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Android Auto has quietly grown into a full dashboard platform, and a surprising number of apps now plug into it without most ...

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Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their ...

Android has always offered users far greater control over the software experience, whether in the form of baked-in features or additions through third-party apps available on the Play Store. Things ...

Google is organizing a series of Android Developer Labs (ADLs) that aim to help developers convert theirexisting smartphone applications to run on Honeycomb-based tablets, it said in a blog post on ...

Android’s hidden Developer Options can supercharge your phone with features like faster animations, improved Bluetooth audio, file transfer defaults, fake GPS location, background app limits, and ...

Starting next year, Android will block the installation of apps from unverified developers, a policy that affects both Play Store and sideloaded apps. The new system requires Android to check if a ...

Do you like writing software for Android, perhaps even sideload the occasional APK onto your Android device? In that case some big changes are heading your way, with Google announcing that they will ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

Google named the winners of its second contest aimed at encouraging software developers to make applications for the Android mobile operating system. The Android Developer Challenge 2 (ADC2) was ...