Google has released Android SDK 2.1 for developers to begin making those great animated wallpapers that have made the Nexus One such a big hit at parties. Of course, this has come almost a week after the introduction of Nexus One, the first device to be running Android OS 2.1. Google isn’t making a big [...]
ADC 2 Winners
The winners of the Android Developer Challenge 2 have been announced. In May of 2009, during the I/O conference Google announced the second Android Developer Challenge ADC 2. Since then, developers have been working hard to get a piece of the pie by building a nice app or two. Well, after a couple months, the [...]
ADC 2 is Closed and Winners Announced Nov 30th
Android Developer Challenge 2 has officially come to an end, no more votes, sorry folks. The Android Developer Blog has announced the close and states the winners will be revealed on Monday, November 30th. Apparently, “tens of thousands” of users voted in ADC 2 and that was sufficient numbers to create winners and not losers [...]
Android Developers Still Not On Board?
I have read quite a few reports lately about Android game developers are either not joining in much and in some cases moving away from Android because they feel the market place just isn’t there. The statement from Gameloft’s finance director is that Gameloft is going to “significantly cut [their] investment in Android platform, just [...]
iPhone Facebook App Developer Out
Bad news for iPhone or good news for Android? Joe Hewitt is the man behind the very popular and, in my opinion, very well done iPhone Facebook application. Joe recently tweeted to his followers: “Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a [...]
Flurry of Android Apps Starting
Venturebeat has a nice article about data from app developer analytic company Flurry. According to Flurry the new starts for applications increased 94% from Sep to Oct of this year. I think that sounds about right and wouldn’t be surprised if that jump continues over the next few months considering the recent introduction of phones [...]
App Dev Challenge 2 – Round 2 Begins
Androidandme is reporting that the ADC2 judging app has been updated and several developers are reporting they received notices that their app was in the top 20 of their respective categories. So, all you lucky Android owners, new and old, update your ADC2 app and help build a better market by stimulating the developer’s economy. [...]
