Android Market

China’s biggest web company, Tencent (HKG:0700), is giving the nation’s Android users even less of a reason to use the official Google Play store for downloading apps. Its own recently

Pictured left-to-right: Wandoujia, D.cn Games Center, and Baidu App Store. Third-party Android app stores in China are looking stronger and more numerous than ever – and a lot prettier too.

Chinese Android users now have yet another alternative app store to choose from after the launch of Taobao’s new app market (pictured above). The store – at app.taobao.com – has

A mobile platform is only as strong as its app line-up, which in turn relies on the co-operation and keenness of app developers. But looking at the situation in China,

People love mobile games, and many folks want to be nice by paying for them – but a combination of lousy payment options on Google’s Play Store (formerly the Android

China’s second-biggest B2C e-commerce site, 360Buy, has revealed that its mobile shopping app has been downloaded over 10 million times. The 360Buy app is actually cross-platform – across iOS, Android,

The AppChina market app. The alternative Android app store AppChina has secured some A-round funding worth 40 million RMB (US$6.35 million). Announced today, though completed last month, the injection of

From the Singaporean team that brought you MoVend, an in-app mobile payment platform, comes a brand-new app called Applorer Gamebox. Its creators call it a “game discovery app for Android”

Wait... This phone doesn't have the Android Market... The homepage looks totally different... This isn't what I wanted... GaaaaaahhhHHHHHH! There are a lot of nice things a foreign tourist could

A new study by Research2Guidance shows that Swedish Android smartphone users download the most new apps every month, while Chinese Android lovers download the least – not even at the