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Because Android has always enjoyed the bigger market share, Google Play apps have always trumped iOS apps in terms of the volume of downloads. However, when it comes to revenues, iOS apps continue to hold the upper hand over Google Play apps.
But according to data offered by app store analytics firm App Annie, the revenue gap continues to grow. A big reason for this is iOS's growth in China, the largest smartphone market in the world.
Finally, users can now take full advantage of Google's Android Auto smartphone interface for automobiles as the first of the aftermarket units hit the market this week. In the United States, the new Pioneer AVIC-8100NEX, AVIC-7100NEX, and AVH-4100NEX models will all come with Android Auto integration.
Google has announced that users can now upload 50,000 songs to their Google Play Music accounts at no charge. Previously, users can only upload up to 20,000 songs, but now, the tech giant has expanded Google Play Music's storage limit by more than twice that size.
This is good news, especially for those who still like to carry around their MP3 players along with their extensive catalog of songs. Now, you can just upload all of your favorite tunes, and listen to them anytime on your mobile device.
One of the great things about the Android platform is its flexibility. And this is quite evident when we talk about virtual keyboards -- you can easily replace the default keyboard on your Android smartphone or tablet with a new one, with a different look and with features that you just might find useful, or cute.
But what are the available virtual keyboards out there that you can use for your Android handset? Here is a rundown.
You can now have Outlook on your mobile device even if it runs on the Android or iOS platform. Microsoft has confirmed that it is launching its email app to Android and iOS smartphones and tablets, based on the application it got after its acquisition of Acompli last month.
Previously, Microsoft offered different Outlook-branded products for different platforms. There's the Outlook.com app for the Android system, and then there's the OWA apps for both Android and iOs (but available only to those under paid Office 365 subscriptions).
Word Lens used to be a separate service, but now Google has finally incorporated it on the Google Translate mobile app. Word Lens works by using a smartphone's camera to instantaneously translate written text. On top of that, it replaces the on-screen text with a translation that is as close and as accurate to an exact replica as possible, which means that font, color, and background hue are taken into account.
According to information collected by market monitoring firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Apple's latest iPhone models -- the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus -- have bumped up the sales figures of iOS smartphones, causing a small dip in Android's market share.
It appears that the bad publicity endured by Snapchat had little to no impact over the photo messaging network's growth and popularity. Early this year, the social media network hit some controversy when thousands of Snapchat accounts were discovered hacked, causing about 200,000 user photos to be leaked online.
It appears that Microsoft really is making an effort to become a wireless ecosystem player instead of being a love-your-own type of company. Microsoft has just released a suite of mobile apps under its MSN brand name that will run on Android, iOS, and even Amazon handsets.
These apps were originally developed under the Bing label, and were intended to used for mobile devices that run on either Windows Phone or Windows 8. Now, Microsoft is offering them for free to Android, iOS, and Amazon users.
The wait is over. Google's latest tablet offering, the Nexus 9, has finally been made available on the Google Play Store. The device is priced at $399 for the 16 gigabyte Wi-Fi edition and $479 for the 32 gigabyte Wi-Fi edition. Two business days is allowed for shipping time.
There are reports that Google is prepping a version that comes with 32 gigabytes of internal storage and LTE capability, and is priced at $599. However, no details about its availability have been announced yet.
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