A rebel Android developer, part of the CyanogenMod team and the creator of ClockworkMod, Koushik Dutta, is working on an alternative Android Market; one that will host the types of apps that have been banned from Google’s official portfolio.

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Google's Android Market now sports over 400,000 available applications, with almost two thirds of those being available for free. And it's rapidly catching Apple's iTunes App Store, which topped the 400,000 mark (for iPhone) back in June last year.

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We’ve been waiting for it to land on Android phones in the UK for over a month, and finally we have the official over the air update for the Android Market on the Samsung Galaxy S.

The roll-out in the US got underway at the end of July,...

The all-new Android Market that was announced by Google earlier this month has begun rolling-out to devices in the US.

The revamped app store (not to be confused with the App Store) is designed to allow easier browsing and navigation through...

The new Android Market was announced and demoed by Google a couple of days ago and rather than sit and twiddle our thumbs waiting for it to be pushed out to us, we decided to head out and download version 3.0.26 to give it a preview play.

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Google has introduced a new look to its Android Market, hoping to allow easier browsing and navigation through the hundreds of thousands of Android apps available, as well as, offering “new ways to find great applications and games, purchase books,...

Android downloads have passed the 4.5 billion figure - up 3.5 billion compared to this time last year.

The boom in Android popularity is highlighted by the fact the last billion downloads occurred in just 60 days.

Speaking at the launch...

With all the big announcements over in San Francisco at Google I/O, there's a couple of little stories of note that have gone slightly unnoticed.

Included in that group is the fact that Google has had a bit of a spring clean for its app portfolio...

Google has announced that it will be offering users the ability to stream movies from the Android Market in the US - from either a web browser on a PC, or on your phone or tablet.

Movies will vary in price, starting from $1.99 and users will...

The Android Market is on course to overtake Apple's App Store in terms of the number of apps on offer by August.

The prediction comes from analysts Research2Guidance who has been tracking the amount of apps added to the respective portfolios...

If you needed proof that we're an trigger 'appy world then just take a look at the figures produced by technology analyst iSuppli.

It has revealed that app revenues (for Apple, Google, Nokia and RIM) between 2008 and 2010 rose from $206.1 million...

Google has launched an Android Market companion website, making it easier to browse, buy and install new apps. It effectively gives you a rival experience to Apple’s iTunes Preview website.

Previously, if you wanted to explore Android...

A solution, or part of one, may be at hand for any Android gaming fans struggling to find decent content in the Android Marketplace as Kongregate Arcade has announced it's coming to Android.

Kongregate Arcade - traditionally has had its...

The amount of apps available in the Android Market may still fall quite a way short of the App Store (300,000+ at the last count), but if its current rate of expansion continues then it won't be long before it catches up or, dare we say it, overtakes...

The Android Market has crashed through the 100,000 barrier, doubling the amount of apps available to its users in just 6 months.

Launched almost exactly 2 years ago (with premium apps added in February 2009), the number has risen significantly...