Amazon has more than 5,000 Android apps ready to use the Test Drive feature, and it aims to make the entire Appstore catalog available. full story ![]()
Amazon on Wednesday announced that it is continuing the global expansion of its Appstore for Android.
pcmag.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Amazon over the weekend quietly launched its Android Appstore in China, beating out Google to the market.
pcmag.com (17 days ago)
Filed under: InvestingAmazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), often seen as the most progressive tech company in America, will expand its Appstore so "that developers can now submit their apps for distribution in nearly 200 countries." Amazon may not have a ready customer base in most of those countries, but the announcement makes its reach seem impressive, even if it is...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Amazon Expands Global App Distribution to Nearly 200 Countries - Developers Should Submit Their Apps Soon to Reach Millions More Active Amazon Customers Developers around the world reporting high monetization rates with Kindle Fire and Amazon Appstore SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (NAS: AMZN) - Amazon.com, Inc. continued the global expansion of its...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 6 days ago)

Looking to increase the value of its Android-based Nook tablets, Barnes & Noble on Friday said it will offer a different paid app free of charge every Friday for Nook HD, Nook HD+, Nook Tablet, and Nook Color owners. The promotion kicks off March 8 with a free download of OfficeSuite Professional 7 from MobiSystems. Office Pro 7 usually costs $15 at the Nook app store...
pcworld.com (2 months and 17 days ago)
Filed under: Investing Amazon plans to expand its Appstore to about 200 countries in the coming months, building on launches in a handful of European countries and Japan. Amazon's announcement of the expansion yesterday is aimed at enticing more developers onto its platform before the company launches officially in places including Brazil, Australia, Canada, Papua New...
dailyfinance.com (1 month and 4 days ago)
MENLO PARK, Calif. — With its new “Home” on Android gadgets, Facebook aims to put its social network at the center of people’s mobile experiences.If users choose to download Facebook’s Home software starting on April 12, the social network will become the hub of their Android smartphones. A phone from HTC that comes pre-loaded with Home will also be available starting that...
savannahnow.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
A few months ago we wrote about Amazon's new virtual currency for Kindle users called "coins" to purchase apps, games, and in-app items on the Kindle Fire. Today, Amazon announced that customers can now use Amazon Coins, and to celebrate the launch, Amazon just deposited 500 free Coins-a $5 value - into all U.S. Kindle Fire users' accounts.
forbes.com (10 days ago)
With new software, Facebook seeks to be mobile ‘home’ of Android users by Vince Horiuchi The Salt Lake Tribune Published Apr 4, 2013 12:30PM MDT Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg introduced Thursday a software suite for Android phones that fully integrates the social network into the rest of the phone’s apps. Facebook Home is not an app or a complete overhaul of the Android...
sltrib.com (1 month and 18 days ago)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Amazon.com is the first Western technology company to offer a platform for paid Android applications in China. The company has officially launched an Android app store in the country, offering both free and paid apps. Amazon has beaten Google to the punch, as the Google Play app store only offers free apps in China. Amazon has been expanding its...
thestreet.com (17 days ago)
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