Apparently no one told IMDb about the whole Google Play switcheroo because they’re still pointing users to the Android Market. I don’t blame ’em, it’s hard to let go. Anywhoo, they have an update ready for all you movie fanatics who latch onto your IMDb app like it’s the Bible. The update, which brings the app to Version 2.6, adds the ability to watch movie trailers in HD as well as:
Imangi Studios and their hit game Temple Run managed to grab over 5 million downloads in just over a week on Android — a number I’m betting many Temple Run users still haven’t scored. There’s no denying its popularity and it’s certainly well deserved. Temple run is fun, addicting, and best of all it’s free! I don’t think I’ve managed to go a day without at least playing a couple games myself, and my kids — forget about it! The initial release did have a few bugs but Imangi was able to quickly patch those up and things seems to be running quite smoothly now.
Popular application Plume for Twitter has received an update which adds numerous bug fixes and new UI enhancements to better match Ice Cream Sandwich. For those unfamiliar, Plume for Twitter is an alternative for those who aren’t fans of the official Twitter app. If you’re not yet using Plume, perhaps today’s update might make it your default Twitter client.
You can add another name to the list of companies dropping Google Maps in favor of OpenStreetMap. When Wikipedia announced its new app for iOS today, they also announced that they would be using OpenStreetMap exclusively for the nearby view in both their iOS and Android mobile apps. Wikipedia feels this change will be a better fit for their goal of making knowledge available in a free and open manner to everyone.
This also means we no longer have to use proprietary Google APIs in our code, which helps it run on the millions of cheap Android handsets that are purely open source and do not have the proprietary Google applications.
Last month Zynga released their popular Scramble With Friends onto Android. Although the initial release was the free ad-supported version, users were really hoping to pony up some cash to get rid of the ads. Zynga listened and after a couple weeks, dropped a new paid version onto the Android Market Google Play Store. Now users can pay $.99 for an ad-free version of Scramble With Friends that also allows users to earn tokens twice as fast.
