Android Market might be on course to pass the App Store in terms of monthly downloads by June 2012, but according to research2guidance, many of those apps go on to be pulled from the marketplace ...

It’s been 15 years since Google introduced the Android Market (now Google Play Store) on the T-Mobile G1 or HTC Dream. And 15 years since the mobile app ecosystem’s landscape was changed forever and ...

An update to the Android Market is on the way, with less sickly pea green than ever before. The Android Market redesign is meant to emphasize movies and books alongside apps and games. Each type of ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Users of phones running Google Inc.'s Android operating system are getting more ways to browse and buy apps for playing games, reading the news and other tasks. The Internet ...

App store milestones: Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000 as Android passes 200,000 available apps Apps, apps, apps! Everywhere you look, more apps. Both Android and Windows Phone 7 have reportedly crossed a ...

Google’s Android Market now has over 400,000 apps available, thanks in large part to its status as the largest provider of free apps for mobile tech consumers. The report on Google’s app milestone was ...

Google has decided to "break the 50MB barrier" by upping the maximum size of apps submitted to Android Market to 4GB. The move, detailed on the Android Developers blog, is designed to reflect the ...

Google is changing the Android Market Developer Distribution Agreement (DDA), ostensibly to pave the way for direct carrier billing for Android apps. The move should spur an increase in Android apps ...

After 14 years of trying and failing to gain a smartphone foothold, Amazon has announced it will discontinue its app store. Anyone who has content in Amazon's store will be able to access it for now, ...