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Google Developer Advocate defends Android Market’s lack of pre-screening

August 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The Android Market has things it’s not supposed to have. There are sex apps, work that violates the intellectual property of dozens of right holders, and apps that are technically illegal. Sadly, it als…

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Lack of paid apps in Android Market contributes to app piracy [OPINION]

August 3, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Google recently announced a new licensing system to combat app piracy. Developers are pleased to see stronger protection of their creation, but if Google really wants to fight theft, it should expand paid app…

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Lifestyle

Android’s eBook app rush explained: Amazon expects eBooks to outsell paperbacks next year

July 29, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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A month ago, Aldiko stood alone as one of the only usable Android apps that provided an ereading experience. Since then, the big names in the book distribution market – Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Border…

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Carriers

Verizon WILL introduce tiered data. Here’s why it does and does not make sense.

July 21, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Verizon has been hinting for months that it would switch to tiered data plans, most likely to come when the carrier introduced LTE next year. But rumors are circulating that they could introduce data plans as ea…

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Google

Nexus One officially sold-out. Google closes phone store. (Forever?)

July 21, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Well that didn’t take long, now did it? Google announced last week that it was receiving its last shipment of Nexus One’s from HTC and would stop selling the device directly. Just a short time later…

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Google reportedly working on UI; will stock Android ever be cool again?

June 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Android was ugly. That’s why so many people were wowed by HTC Sense, and why virtually every company releasing an Android product has decided to add its own interface layered on top of the operating syste…

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Qik on the HTC EVO: A lesson in poor app launches [OPINION]

June 5, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Qik has the world at its finger tips. The personal video streaming service has a dream opportunity that most start-ups would kill for: pre-installation on what could prove to be the year’s best-selling Androi…

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Dear Google, Please buy AppBrain and DoubleTwist
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Dear Google, Please buy AppBrain and DoubleTwist

May 14, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Next week, Google will host thousands of Android developers and enthusiasts at its annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco. In a series of messages to the Android team, Androinica.com hopes to give some…

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Dear Google: Please let Android developers target their apps for specific devices
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Dear Google: Please let Android developers target their apps for specific devices

May 12, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Next week, Google will host thousands of Android developers and enthusiasts at its annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco. In a series of totally unauthorized but wholly-constructive criticism, And…

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Dear, Google: Please adopt a more traditional method to sell phones
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Dear, Google: Please adopt a more traditional method to sell phones

May 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Next week, Google will host thousands of Android developers and enthusiasts at its annual Google I/O conference in San Francisco. In anticipation of this, Androinica.com hopes to give some totally unauthor…

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Android fragmentation is here to stay – deal with it. [OPINION]
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Android fragmentation is here to stay – deal with it. [OPINION]

May 4, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Android fragmentation is here to stay – deal with it. I had to include that statement twice just to make sure people recognize this predicament. No matter how much we complain or shake our fists at Google and the O…

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Parents want Android to be more kid friendly, and they are half-right [OPINION]
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Parents want Android to be more kid friendly, and they are half-right [OPINION]

May 3, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Hey, baby, come over here and get some of this Android loving. And do it quick before the Parents Television Council gets in the way because it has Android in sight for some old-fashioned American censorship. Ac…

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What Android outpacing iPhone traffic teaches us
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What Android outpacing iPhone traffic teaches us

April 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The latest AdMob statistics reveal that Android has finally passed iPhone in web traffic served through AdMob’s network. It’s not an actual indicator that Android has outgrown iPhone (Apple’s sales data sho…

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Android users love porn as much as Steve Jobs hates freedom
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Android users love porn as much as Steve Jobs hates freedom

April 20, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Dear Steve Jobs, Hey, it’s me again! Oh, that’s right, we’ve never met. I’m Dodrina, one of those filthy deviants who looks at pornography all day in between breaks from work and eati…

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Twitter confirms official Android app on the way, but which one will it choose?
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Twitter confirms official Android app on the way, but which one will it choose?

April 14, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Give me my $20! Last week, I bet our readers that Twitter would develop an official Android client. My hunch was a loaded assumption based on comments made by a Twitter investor/board member, and the move starte…

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I bet $20 that an official Android Twitter client is coming [OPINION]
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I bet $20 that an official Android Twitter client is coming [OPINION]

April 8, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Remember when I said that developers should use NAV4ALL’s demise as a lesson to be careful when your business is dependent on another service? Well, Twitter investor Fred Wilson said the same in a blog po…

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