Tag Archives: Google Play

Google Play Books updated to allow user uploads, supports EPUB and PDF

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With the exception of a brief mention in Google Play for Education, Mountain View’s book platform was all but absent from its Google I/O presentation. Still, the service is getting updated with a significant new feature: user uploads. It hasn’t ro…


All Google Play developers can now respond to user reviews

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All Google Play developers can now reply to user reviews, according to a post on the Android Developers Blog today. Devs can publicly respond to reviews via the Google Play Developer Console, with responses showing up in Google Play. The feature h…


Google now lets all Play developers respond to user reviews

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It looks like you’ll soon be seeing more comments from app makers on Google Play. According to a post on the Android Developers Blog today, all developers can now reply to user reviews via the Google Play Developer Console, with responses showing …


Carmageddon comes to Android thanks to dangerously deranged Kickstarter backers

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Having crushed its $400K funding target on Kickstarter last year, Stainless Games has now ported its resurrected vehicular combat game to Android. This latest mobile version of Carmageddon can be had on Google Play for $1.99. Show sufficient disre…


RunKeeper for Android and iOS now talks to Pebble smartwatches

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Although more than a few runners track their progress through apps like RunKeeper, it’s doubtful that many of them like reaching for their smartphones just to check their pace. Thanks to an updated RunKeeper app, they’ll only have to look at the P…


Starz, Encore and Movieplex Play apps arrive on Android

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Starz Play has had a home on iOS since October, but now it’s made the jump to Android, and it’s brought Encore Play and Movieplex Play along with it. By wielding the apps, users can stream video from the TV network over WiFi and 3G — provided the…


Amazon Appstore launches in China, continues its world tour

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Amazon let its world domination plans be known last month when it asked developers to start submitting apps to line its virtual displays in more countries. While China was notably absent from immediate expansion plans, Amazon launched its Appstore…


B&N cuts Nook HD, HD+ prices this week, hopes you’ll gift mom poetry and prose May 12

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As if bringing the Nook HD and HD+ access to Google Play this week wasn’t already a sweet deal, Barnes & Noble is temporarily slashing the prices for its two reading-focused tablets. The reductions will last until the end of Mother’s Day, putt…


Pebble gets a golf app now, two-way app support within a month

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Pebble and its developer partners have been working at a manic pace in recent days, and they’ve just released a flood of status updates that prove they’re not easing up. Along with confirming that the first red watches have shipped inside of the p…


XBMC for Android’s End User Friendly build gets stable release

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Back in January, XBMC for Android trotted out what it called the first End User Friendly build of its mobile media center — a release designed with compatibility in mind. Half a million downloads later, the team is ready for the custom build’s fi…