YouTube, Twitter and Instagram for Android are updated

During this time some of the most important applications in the Android world have undergone a software update: we are talking about YouTube , Twitter and Instagram .

Google Play app revenue up 311%, but but the Apple store still dominates

During this 2012, the Google Play store has seen record numbers, thanks to the many new applications that provide media content better quality.After that Amazon has seen the Kindle Fire last year, a large increase of their revenues by selling content via Tablet, Google seems to have found the right formula. Nexus 7 is definitely the protagonist since the new Nexus 4 smartphone and Nexus 10 tablet came on the market long enough to be able to make significant numbers. 

Android - Samsung ChatON updated to version 1.10.3 bringing some new features and improvements

Available only a few hours, Samsung Chaton receives a new update going to release1.10.3 wrong only fix bugs and problems found in previous versions but also introduces some new features and fixes some interface elements.

Critical Updates for Adobe Reader and Youtube for Android are now available

Short time ago have been released in the Play Store updates important enough for two of the most downloaded applications and present natively on all Android smartphones, we talk about Adobe Reader and the inevitable Youtube. YouTube finally got the full support with the latest addition to Google Nexus line up, the Nexus Q , so you can enjoy all the multimedia features of the most popular video portal in the world along with the usual bug fixes.

Viber get updated on Android : Group messages, photos, contacts and other news in view of JB

The main competitor of WhatsApp prepares to do battle on Android too.Viber latest update has arrived on Android , taking the usual group messages expected and demanded in a loud voice by the community and many other news ahead of the last full support for Android Jelly Bean.

For those not familiar Viber is a free cross-platform with which you can send text messages, pictures and voice calls through VoIP technology then using the data rate profile, with substantial savings. In this new version adds the messages group is interoperable between iPhone OS and Android users that have been added photos to contacts but also the team announces it is working to make it compatible as soon as the application with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

VLC Beta (neon version) available in the Play Store!

Finally after a long wait is available in Store Play the first official version of VLC for Android .VLC is an open source multi-platform multimedia player that plays media files of many formats with various codec support really endless. That at the time available is a BETA and is not completely stable.

Amazon ready to launch AppStore and Kindle Fire in Europe?

One of the largest Android third parties store, the Amazon Appstore  it would be ready to be launched in the Old Continent.

This is what emerges from a report from All Things D , where this possibility is given to accredited and can already by the summer.

With the arrival of the Amazon Appstore ,we may expect debut in Europe of the Amazon's Fire Kindle , an Android tablet heavily modified to interface seamlessly with the digital content offered by the American giant of e-commerce.

TOMTOM for Android coming soon

One of the most important software for the global mobile application on Android is strangely absent. We are talking about the TOMTOM Navigator, available for virtually all platforms for a long time and missing over the OS world's most popular. Although rincorrano always rumors about a possible release, this time it seems that everything is really ready. The speaker is in fact the co-founder of TomTom, Peter-Frans Pauwels, who confirmed that TomTom for Android will be launching "fairly soon" 

Instapaper is now available on Android

Instapaper , the famous IOS application that allows you to read web pages offline , finally arrives on Android in a single charge.

For those not familiar with Instapaper , this is an application very similar to others that we have already seen (like Read it Later) and that allows us to save the contents of web pages so you can read it without internet connectivity.

Once saved, these pages are formatted to be more legible and the contents will be automatically removed as well as unnecessary images. During the read mode, the font, font size, spacing, margins and spaces will be modified to your liking as well as the background and the pages are organized into folders.

Tizen OS supports Android applications (Video)

Tizen , the open source operating system based on Linux that will focus on a comprehensive support for HTML5  is a work in growth and development although it is far from a definitive form continues thanks to the collaboration of Intel and Samsung with the support of Linux Foundation, the undisputed giants in a position to influence the market, Samsung has already shown that the specific number of devices based on OS Tizen during the recent "Tizen developer conference."

Flipboard arrived on Android thanks to XDA developers

Flipboard is an application that is so good that we would recommend to buy iPad just for sake of it. But there is no need for it anymore. Popular and super cool application for review of news, blogs and social profiles, it not longer exclusive only to iPad and iPhone.

Play Store | 100,000 applications in the last 4 months: 500,000 apps quota exceeded!

The Play Store continues to grow quickly and with very impressive numbers. If we consideronly the last 4 months, over 100,000 applications have been published in the virtual Google store . A number that exceeds even Apple with its App Store that same time period saw the release of approximately 63,000 applications. Important numbers to see the passing of the 500,000 apps in the Play Store , and an approach to lifelong rival, Apple.

Android: Zedge - The best program for ringtones and wallpapers is updated with new sections!

Zedge Ringtones & Wallpapers  is one of those programs for the Android platform that can not be missed. Offers a growing collection of new and updated wallpapers and ringtones for all tastes and all kinds can always renew our home Android. Now comes a very interesting new update that adds two new sections to those already present:  Live Wallpapers  and  Games .

Unlike wallpapers and ringtones already present, the collection of live wallpapers is not in the program itself but simply collects a wide collection of animated wallpapers that can be downloaded directly from the Play Store with direct link.

The new sections being newly arrived are not rich in content but surely in the coming months could see a significant expansion of resources. Below that you should definitely download.

Name: Zedge Ringtones & WallpapersDeveloper: Zedge Price: Free App Install from PC

Play Store

Facebook added a feature to detect Android Application

Facebook introduced a new version of its Android application through which, besides the usual features, there is a channel for distribution of other integrated HTML5 Android applications. iOS version already has such functionality, which,according to Facebook, has helped mobile applications Pinterest, BranchOut and games like Diamond Dash and Words With Friends to get more traffic.

Google Maps is updated by implementing the altitude data and zoom settings

Google Maps has received a few new update, introducing data on maximizing the lab "Size". Thus, while we are traveling we will always know which area we will be traveling though hilly, flat or mountainous. Another change concerns the scale and zoom buttons are now available in the settings dialog.

Small features that improve in small steps every time the already good browsing experience of the now award-winning Google Maps.

Name: Maps Developer: Google Inc.Price: Free App Install from PC

Play Store

Google accepting paid app submissions from four new seller countries

Great news for developers from Czech Republic, Israel, Mexico and Poland . In fact, Google has extended support for paid applications for these four countries. Developers can now publish games and programs in the Play Store, or even paid by the method in-app Purchase. An important new feature that allows you to expand even further the number of Android users and the number of applications on the store. There is hope in new and interesting software developed by software companies resident in these four countries or from independent developers.

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Instagram for Android - 1 million downloads in 24 hours

Instagram broke the record of one million downloads made ​​in less than 24 hours, smashing the record of Temple Run, which had scored the same number of downloads a little less than three days.

Kevin Systrom , Instagram CEO, told The New York Times that in some circumstances has exceeded the threshold of 2 000 records per minute . 

The version of the application for Android devices is almost the same as the version for devices developed by Apple, but with minor differences mainly due to the graphical interface. It is therefore expected that the two versions of  Instagram  go hand in hand with the same news for both operating systems. 

Please note also that in the late morning the Android version of  Instagram  has received its first update going to eliminate some small bugs and reaching version 1.0.1

There remains, therefore, have to wait a few more days to find out where will the success of Instagram, which IOS has already reached the download quota of 30 million, a number of really shocking that with the arrival of this new Android version will only increase dramatically.

Instagram sign-up page goes live, Android app soon to be released

Instagram for Android is coming, and his debut would become virtually imminent. After SXSW press conference at the past through the words of its co-founder Kevin Systrom , the developers have now opened a dedicated page for all those who through the inclusion of your e-mail will want to be warned in real time as soon as the application will be made available.

Having won the hearts of over 27 million iOS users , we can only hope in the words of its creators that confirm a version for Android better than iPhone in the meantime you can leave your email alerts to  this address.

GO HD Launcher - New update optimized for 7-inch Tablet

For all owners of Android Tablet, here comes a new update to currently one of the best Launcher Tab: GO HD Launcher . The update improves the speed of the program, fixes some bugs, editing small sections of the interface and is optimized for 7-inch tablet.

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Amazon Appstore celebrates first birthday, now hosts 31K apps

A year ago Amazon boldly launched a direct competitor to what was then known as the Android Market with a modest selection of around 4,000 apps. Twelve months later the service is celebrating its first birthday and solid growth to what now amounts to over 31,000 applications and games, driven by the excellent sales success of the Kindle Fire , was able to grow fast and carve out a small part of success among developers.

Speaking of numbers, the debut of the original store had about 4000 applications and we are now well in the past 31,000 games and programs offering deep discounts and promotions every week. For the occasion, Amazon has also released a ranking of the most downloaded titles during those 12 months between those paid and free services.