Entries in 'google' (97)

Snes9x emulator pulled from Android Market

Snes9x emulator pulled from Android Market

Google has removed a popular software emulator that allows Android users to play illegal copies of SNES games on their handsets from the Android Marketplace.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 17th 2011 at 2:40PM in News
Google engineer: Google+ is a pathetic afterthought

Google engineer: Google+ is a pathetic afterthought

An engineer for internet and tech giant Google has mistakenly made public a rant concerning Google’s own social network that was intended only for employees of the firm.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 13th 2011 at 2:57PM in News
Google+ now available to all

Google+ now available to all

Google has opened up the internet giant's social platform Google+ to the open public after three months of 'field trial' testing.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 21st 2011 at 10:36AM in News
Amazon's Android tablet tipped for November

Amazon's Android tablet tipped for November

Further details on Amazon's upcoming Android-powered tablets have emerged, describing the colour-screened 7-inch device simply as the 'Amazon Kindle'.

Mat Bettinson
by Mat Bettinson
on Sep 5th 2011 at 8:28AM in News

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Gameloft reveals Android subscription model

Gameloft reveals Android subscription model

Paris headquartered mobile games publisher Gameloft is launching a hopeful new revenue model for the Android operating system.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Aug 31st 2011 at 10:16AM in News
MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending August 19th)

MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending August 19th)

We look at the latest TV advertising activity for games targeting men and how it affects web search traffic.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 19th 2011 at 12:34PM in News
Doctor, we've landed on Android

Doctor, we've landed on Android

BBC Worldwide has released its first Android app: a port of iOS game Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time.

Stuart Dredge
by Stuart Dredge
on Aug 17th 2011 at 12:29PM in News
Google acquires Motorola Mobility

Google acquires Motorola Mobility

Android creator Google has announced the acquisition of smartphone manufacturer Motorola Mobility for $12.5bn.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 15th 2011 at 2:14PM in News

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Angry Birds hits Google+ before Facebook

Angry Birds hits Google+ before Facebook

Perhaps the biggest coup (or coop?) of today's introduction for Google+ is the fact the service boasts Angry Birds before Facebook.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Aug 12th 2011 at 10:09AM in News
Gaming added to Google+

Gaming added to Google+

Google has put paid to weeks of speculation by adding a games element to its Google+ social network.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Aug 11th 2011 at 11:19PM in News
MCV Jobs Weekly: Google Ambassadors, Walsh joins Xaitment, new Koelnmesse COO

MCV Jobs Weekly: Google Ambassadors, Walsh joins Xaitment, new Koelnmesse COO

In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, the search is on for Google Chromebook Ambassadors, Havok's Mike Walsh joins Xaitment and Koelnmesse hires a ...

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Aug 11th 2011 at 5:42PM in News
Anonymous to launch its own social network

Anonymous to launch its own social network

Online vigilante collective Anonymous has revealed surprise plans to launch its own, censorship-free social network.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 18th 2011 at 2:48PM in News

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Google activating 500k handsets a day

Google activating 500k handsets a day

Android mobile handsets are entering a new era of growth with confirmation that half a million are being activated by the search giant every day.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 29th 2011 at 11:30AM in News
Google hunting for Games manager

Google hunting for Games manager

Internet and corporate giant Google looks to be very much on track for its long-rumoured assault on the games market.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 24th 2011 at 4:43PM in News
Why in-app billing won't solve Android issues

Why in-app billing won't solve Android issues

This is the first of a series of articles from MoMinis to coincide with the launch of its $15,000 Mobile Game Development Contest – GameCast 2011. Find out more about ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 9th 2011 at 4:51PM in News
More emulators pulled from Android Market

More emulators pulled from Android Market

Google has removed a series of console emulators by developer Yong Zhang from the Android Market, while also revoking his developer privileges.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 31st 2011 at 5:01PM in News

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Facebook and Google to debate app payments

Facebook and Google to debate app payments

In-app payments, near field communication, virtual items and Facebook Credits will be some of the topics at the Monetising Mobile conference in just under
two weeks’ time.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 18th 2011 at 3:47PM in News
Facebook embroiled in Google smear campaign

Facebook embroiled in Google smear campaign

Facebook hired public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to try get the press onside regarding Google's strategy of collecting information from Facebook.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 13th 2011 at 11:11AM in News
100m Android devices and counting

100m Android devices and counting

Google kicked off the firm's annual I/O developers conference in San Francisco with a keynote address that hailed 100 million Android devices.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 11th 2011 at 10:25AM in News
WP7 to overtake Android by 2015

WP7 to overtake Android by 2015

Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform has been subject to continual speculation about poor handset sales in recent months, but one analyst thinks the company is set for big success in ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 9th 2011 at 2:29PM in News
Apple named world's most valuable brand

Apple named world's most valuable brand

The latest 'BrandZ' study by global brands agency Millward Brown puts Apple and the top, supplanting last year's top dog Google.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 9th 2011 at 2:24PM in News
Nintendo's handheld market share 'down 13%'

Nintendo's handheld market share 'down 13%'

Mobile analytics agency Flurry has claimed that the combined forces of Apple iOS and Google Android are eating into Nintendo's handheld market share.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 19th 2011 at 3:05PM in News
Android PlayStation emulator pulled

Android PlayStation emulator pulled

A PlayStation emulator has been removed from the Andorid Market today – because of the upcoming Xperia Play launch.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Mar 31st 2011 at 11:23AM in News
Huge European growth for Android

Huge European growth for Android

Google's mobile operating system Android grew 1,580 per cent year-on-year to 7.9m units in 4Q 2010, according to data from IDC.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 9th 2011 at 10:59AM in News
Viruses plague Google Android

Viruses plague Google Android

Mobile phone platform Google Android has been hit by over 50 apps with viruses buried within them.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 4th 2011 at 10:19AM in News