RIM Will End PlayBook Sideloading to Escape “Android Market Cesspool”

Developers are getting restless about piracy.
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So Here’s Why You May Have Trouble Finding the Android Market Icon on Your Phone

It’s part of an effort by the search giant to rebrand its app, music, books and movie stores under the Google Play umbrella.
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Google’s “Bouncer” Has Been Quietly Scanning Android Apps for Malware

The Android maker says its technology looks for the presence of known malicious apps as well as for red flags that might indicate an app is up to no good.
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Google’s Head of Consumer Payments, Vikas Gupta, Resigns

Vikas Gupta joined Google 18 months ago after it acquired Jambool, the virtual goods payment platform where he was a founder and CEO.
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Google’s VP of Commerce, Stephanie Tilenius, Moves Into Global Role

Google’s VP of Commerce, Stephanie Tilenius, who was helping to lead the company’s mobile payments initiative, is changing roles to oversee the company’s commerce efforts internationally.
Stephanie Tilenius demonstrates Google Wallet at the D9 conference.

Windows Phone Marketplace Beats Android Market to 50,000 Apps

50,000 app submissions in 14 months.
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A Gift to Developers: A Quarter of a Billion Apps Downloaded on Christmas

A record number of applications were downloaded on Dec. 25, making it a very “appy” Christmas for at least some mobile developers.
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YouMail Headed Back to Android Market After Learning a Thing or Two

The company said that it did, in fact, hear from T-Mobile about an issue, but that the complaint somehow didn’t make it to those it should have.
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YouMail Dismayed After Its Voicemail App Is Yanked From Android Market

The company got an unwelcome surprise as its visual voicemail app was removed following a complaint from T-Mobile.
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Android Market Now on Pace With Apple at More Than 1 Billion Downloads a Month

The Android Market is serving up more than a billion apps per month. So is Apple’s iTunes App Store.
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