Google has announced a surprise rebranding of the Android Market. The company's online storefront, which hosts apps, movies, books and music, will now be known as Google Play. What to Read Next Tablet ...

Despite the cool designs and dazzling hardware of today’s hottest and most modern smartphones, many users would agree that apps make the phone. We all know what happened to the likes of Nokia, RIM, ...

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 ...

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Before the unified Play branding, Google had the Android Market, Google Music, and Google eBookstore. Google decided to merge and rebrand its individual digital offerings into the Play Store in March ...

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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 ...

Google will start taking action on Android apps in the official Google Play store that have high background activity and ...

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