Anyone looking to get some premium games on the cheap for their Android device should probably head over to the Google Play market today. Google is offering a series of Longest Day Deals for Android users that offer popular games such as Grand Theft Auto III, NBA Jam and Mass Effect: Infiltrator for just $0.99 a piece. Other 99-cent apps for sale include the ever-popular Draw Something, mSecure Password Manager and RepliGo PDF Reader. The sale... full story ![]()
Earlier this year, Google began a trial program to allow select Android developers the opportunity to respond to their critics on the Play Store. The company announced on Monday that the ability to reply to app reviews has now been expanded to all Google Play developers. Ellie Powers of the Google Play team notes that ever since connecting Play Store reviews with Google+...
yahoo.com (8 days ago)

In August 2011, I outlined why I believed that Chrome was more important to Google than Android. At first blush, this sounds kind of crazy, but when you look at the bigger strategic picture it makes sense. With former Android head Andy Rubin relocating to work on other projects at Google, and Chrome head Sundar Pichai taking over Android, it means that the Android and Chrome...
time.com (2 months and 5 days ago)

Gaming on Android just got a way more legit. Google's just announced its new "Google Play Games" app and service at I/O today, and that comes with a whole bunch of features from achievements to leaderboards to matchmaking, multiplayer, and even cloud saves. Any serious gaming platform nowadays has its own social network to build on, and Google's not to be left out. Your...
gizmodo.com (6 days ago)

Google today announced Google Play game services for iOS and Android at its Google IO conference keynote in San Francisco. Hugo Barra, Google's vice president of Android product management, took the stage during the Google IO keynote to show off the new set of gaming-specific Google APIs. "Let's talk about gaming," Barra said. Google Play game services includes cloud saves...
techradar.com (6 days ago)

Google is getting ready to compete with Apple in the education market in a bigger way with the launch of Google Play for Education, an Android app store for educators.
gigaom.com (6 days ago)
Google appears to be moving more aggressively into gaming and looking to make it more social. The search and advertising giant's timing makes sense considering Google I/O will be held this week and includes a schedule packed with gaming-themed sessions. Plenty of games are already available for Android devices through Google Play. But Android Police got its hands on...
pcworld.com (9 days ago)

The Google Play marketplace app displays a great deal of downloadable Android content, but it’s overall look and presentation left some users wondering if it was designed by a fourth grader or even worse, a corporate pencil pusher...
examiner.com (1 month and 11 days ago)

Google I/O just wrapped up, so now we’re inevitably waiting for all the new features to start rolling out. The first out of the gate is the new Google+ Hangouts app, which is now available for Android. The app replaces Google Talk on Android, and will also eventually make its way to iOS, making it ...
slashgear.com (6 days ago)

Today Facebook announced "Home" a clever way to turn Android devices into what Facebook is calling "a great, living, social phone." I saw the announcement as "if you are on Facebook, you are not on Google, and we did not have to create a phone." According to comScore's January 2013 U.S. Smartphone market share report, 129.4 million people in the U.S. own smartphones, with...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 16 days ago)

If you like Evernote, you'll love a cooler Evernote. At least that's what Google's banking on. Google just announced and released its new organizational app: Google Keep. Evernote's app is highly rated and extremely popular, so Google has some stiff competition. Google presented Keep in a blog post on Wednesday, and the features look impressive. With Keep, users can write...
huffingtonpost.com (2 months and 3 days ago)
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