Category: Android apps
Vine video app is now available on Android
Vine, the six-second clip video sharing service from the same brains as those behind Twitter, is now available on Android devices. The free app allows users to create 6-second montages of video clips they've recorded, allowing for incredibly simple creation…
Apple pull "gay cure" app Setting Captives Free, but app is still available on Android
Apple have pulled an app from their App Store for iPhone and iPad that claimed it could "cure homosexuality" after thousands of users protested against it. The Setting Captives Free app, which promised to free users from the "bondage of…
Inq Mobile SO.HO launcher now makes Instagram your Android homescreen
Love Instagram so much you want to make it the first thing you see when you fire up your Android phone? Well now you've got a new way to make it so, thanks to the development team over at Inq…
Google Play Games to take on iPhone Game Center, add cloud save states and achievements to Android
Google are looking to make multiplayer gaming a bigger part of the Android ecosystem, with a new service called Google Play Games uncovered by Android Police. Part of Google Play Services (v3.1.36), the update will add in multiplayer features such…
Should Google be making money from this racist Android app? UPDATED
UPDATE: Google has informed us that the offensive app has now been flagged for investigation, and issued this statement: "We remove applications that violate our policies, such as apps that are illegal or that promote hate speech. We don't comment…
Star Command iOS release date set for May 2: Long wait for Kickstarter project comes to a close
Star Command, the long-awaited space ship strategy sim, will hit Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on May 2. Sitting somewhere between an 8-bit Star Trek and Theme Hospital, the game lets you build your own starship, enlist its crew…
Vine clip mashup app soon coming to Android after iPhone success
Vine, the six-second movie making app that's proved a smash hit on the iPhone, will be heading to the Android operating system shortly, its co-founder Dan Hofmann has confirmed. New features are also set to hit the app, including the…
Xbox SmartGlass now available in the US to Kindle Fire tablets through Amazon Appstore
After a long old wait, Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass application is now available to Amazon's range of Kindle Fire tablets. Working in tandem with an Xbox 360 console, Xbox SmartGlass offers a second-screen complimentary experience to the mega-popular gaming machine, including…
"BadNews" Android malware downloaded 9 million times, says security specialists Lookout
A new malicious string of Android malware called "BadNews" may have been downloaded as many as 9 million times say mobile security experts Lookout. Revealed in a Lookout blog posting over the weekend, the malware has sat hidden in 32…
Facebook Home downloaded over 500,000 just over a week after launching
Facebook Home, the social networking giant's biggest push yet into mobile software, is proving quite successful on Google's Play Store for Android apps. Though only available for download to five devices (the Samsung Galaxy S III, Samsung Galaxy Note II,…