December 6th, 2010 | by Xavier Ducrohet, Android SDK Tech Lead | published in Google Android
Today we’re announcing a new version of the Android platform — Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). It includes many new platform technologies and APIs to help developers create great apps. Some of the highlights include:Enhancements for game development: To …
December 6th, 2010 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Cross-posted from the Official Google BlogToday is the first page in a new chapter of our mission to improve access to the cultural and educational treasures we know as books. Google eBooks will be available in the U.S. from a new Google eBookstore. Yo…
December 1st, 2010 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog.)While we’ve had oodles of Google doodles on our desktop homepage since Larry and Sergey created our very first in 1998, doodles on our mobile homepage have been few and far between. Today, we’re happy to …
November 24th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
[This post is by Eric Chu, Android Developer Ecosystem. —Tim Bray]Providing users with more information about applications on Android Market has been a top request from Android users. Starting in a few weeks, we will be showing content ratings for a…
November 18th, 2010 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
Man … can go up against gravitation in a balloon, and why should he not hope that ultimately he may be able to stop or accelerate his drift along the Time-Dimension, or even turn about and travel the other way.H.G. WELLS, The Time Machine – Google Bo…
November 15th, 2010 | by Julie Z | published in Google Mobile
Google Maps on Android just got even hotter with Hotpot, our new local recommendation engine that helps you discover places you’ll love based on opinions from you and your friends. Here’s how to get the benefits of Hotpot on your phone:Rate places …
November 15th, 2010 | by effie | published in Google Mobile
When we launched Google Shopper in February, I never expected that my 20% project would quickly become one of Google’s most popular Android applications. With over 2.5 million downloads in just 9 months, many Android users are using Shopper to help …
November 11th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
We’ve had quite a bit of discussion in this space recently about how to make sure that your app is visible in Android Market to any device that can run it, and only to those devices. In particular, check out two recent pieces by Reto Meier, Future-P…
November 10th, 2010 | by Tim Bray | published in Google Android
Almost instantly after I joined Google, it became obvious to me that the number-one area where Android developers wanted to see action and progress was in Android Market; your concerns in this area vastly outweighed whatever issues might be bothering y…
November 8th, 2010 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Searching with Google on your Windows Phone 7 device just got easier. The Google Search app for Windows Phone 7 provides quick and convenient access to a rich set of search results, allowing you to search the web, images, local, news, and more. This …
November 4th, 2010 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Mobile
(Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog.)Google Instant makes search faster by displaying not just predictions but actual search results as you type. This saves valuable time on a desktop browser, but wouldn’t it be great to have Google Instant on …
October 29th, 2010 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
The United States midterm election is on Tuesday, November 2, and we encourage all eligible US citizens to get out and vote. We’ve made it easy to find your polling place and follow election news by visiting our Election Center mobile site at m.goog…
October 28th, 2010 | by Chris Nguyen | published in Google Mobile
Lately, we’ve been working on giving you even better ways to find nearby places with Google Maps for Android, such as the Places icon and rich Place pages. Today, we are launching Google Maps 4.6 with a new design for Place page reviews, more options…
October 28th, 2010 | by Lawrence Chang | published in Google Apps, Google Mobile
(Cross-posted and excerpted from the Official Google Enterprise Blog)With over 200,000 devices activated each day, Android is seeing rapid adoption, and today we are launching new administrative controls that make it possible to securely manage these d…
October 21st, 2010 | by Ryan Pollock | published in Google Mobile
Over the past few weeks we have launched Voice Search in four new languages: Russian, Polish, Czech and Turkish. Try speaking queries like “концерты Юлии Савичевой” (tour dates for Yulia Savicheva), “przepis na pierogi” (r…