<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>GeekExtreme &#187; Android Market</title> <atom:link href="http://www.geekextreme.com/tag/android-market/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.geekextreme.com</link> <description>Gadgets and Gizmos&#124; Geek Lifestyle for Men &#38; Women</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:50:43 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <xhtml:meta xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" name="robots" content="noindex" /> <item><title>AppBrain &#8211; the actual state of the Android Market</title><link>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/appbrain-the-actual-state-of-the-android-market-9852</link> <comments>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/appbrain-the-actual-state-of-the-android-market-9852#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:56:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>geekE Management</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Mobile News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[AppBrain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Google]]></category> <category><![CDATA[search]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Spam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tools]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geekextreme.com/?p=9852</guid> <description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia Disclosure: I use AppBrain.  I find it very useful to browse apps online &#38; then easily sync/install on my Captivate.  Looks like they&#8217;ve been pretty hard at work filtering out the crap, though, &#38; have some interesting things to say on the state of the Android Market.  Apparently, out of the total [...]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"><div><dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 266px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Android_Market.png"><img title="Android Market" src="http://www.geekextreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Android_Market.png" alt="Android Market" width="256" height="256" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Android_Market.png">Wikipedia</a></dd></dl></div></div><p>Disclosure: I use <a class="zem_slink" title="AppBrain" href="http://appbrain.com" rel="homepage">AppBrain</a>.  I find it very useful to browse apps online &amp; then easily sync/install on my Captivate.  Looks like they&#8217;ve been pretty hard at work filtering out the crap, though, &amp; have some interesting things to say on the state of the Android Market.  Apparently, out of the total 70,000 apps that Google states are available, the number of craptacular apps has risen from 30% in March to 50% today.  <a title="AppBrain Blog" href="http://blog.appbrain.com/2010/07/whats-in-number-quality-not-quantity-is.html">Yep, 20% increase in 4 months</a>.  Thankfully, they&#8217;re working to improve their search algorithm to filter these spam-tastic apps from their search results.  My question is: why isn&#8217;t Google taking up the lead on this?  Kudos to AppBrain for their efforts.</p><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Enhanced by Zemanta" href="http://www.zemanta.com/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="float: right;" src="http://img.zemanta.com/zemified_a.png?x-id=21018f07-93fb-4ea5-b630-c6840ecd8aa8" alt="Enhanced by Zemanta" /></a></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/appbrain-the-actual-state-of-the-android-market-9852/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Official Android Facebook app in the works</title><link>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/official-android-facebook-app-in-the-works-8759</link> <comments>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/official-android-facebook-app-in-the-works-8759#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:33:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>geekE Management</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Mobile News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Android Market]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Web News]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geekextreme.com/?p=8759</guid> <description><![CDATA[Image via CrunchBase Could arrive as early as this week, according to TechCrunch. The app could hit the Android Market (its version of the App Store) as soon as the end of this week.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div class="zemanta-img" style="margin: 1em; display: block;"><div><dl class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 255px;"><dt class="wp-caption-dt"><a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/facebook"><img title="Image representing Facebook as depicted in Cru..." src="http://www.geekextreme.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/4561v1-max-450x4501.png" alt="Image representing Facebook as depicted in Cru..." width="245" height="100" /></a></dt><dd class="wp-caption-dd zemanta-img-attribution" style="font-size: 0.8em;">Image via <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com">CrunchBase</a></dd></dl></div></div><p>Could arrive as early as this week, <a title="Android Facebook" href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/07/28/pigs-fly-as-facebook-and-google-work-together-on-an-android-app/" target="_blank">according to TechCrunch</a>.</p><blockquote><p>The app could hit the <a class="zem_slink" title="Android Market" href="http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/08/android-market-user-driven-content.html" rel="homepage">Android Market</a> (its version of the App Store) as soon as the end of this week.</p></blockquote><div class="zemanta-pixie" style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" title="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/2533f8f5-8692-420f-b73b-e64c3951249b/"><img class="zemanta-pixie-img" style="float: right;" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=2533f8f5-8692-420f-b73b-e64c3951249b" alt="Reblog this post [with Zemanta]" /></a></div> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.geekextreme.com/mobile-news/official-android-facebook-app-in-the-works-8759/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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