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Google sinks from 'Don't be Evil' to 'Do what I tell you or else'

Posted March 9, 2012 - 5:23 pm

Google may never have given more than lip service to the slogan "Don't be Evil," but it struck everyone else as pretty significant. Now that it appears to prefer effective exploitation of customers and bullying of partners, it's clear if Google ever was Good, it certainly isn't now.
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After the 10-cent rush: What the Android Market needs now

Posted December 14, 2011 - 12:45 pm

10 billion downloads? Cool. 10-cent apps? Nifty. Now Android needs to get people used to, and even excited for, paying full price.
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Struggling Google reaches out to Motorola because no one else will build Android phones

Posted August 15, 2011 - 2:36 pm

Google's acquisition of Motorola is puzzling analysts who thought leading the mobile-phone market in both market share and growth meant licensing Android to all comers, rather than owning one manufacturer, had turned out to be a good strategy. Guess not.
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Researcher: Online app stores to generate nearly $4 billion in revenue this year

Posted May 3, 2011 - 7:08 pm

The four major mobile apps stores run by Apple, Google, Nokia and Research in Motion should pull in a combined $3.8 billion in revenue this year, according to research firm IHS.
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Google, seriously, an Android dogfighting app?

Posted April 26, 2011 - 1:45 pm

I wonder when Google's Android Market will unveil that fun-filled fantasy wife-beating app? Sounds ridiculous, but is it that much of a stretch from the "Dog Wars" app now being offered in the search giant's mobile apps store?
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Turns out this mobile apps thing is really catching on

Posted March 11, 2011 - 7:18 pm

Last year consumers downloaded 7.9 billion mobile applications, according to data from ABI Research.
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Google tries to close mobile apps gap with Apple

Posted January 31, 2011 - 11:23 am

Online search giant Google is in the process of assembling an in-house braintrust to crank out applications for the exploding mobile device market.
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Phishing app hits Android market...3 weeks ago

Posted January 12, 2010 - 9:01 am

Several weeks ago a phishing app was released to the Android Market. The good news is that it was detected and removed from the Market. The bad news is that no one noticed the event until almost three weeks later.
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