Not being the kind of company to lay idle – out of the blue comes a huge revamp of the Android Market and rebranding: it is now Google Play. Google are really talking up and focusing on the cloud storage and syncing aspects of Google Play — clearly designed to challenge Apple’s iCloud service. Of [...]
Google releases Chrome browser for Android (finally!)
I can certainly say I’ve been waiting for this for a while now. Chrome is a fantastic browser (it has almost clawed me away from my current default browser: Firefox) and it has always seemed odd that there wasn’t a mobile version. The wait is over… but hold the phone… turns out the beta is [...]
Adobe drops Flash support for mobile devices
Pretty big news this week in mobile web development: Adobe is discontinuing support for Flash on Android devices. As anyone with an iPhone or iPad knows, Flash has never been supported on iOS and the late Steve Jobs made no secret of his views on Flash technology. You can read the post on the Adobe [...]
Google Reader for Android
Google Reader has finally arrived on Android. It syncs up with your existing Google Reader account, such that your unread counts, starred items and subscriptions are consistent from desktop to mobile. Each news item can be starred, liked, or shared, and you can even add “Notes,” just as you can in the web app. Overall, [...]
