Andy Rubin announces over 500,000 daily Android activations

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Remember just 7 months ago when only 300,000 Android devices were being activated daily? That's turned into chump change quickly now that Andy Rubin just announced on Twitter that Android has surpassed the 500,000 daily activation's count. Another good number that Mr. Android threw out was that Android was growing 4.4% worldwide. Of course we're … [Read more...]

Swiftkey X Beta takes your social accounts and turns it into a scary good prediction keyboard

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Touchtype announced today the release of the next generation typing keyboard, which is called Swiftkey X. It has just been uploaded onto the Android Market as a beta and can be downloaded for free while it is being tested. So what makes this so much better than the original Swiftkey keyboard? Other than a sexy new dark theme that comes with it, … [Read more...]

Official: TweetDeck has been acquired by Twitter

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We heard a little over a month ago that Twitter was in the process of acquiring TweetDeck for around $40 million, and today TweetDeck announced today that the deal was completed on Tuesday. There are many things that could be changing, or not much at all, but for the time we can congratulate TweetDeck's 15 employees and their great accomplishment. … [Read more...]

Seesmic for Honeycomb shown off during Google I/O

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We showed you about a week ago about Seesmic's screenshots showing off their application on a Honeycomb tablet. Seesmic said they would show off the Android 3.0 optimized app sometime during Google I/O, and we weren't disappointed. Stephanie(aka "the LG Girl") showed off the sleek new UI on the new T-Mobile G-Slate and it looks wonderful. Seesmic … [Read more...]

Twitter buys TweetDeck, what to expect of the Twitter client

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Twitter has been looking to keep their company afloat recently, and it looks like buying TweetDeck for the sum of $40-50 million is the next step Twitter wants to take. TweetDeck is one of the most popular Twitter clients that is offered on Android, and has many features that Twitter probably wants to bring to their official app. Twitter's official … [Read more...]

TweetComb is a slick Twitter client exclusively for Honeycomb

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We've just got word that a pretty awesome Twitter client that was exclusively made for Honeycomb tablets has hit the Android Market. Called TweetComb, this simple, yet slick, UI that works perfectly on your Android 3.0 tablet. As a matter of fact, the developer of this app is only making applications towards Honeycomb, which is great to see that … [Read more...]

Seesmic updates with full Facebook Support and Twitlonger ability

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Every Twitter client these days are stepping up the competition to be your number one source on Android. Seesmic just got an update that makes it a great competitor and it may even be my new number one. The biggest part of the update would be the full Facebook support. Previously you could only post to Facebook, but now you can see your friends … [Read more...]

Twitter Suspends Twidroyd, Unknown Reasons

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For a reason that we are not aware of yet, Twidroyd has been suspended by Twitter for "violating [its] policies." There is a new help document that has been posted for anyone that is having trouble logging in with one of the more popular Android Twitter apps, but it doesn't give an immediate fix. Twitter mentions that they suspend hundred's of … [Read more...]

Official Twitter App Gets a UI Overhaul, What’s Your Favorite?

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There are many choices for a Twitter client on Android, but one we don't really talk about too much would have to be the official Twitter App. The reason is because it was kind of crappy, but their just released version 2 of the app is looking to be an actual competitor. The UI has been completely redone to make things much easier to switch between … [Read more...]