Tag: market
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Instagram Headed to Android Soon?
Now, if you happen to have an iOS device such as the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch, it’s quite likely you will have heard of, even perhaps used the popular camera app that is called Instagram. Currently there are around 14 million users worldwide – quite impressive for a camera app I’d say. If you’re…
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Microsoft’s Xbox 720 Could Block Pre-Owned Games – Trade-in Market to Suffer
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The pre-owned games market could take a kill shot if plans to bring a second-hand blocking system to Microsoft’s next Xbox, currently referred to as “Xbox 720”. This would be one of the first steps towards phasing out disc-based games, introducing digital-only content and would reinvent the gaming market. But this would come at much…
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The Pirate Bay Sets Sail into New Dimension – Bootleg Site Now Offers 3D Printable Downloads!
Those troublers of the copyright high seas may have recently run aground, but that hasn’t stopped The Pirate Bay from taking their illegitimate bounty sharing to the next level. Or more appropriately – the next dimension – with a new selection of downloadable and printable 3D objects. Last week we told of how the creators…
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Plants vs Zombies Now Available Through Android Market!
Finally, after being an Amazon App Store exclusive since May this year, popular PopCap game Plants vs Zombies is up for grabs through the Android Market itself! Plants vs. Zombies is played by guarding you home and nipping an invasion of the undead in the bud by using a very random selection of vegetation, each with…
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Google Ups Android Market Defences As “RuFraud” Malware Attacks
Google has been tightening its app criteria and fighting back against a second hit of malicious software currently surfacing on its Android Market – with over 20 apps now removed for potentially distributing the another wave of attack from the ‘RuFraud’ malware. The offending apps would hook naïve downloaders by promising to deliver ad-free Angry…
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OnLive Internet-Based Gaming Lands On Android – Apple iPhone & iPad Owners Still Waiting
OnLive – the internet-based gaming service launched in the UK for personal computers on September 22nd, since that time its undoubted success has been confined to our desk machine. But from yesterday the service has gone mobile, touching down on gadgets loading with Google’s Android operating system from version 2.3 and above. It was also…
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OnLive Internet-Based Gaming Lands On Android – Apple iPhone & iPad Owners Still Waiting
OnLive – the internet-based gaming service launched in the UK for personal computers on September 22nd, since that time its undoubted success has been confined to our desk machine. But from yesterday the service has gone mobile, touching down on gadgets loading with Google’s Android operating system from version 2.3 and above. It was also…
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Rockstar Puts The Brakes on Grand Theft Auto III for Samsung Galaxy SII
As we covered in our Retro Replay feature a few weeks back, Grand Theft Auto III – the father of all third-person smash ‘n’ grab driving simulators – is set to take a joyride again early next year on our iPhones and Android smartphones in celebration of the games tenth anniversary which was on October…
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Android Market: 10 Billion Apps Downloaded So Far
Google are announcing a big milestone when it comes to the official Android Market: 10 billion downloads and counting! More interestingly though, Google says that the Android Market is now seeing 1 billion app installs every 30 days, which I’m sure you’ll agree is quite an impressive figure. The growth of the Android Market is…
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EA Games Daily Deals – Christmas Cutbacks and Festive Freebies for Android and iPhone!
Electronic Arts are giving Android mobile and iPhone gamers a real treat this Christmas, offering a selection box of advent-ageous app deals every day throughout December! The Daily Deals will appear on EA Games special website at http://kilrush.mobi and cut the costs of some top titles by 35%, 65% and even making some games absolutely…
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FIFA ’12 Android Edition Comes Exclusively To Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY
We’ve been eagerly refreshing Sony Ericsson’s Facebook page this morning in anticipation for the FIFA ’12 Android edition to kick-off on the Xperia PLAY aka the ‘Playstation Phone’. And this just in – it’s now gone live. Score! For a limited period FIFA ’12 for Android will be available free-of-charge and budding managers can create…
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Google Android is mobile OS most vulnerable to malware and virus infection
Most of us worry about getting that Autumn flu that’s been going around, but a much more vicious infection could be affecting our Google-based smartphones as internet security co. McAfee has reported that Google’s open source system Android has been found to be the mobile operating software most likely to be stricken by a malware attack. In the…