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Application Where gets relevant with its own local ad network

Mobile advertisements can seem odd and out of context on most ad supported applications. That is why being able to target advertisements to customers when and where they need them is so important. uLocate, the comapany that created Where a location-based search and recommendation app, announced that they are starting their own “hyper-local” advertising network called Where [...]

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App Referrer allows others to be directed to Android apps

App referer is a free app that tries to solve this problem by allowing the user to pick any of the apps they have installed on their Android device, create a QR code for the app in the app store, and then allow the code to be scanned by another Android phone.

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57% of Android Market apps are free, Android Market growing faster

According to Distimo, an "app store analytics" provider, 57%of applications from the Android Market are free. This is compared to iPhone's only 25% and Blackberry's 24% of free applications in their app stores. Does this mean that the Android Market will eventually push developers away because of the lack of money making opportunities?

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ScanLife mobile app brings more QR code scanning to Android

Today Scanbuy announced their newest ScanLife mobile application for Android, Blackberry, and iPhone operating systems. According to their press release Scanbuy is the "global leader in mobile barcode solutions" and is offering "one of the first applications that can read all barcode formats."

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Dex One Corp. Introduces New Android App for Local Business Search

Dex One Corporation is a marketing services company that helps "local businesses reach, win, and keep ready-to-buy customers" by connecting them. Dex One launched a new Android app that allows Android users to easily find and locate local businesses that are within their database.

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Review: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether for non-rooted phones

Good news for owners of non-rooted phones: Mobile Stream’s EasyTether app, already available for Palm, Blackberry, and WinMo users, is now available on the Android Market as a free beta. EasyTether allows you to use your phone’s data connection to provide internet connectivity for your laptop or other device via a USB cable. Because the app [...]

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Intuitive launches Android interface that predicts user actions

UPDATE: Intuitive’s announcement said that this app was available now but they have not released it to end users. It’s available only to OEM’s, meaning you cannot download it. There’s a new app for the Android home screen that aims to make finding apps and contacts an automatic, easy-to-use process. Intuitiver User Interfaces has introduced One [...]

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Wordpress releases native, open-source Android app

Androinica.com is powered by Wordpress, as is almost every other blog on the Internet. So it brings me great pleasure to say that there’s now an official Wordpress application available from Automattic. The new application is designed to put “the Power of WordPress in Your Pocket” and is available for free. Wordpress for Android is an [...]

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Android Apps Alert 13: Slide Screen, Tweetcaster, and aBlackbook

Looking for the best Android apps? Good luck finding them on your own. But if you do stumble across apps people will love, let the world know. Androinica.com encourages users to tweet great apps with the #androidapps tag on Twitter, and we plan to incorporate that into our weekly notifications of new, updated, or recommended [...]

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Review: TwonkyMedia Server Mobile

Announced at this year’s CES, TwonkyMedia Server Mobile allows you to stream media from your Android phone to any UPnP or DLNA capable device on your network. This could include your computer, XBox, or Playstation 3, among other things. Just to see how well this could work in my home, I set up TwonkyMedia Server [...]

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