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Developers Can Now Target By Carrier in Android Market | AndroidGuys

Up until recently, developers using the Android Market had the ability to target distribution of their apps by specific countries.  A recent email sent to developers indicates that they now have the freedom to select a particular wireless provider if they feel so inclined. First, we have added the ability to target applications by carrier in all countries.  For example, if you are showing your app in the United States, you can now choose among Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.  If your apps are intended for users of specific carriers, please go to the Android Market developer website at http://market.android.com/publish (in the Publishing Options section under Locations) and target your applications to those carriers accordingly. The second half of the email advises developers that they might want to spend some time adjusting a little bit of code so their apps play nice with larger and smaller screens.  New handsets like the HTC Tattoo will have smaller screens than the current stable of phones.  On the flip side, devices like tablets are rolling out and apps won’t display properly if not addressed. If your app is written with the 1.5SDK (or lower) it will not show up in the Android Market on devices with these smaller screens.   For more information on what the 1.6 SDK offers developers, head to the Android Developers Blog . Thanks for the email, Borys!

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It’s been a pretty wild month (or so, since it’s been a while guys) for Android apps . Donuts and music and people and Heroes and space cares are flying all over the place: The Best Pandora : Pandora the music streaming service comes to Android, finally. There’s really no reason not to know what Pandora is at this point, but for the uninitiated, when you enter a song or artist, it’ll create a playlist of similar stuff that you’ll (probably) like too. Foursquare : Foursquare’s a location-based so

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The Month’s Best Android Apps [Android Apps]

FindMyPhone is an Android phone app that helps you find your lost, stolen, or misplaced Android phone. – When you lose your phone, just send it a text msg (sms) and the phone will reply with its current location. – You can also make your phone ring *loudly* if you lose it somewhere close by, like inside your home. It’s available for download in the Android Market. Thanks to neo33009 for editing.

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FindMyPhone phone app on Android

Foursquare has announced that it’s bringing its location-based social networking game here to London. The service that started in March awards points and badges for experiencing things in certain locations and is apparently quite the hit over in the USA but remains pretty much unknown on this side of the pond. Foursquare is a location service-based social network/game. It’s kinda what would happen if you mashed up Google Lattitude with a pinch of Facebook , a teaspoon of Twitter , a d

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Foursquare Social Gaming Comes to London – Earn Points and Badges by Eating, Drinking and Partying Round the Capital

Google Maps has performed a rather large update to its map system in the United States. Utilizing data from transit agencies, the USDA Forest Service, US Geological Survey, and two years worth of user data/suggestion for moving markers and adding locations, Google was able to create a new set of maps for use in the

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buUuk is a mobile-web application developed to be the indispensable guide to food and drinks using a location based framework. Currently in both iPhone and Google Android, the app has been making headway with their latest augmented reality feature that can help a consumer to locate their restaurant or bar in the vicinity which they are in. Who’s behind this? Jon Petersen, also known for his work in SinGeo , a digital site dedicated on visualizing Singapore on maps, started BuUuk with the inten

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In Conversation with Jon Petersen, co-founder of buUuk