Google Play in-app purchases revenue shoots up by 700 percent; subscription revenues double

19 May, 2013, 2:07 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Apps 1 Comments

In addition, average revenue per user from the Android install base has also spiked up 2.5 times in comparison to the figures for the same time in 2012. More

Four Gameloft games will get updated to use Google Play Game Services

16 May, 2013, 3:06 pm IST Shunal Doke Handheld Gaming

Gameloft has announced that it is updating three of its popular multiplayer-focused games – Dungeon Hunter 4, Asphalt 7: Heat and Modern Combat 4: Zero More

Google+ Games get the axe with the launch of Google Play Games

16 May, 2013, 1:48 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web services

Even as Google took the wraps off the much talked about Google Play Games services, the company has announced that it will be shuttering its Google+ Games More

Google Play Music All Access unveiled, to cost $9.99 per month

15 May, 2013, 10:34 pm IST Shunal Doke Web services

Google has announced new features for its music service. The new services are part of Google Play Music All Access. It has a focus on a radio-styled service More

Google Play Game Services unveiled

15 May, 2013, 10:08 pm IST Shunal Doke Web services

Google has announced Google Play Game Services at its ongoing Google I/O event. The Google Play game services includes bunch of new APIs that facilitate... More

Play Store gets updated UI, permissions tweak before Google I/O

15 May, 2013, 10:43 am IST Nishtha Kanal Android

With the Google I/O coming up, it looks like Google is ready to let us in on a few early goodies. Google Play has received a great new update that features More

Developers can now reply to user queries right from Google Play Store

14 May, 2013, 2:59 pm IST Anujeet Majumdar Android

The gap that has always existed between developers making apps and the users, their customers, has finally been bridged... More

32 apps on Google Play infected by BadNews malware

21 Apr, 2013, 2:20 pm IST Shunal Doke Android 4 Comments

Google removes apps found to have been infected by BadNews, which sends messages to premium charge text numbers. More

Google+ Comments comes to Blogger

19 Apr, 2013, 12:10 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android

Watch out Facebook, Google is snapping at your ankles already. The search giant has announced that it is making Google+ comments available on Blogger now. More

Revamped Google Play Store to bring operator billing support for India

15 Apr, 2013, 1:14 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Android

Looks like along with the cosmetic and visual changes in the Play Store, Google has added the ability for Android users to pay using their billing plan with More

Google revamps Play Store; new UI is cleaner, more accessible

10 Apr, 2013, 11:00 am IST Nishtha Kanal Android

After weeks of leaks, Google has begun rolling out a new design for the Play Store. The Store now sports a cleaner user interface... More

Google kicks 60,000 low-quality apps out of Play Store

09 Apr, 2013, 6:15 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Android 3 Comments

The Google Play Store is now much lighter and refreshed thanks to 60,000-odd low quality apps being taken off it. The search giant apparently booted... More

Facebook launches TV commercial for Facebook Home

08 Apr, 2013, 11:10 am IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking

Facebook has launched an advertising campaign for its new launcher on Android. The company is trying to showcase that Facebook Home is all about... More

Leaked screenshot of new Google Play Store shows cleaner UI

08 Apr, 2013, 9:38 am IST Nishtha Kanal Social Networking 1 Comments

Sick of seeing a cluttered Google Play Store every time you’re trying to download an app? Well, it looks like Google is about to revamp its Android store More

Microsoft: Facebook Home? We put 'people first' two years ago with Windows Phone!

06 Apr, 2013, 9:53 am IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

While the world seems to have trained its eyes on Facebook Home and listened to Mark Zuckerberg More

Apple reportedly closing deals with music labels for its music streaming service

05 Apr, 2013, 10:21 am IST Nishtha Kanal Smartphones

Rumours about Apple’s music streaming service have just become louder. Apple is reportedly close to inking a deal with Warner Music and Universal Music More

Google aiming for July launch of second-gen Nexus 7

03 Apr, 2013, 3:38 pm IST Nikhil Subramaniam Tablets

The search giant is looking to carpet-bomb the market with an aim to ship more than 8 million second-generation Nexus 7 tablets after a July launch. More

Twitter introduces new Cards, mobile app deep-linking

03 Apr, 2013, 1:25 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Tablets

In an invite only event, Twitter has unveiled new Cards that display embedded content within tweets. The new Cards will allow for new capabilities like mobile More

Asus unveils 32GB Nexus 7 in India

02 Apr, 2013, 3:38 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Tablets

Almost a week after the 16GB Nexus 7 went on sale on the Google Play Store, Asus has officially launched the much-awaited 32GB tablet. The Asus 7 3G version will be available for Rs 21,999 More

Google releases Maps Engine Lite for casual map-making

28 Mar, 2013, 6:17 pm IST Nishtha Kanal Web apps 1 Comments

It seems like Google has a little something in store for everyone this week. While it has released Google Movies on the Android Play Store for India today, it More