing

By Craig Lloyd
on 20 Sep, 2012

SoundCloud is a great platform to upload all of your audio creations to, and a lot of people use it to publish their own music and podcasts for the world to listen in on and hopefully gain some popularity. A big chunk of their user base enjoys using the service's mobile app, and it updated today with some pretty cool new features.

Auto Trader for Android updates with history check and more

By Craig Lloyd
on 20 Sep, 2012

Shopping around for a used car can be a huge pain, and sometimes it's nice to have a mobile app on hand in case you're out and about looking for a good deal. Auto Trader is one of the UK's most popular services to find used vehicles. It's also pretty popular in the US, but the UK Android app updated today with some pretty cool new features.

Twitter for Android adds new profiles, photo streams

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

Despite the recent shake-up with Twitter limiting third-party clients, the social network is still working on improving their user interface to make it more user-friendly and easier on the eyes. Today they've made some significant changes to their web interface, specifically with profile pages. Users can now upload a large header photo to compliment the top of their profile page. The best part of all is that Android users can now join in on the fun.

Pocket for Android adds text-to-speech

By Craig Lloyd
on 18 Sep, 2012

Sometimes, we all get super lazy and just want somebody to read things to us. Other times, our eyes are so burned out that we can't stand to look at another sentence or we're just too busy to focus on reading something that we have to listen to it while we're working. Either way, the popular bookmarking and read-it-later app Pocket (formerly Read It Later) updated its Android app today with a new "Listen" feature that reads aloud articles to you.