Hours after GameStop-owned gaming site Kongregate introduced an application giving Android smartphone users access to over 300 free Flash-based games, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) removed the app from its Android Market storefront, contending it was illicitly installing apps. Kongregate confirmed...
Browser-based gaming site Kongregate—owned by retail chain GameStop—introduced Kongregate Arcade, a new smartphone application giving consumers access to over 300 free Flash-based games optimized for Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system. Available on devices running Android 2.2 and...
Location-based services provider TeleNav introduced version 6.2 of its GPS Navigator solution for select devices running Android 2.1 and up, adding new features like expanded Speech Recognition and Quick Search while touting enhanced local search content, additional listings and improved...
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is introducing pre-roll advertisements to its YouTube 2.0 video application for Android, a move that YouTube mobile product manager Andrey Doronichev calls “our largest step in mobile monetization to date.” According to Doronichev, the new pre-roll adds will appear across...
Mobile music discovery solutions provider Shazam will integrate digital streaming music service Spotify, offering iOS and Android device users in Europe direct access to full-track versions of songs they’ve tagged and identified. The Shazam solution pinpoints music from any source, regardless...
Mobile ad impressions generated via smartphones running Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android mobile operating system surpassed Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) rival iOS for the first time in December 2010, mobile ad network Millennial Media reports. Android impressions increased 8 percent month-over-month and...
Multiple sources indicate Google will formally version 2.4 of its Android operating system during its annual I/O developer conference. Android 2.4—a.k.a. “Ice Cream,” or possibly “Ice Cream Sandwich” according to some—will hit smartphones in either June or July. Article...