Google announced today that paid applications are coming to the Android marketplace. This is a long-awaited move by developers (who need to make money to develop quality applications) and customers (who want high-quality applications). Mashable says developers can set their own pricing when submitting, with Google taking a 30 percent transaction fee. Here’s some related [...]
A Google Android engineer, now working for Coupons, Inc., will now work with the iPhone application Grocery iQ. This either means ex-Android engineer Stephen Horowitz will work on the iPhone app, or he’ll work on bringing that iPhone app to Android. According to Jason Boehle, co-founder of Free State Labs, LLC, the independent iPhone developer, [...]
Here’s a collection of funny mobile application stories shared on Twitter. Feel free to share your own. “Irony is: Accidentally dropped my iPhone in a pint of Karl Straus while showing off the iBeer app. oops. It is now out for repair.” @ Jeremy Young, on Twitter “This is funny – Google lets app on [...]
Google Android engineer Stephen Horowitz is leaving to become chief technology officer of Coupons, Inc. Horowitz’s move means an integrated system for coupons on many mobile phones may happen more quickly. It also sets Google back as its application store has yet to take off. Venture Beat speculates that this could create an integrated coupon [...]
The next Android-based mobile phone is being delayed so that it can be better prepared for mobile applications, according to the manufacturer’s founder. Ed Hardy writes on Brighthand that the Kogan Agora was scheduled to debut later this month as the second mobile phone running Google’s Android operating system. The company’s founder, Russlan Kogan, released [...]
