Topic > Android
Firefox for Android passes 100 million downloads four years after launch
Google announces Android Wear now has more than 1,000 different watch faces, adds straps from 3 new partners
Android Lollipop passes 5% adoption, KitKat overtakes Jelly Bean to take first place
Microsoft launches document scanning Office Lens app for iPhone and Android phones
New Twitch mobile update adds a neverending video player
Exclusive
App downloads are slightly down from January — but user acquisition is way up from last year
Immersion wants to add rumble to your mobile games without killing your battery
WhatsApp for Android now lets all users make voice calls
Gmail for Android gets All Inboxes view, threaded conversations for all accounts, better autocomplete, and more
Apple expands iPhone trade-in program to include Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, and PCs
How Microsoft should woo Android and iOS developers to build Windows 10 apps
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Watch out! All that Meerkating and Periscoping could slam your mobile data limits
Xiaomi details Microsoft’s experimental program to test Windows 10 on Mi 4 devices
Android Device Manager now lets you find your lost phone using your Android Wear watch
Watch out Android: Microsoft targets emerging markets with new $70 Lumia 430 Windows Phone
Analysis
Nintendo on mobile ‘is an earthquake that will change the entire games industry’
How this 14-year-old girl designed, developed, and released her own mobile game
Twitter cripples Meerkat by cutting off access to its social graph
Cyanogen confirms $80M funding round (updated)
YouTube launches 360-degree video support on Android and Chrome
Google offers developers a sample Android app that works across phones, tablets, smartwatches, cars, and more
IDC: Tablet shipment growth slows to a crawl, will grow just 2% in 2015
WhatsApp hits 1 billion installs on Android, the second non-Google app to do so
Bento Labs’ new Android home screen is a sweet alternative to Google Now
Google confirms Android 5.1 is rolling out today, will support multi-SIM devices and HD calls
OnePlus One smartphone launches in 16 more countries, now available across the whole E.U.
Google releases new Android Wear ad right before Apple Watch event
No Nexus 6, no Google wireless service for you, claims report
Feature
10 Microsoft mobile apps that don’t yet exist on Windows Phone
Facebook’s 5 trends for an exciting, profitable, mobile-first future
Chrome 42 will be the last version to support Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
Exclusive
5 keys to the future of mobile according to Android cofounder Rich Miner (interview)
Google updates Play Services API with new location features for Android apps
Android Lollipop hits 3.3% adoption, KitKat passes 40%, and Jelly Bean continues to slide
TV remote app maker Peel expands into smart home control
Blackberry takes security, productivity, and communications tools cross-platform
Feature
Looking East: The Western advance on China’s burgeoning mobile gaming market
VLC gets first major release across Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Windows RT, and Android TV
