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Google Play Services 7.0 is Rolling Out With New Places, Google Fit APIs, and More

Kellen March 3, 2015 21

Yesterday afternoon, Google began pushing Google Play Services 7.0 to devices. The update introduces a new Places API, a handful of Google Fit APIs that replace the old single API, a new location settings dialog, automatic AdMob and Google Analytics...

Google Hosting Play Store 3rd Birthday Sale, Many Apps, Movies, and Books Marked Down

Tim March 2, 2015 33

Ready to spend some money? To celebrate Google Play's 3rd birthday, Google is hosting a very special sale, marking down prices on movies, TV shows, apps, games, music, and books. Seriously, there should be something here for everyone. A few notable markdowns...

Google Paid Out Over $7 Billion to App and Game Developers in 2014

Tim February 26, 2015 12

Right before Google announced a way to get a portion of its money back from app and game developers through Google Play, the company stated it paid out over $7 billion to publishers in 2014. With over 1 billion Android devices activated across 190 countries,...

“Sponsored” Apps Will Soon be Listed on Google Play

Kellen February 26, 2015 32

It's still probably safe to say that Google is an ad company. Out of all the cool products and services of Google's that you use each day, ads are how Google makes most of its money. So this morning's announcement, about new "sponsored" apps and search results...

Google Play Hosting $5 HD Movie Promotion, Includes Inception, 300, and The Hangover

Tim February 20, 2015 42

For a movie lover such as myself, I have been spending way too much money on buying digital copies of my favorite movies. Now, my entire DVD collection seems basically worthless, as I continue to add to my cloud-based digital collection on Google's servers....

About That Missing Toolbar…Action Bar…Whatever…From the New Google Play Update

Kellen February 20, 2015 36

Yesterday, there was a solid complaint session discussion in our comments about the new Google Play update that is about to add a search box to the top of the main Play page, replacing the Toolbar or action bar or whatever Google is calling it today. The...

Google Play Update Will Introduce a Search Bar, Brings Back the Spinning Arrow! (Updated)

Kellen February 19, 2015 53

A Google Play update is either coming "soon" or "rolling out" at this moment, at least according to Google's Kirill Grouchnikov. The user interface engineer from the Android team often teases new builds of the Play store just before they arrive and has done so...

Google Eyeing Virtual Help Desks at Retail Locations, Has Been Testing in Google Play Since November

Tim February 9, 2015 2

The idea of a Google retail location would be nice, but since the company does not really have much to sell (besides a couple Nexus devices), we are afraid it might be a waste of rent. However, the company is reportedly working on two things currently, one of...