May 13th, 2011 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted from the Google News blog)Google News for mobile lets you keep up with the latest news, wherever you are. Today we’re excited to announce a new feature in the U.S. English edition called “News near you” that surfaces news …
May 11th, 2011 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
We’ve seen tremendous growth in Android Market lately. With over 200,000 apps supporting over 300 Android devices, we’ve had 4.5 billion applications installed to date. But with so many apps available, how do you find the ones you really want?…
May 10th, 2011 | by Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead | published in Google Android
As we announced at Google I/O, today we are releasing version 3.1 of the Android platform. Android 3.1 is an incremental release that builds on the tablet-optimized UI and features introduced in Android 3.0. It adds several new features for users and…
May 5th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Jim Cotugno and Nick Mihailovski, engineers who work on Google Analytics — Tim Bray]Today we released a new version of the Google Analytics Android SDK which includes support for tracking e-commerce transactions. …
April 27th, 2011 | by Google Docs | published in Google Docs
Increasingly, people are using mobile phones to access information — from email to web browsing to editing documents. Part of getting work done on the go is being able to easily access, edit and share content, which is why we’re happy to announce th…
April 26th, 2011 | by Dirk Dougherty | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]As part of our ongoing efforts to provide better tools to help you manage your business, we are introducing merchant sales reporting on Android Market. Developers now have conve…
April 13th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Nick Butcher, an Android engineer who notices small imperfections, and they annoy him. — Tim Bray]Since the introduction of the Action Bar design pattern, many applications have adopted it as a way to provide easy …
April 13th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Bridgette Sexton, an innovation advocate for the African tech community. — Tim Bray]En Français.In the past year alone, we have met with over 10,000 developers and techies across Sub Saharan Africa. We are contin…
April 13th, 2011 | by Dirk Dougherty | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]Since last year, we’ve been working to bring the convenience of Direct Carrier Billing to more Android Market users on more carrier networks. Building on the launches to T-Mob…
April 6th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Andy Rubin, VP of Engineering —Tim Bray]Recently, there’s been a lot of misinformation in the press about Android and Google’s role in supporting the ecosystem. I’m writing in the spirit of transparency and in an attem…
April 1st, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
When Google I/O sold out so fast, were kicking around ideas for how to get some of our ticket reserve into the hands of our favorite people: Dedicated developers. Someone floated the idea of a contest, so we had to pull one together double-quick. You…
March 30th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[The contents of this post grew out of an internal discussion featuring many of the usual suspects who’ve been authors in this space. — Tim Bray]In the Android group, from time to time we hear complaints from developers about…
March 29th, 2011 | by Dirk Dougherty | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of Android Market In-app Billing to developers and users. As an Android developer, you will now be able to publish apps that use In-ap…
March 24th, 2011 | by Dirk Dougherty | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Dirk Dougherty]Back in January we announced our plan to introduce Android Market In-app Billing this quarter. We’re pleased to let you know that we will be launching In-app Billing next week.In…
March 24th, 2011 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Patrick Dubroy, an Android engineer who writes about programming, usability, and interaction on his personal blog. — Tim Bray]The Dalvik runtime may be garbage-collected, but that doesn’t mean you can ignore memory…