According to AndroLib, who keeps track of the statistics from Android Market, there are now over 20,000 apps available in Android market, and 62.2% of them are free apps. Considering  just sightly over one year since its opening, this number is not bad at all if you don’t consider the quality of the apps in the Android Market.  Apple App Store was about 50,000 during its first year (and it has over 100,000 apps at [...]

Tencube, the Singapore firm who produces the winning software of Android Developer Challenge 2, Wavesecure, has announced that they are giving the Android users lifetime account for Wavesecure if you sign up for an account before 31st of January 2010. They have mentioned this in the blog: “As a giveback to Android users support that made our ADC win possible, we are offering an unlimited free lifetime account for Android users. Just head over to [...]

Just a while after Google broke the news to the world, Google now officially releases the Visual Search to Android Market, and with an official name — the Google Goggles.  However, it is only for device running Android 1.6 and above.  I am holding a HTC Hero running Android 1.5, so no luck for me.  HTC, do you see this?  Please release the new firmware soon as we, the Hero owners, are losing a lot [...]

Google has made this official: In Android next update, 1.6 Donut, Android Market will get a facelift that brings a better design with a fresh look and add a very important feature that has been missing — screenshots of applications. The new design looks a lot more modern and usable. No timeline was provided on when we’ll be able to use the new Android Market and when Android 1.6 will be released to the public. [...]