The developer of the current #2 Top App on Android Market has written a very interesting article giving six reasons why they decided to pull their game from Amazon Appstore. From the article: 'If you are a small indie development team, or possibly even alone, don't bother with Amazon Appstore. Create a great app, publish it on Android Market, and provide great customer support. You will never succeed on Amazon Appstore without a big wallet, or at least an established reputation so that Amazon puts value behind their promises.'"

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The New York Times, which recently started charging iPad readers $20 a month, has a lot of angry digital subscribers after an update broke the NYTimes for iPad application. The update was designed to make it easier for readers to subscribe to the Times through iTunes (irony!) but instead left readers unable to access any articles. Worse, the Times didn't bother to fix the app over the long weekend or reply to users who complained on Twitter. It's not the first time developers have broken an iPad application with a poorly constructed update, but reader complaints noted that the size of the New York Times and the high price it charges make this gaffe particularly galling. Angry users have driven the app's rating down to less than two out of five stars

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The relationship between Linux and Android is on a technical level not hard to grasp — there's a shared kernel, but the application and interface layers are quite different. But, as Brian Proffitt points out, there are differences of philosophy and of community — which hasn't stopped Adobe from touting its Andoid dev tools as proof of its devotion to Linux.

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Three hackers, part of Anonymous Hacker Group, have been identified and arrested after an Italian-Swiss investigation. The cell performed several attacks against Italian government websites and 'relevant Italian companies.

http://it.slashdot.org/story/11/07/0...-Cell-Arrested ...

One of Microsoft's hottest new profit centers is a smartphone platform you've definitely heard of: Android. Google's Linux-based mobile operating system is a favorite target for Microsoft's patent attorneys, who are suing numerous Android vendors and just today announced that another manufacturer has agreed to write checks to Microsoft every time it ships an Android device. Vendors paying off Microsoft for the right to use Android now include HTC, Velocity Micro, General Dynamics, Onkyo Corp. and Wistron. Microsoft likely makes more money from Android than its own Windows phone platform, and its latest patent agreement announced Tuesday indicates Microsoft is also going after Google's Linux-based Chromebooks."

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Here's this week's list of new content going live on the US PlayStation Store.

PlayStation Move Ape Escape is the lone new game release this week, while the PSone Imports section of the store has two new games - one a scrolling fighter and the other about cooking Japanese meet.

Oh, and don't forget the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta goes public today, too.

Here's the full list:

PlayStation Plus

New Release Games & DLC

Bomberman ULTRA (Free with Plus, a $9.99 value)
Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar (Free and Exclusive Plus)
Medievil PS one title (Free with Plus, a $5.99 value)
Alien Zombie Death mini (Free with Plus, $3.99 value)
MotorStorm Apocalypse Outlaw Vehicle Pack (PlayStation Plus price $1.99; a 20% discount)

New Release Themes, Avatars and Media

Mega Man Powered Up - Avatar Bundle (x14) (Plus Exclusive, $1.49)
PlayStation Plus Clock Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to Plus)
Qore July Episode 38 - Single Episode (Free with Plus, a $2 .99 value)

Updates

Burnout Paradise Party Pack - Sale (PS3) (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Burnout Paradise Toy Car Collection - Sale (now $1.99, original price $6.99)

Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island - Sale (now $2.99, original price $6.99)

Burnout Paradise: Cops And Robbers - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Burnout Paradise: Legendary Car Pack - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Burnout Paradise: Boost Specials Car Pack - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Burnout Paradise: Time Savers Pack - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Armed And Dangerous Pack - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Lamborghini Untamed Pack - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Porsche Unleashed Pack - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Super Sports Pack - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Hot Pursuit - Three For All Bundle - Sale (now $10.99, original price $19.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Collector's Upgrade - Sale (now $2.99, original price $9.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Extender Pack Bundle 1 - Sale (now $1.99, original price $5.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Extender Pack Bundle 2 - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Muscle Car Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Sport Car Bundle - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Tuner Car Bundle - Sale (now $3.99, original price $6.99)

Need For Speed Pro Street Add-On Content Ultimate Bundle - Sale (now $2.99, original price $9.99)

Need For Speed: Shift: Exotic Racing Series - Sale (now $2.99, original price $9.99)

Need For Speed: Undercover Collector's Edition Upgrade - Sale (now $2.99, original price $10.00)

Need For Speed: Undercover Exotic Car Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $7.50)

Need For Speed: Undercover Muscle Car Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $5.00)

Need For Speed: Undercover Tuner Car Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $5.00)

Need For Speed: Undercover Ultimate Performance Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $10.00)

Need For Speed: Undercover Ultimate Visual Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $5.00)

Need For Speed: Undercover: Boss Car Bundle - Sale (now $1.99, original price $4.99)

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Towers - Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Fate/unlimited codes - Sale (now $9.99, original price $19.99)

Power Stone Collection - Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Ultimate Ghosts 'N Goblins - Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Qore

Qore Episode 38 - July Edition ($2.99)
in July's Episode 38 of Qore Presented by the PlayStation Network, Veronica Belmont explored the sand dunes of "Journey", gets behind the shield in "Captain America: Super Soldier", profiles industry legend Ted Price, and Audrey Cleo takes a look at the quirky over-the-top world of "No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise."
File size: 1.49 GB

Downloadable Games

PlayStation Move Ape Escape ($19.99)
The next chapter in the beloved Ape Escape saga is now available. Dive into an original new adventure full of monkeys and mayhem designed exclusively for the PlayStation Move motion controller! Get ready to explore 15 diverse levels filled with over 500 different monkeys to capture. Or challenge your friends with some wild and wacky mini-games! Download the full game today!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 2.23 GB

PSone Classics

Rapid Angel Psone Import ($5.99)
Japanese developer Techo Soleil has a knack for creating games with sophisticated charm and nuance. This combo beat-em up and platformer has something special for those with a subtle eye for Japanese ingenuity. Play one of three heroines, each with well=crafted moves and a charming voice.
File Size: 121 MB

Yakiniku Bugyou Psone Import ($5.99)
Yakiniku Bugyou is an action game using yakiniku (Japanese grilled meat) as the theme. Players will become a yakiniku master. You must prepare and cook the food and attend to your customers to level up the chef's scale. Watch as your patrons judge your skills!
File Size: 50 MB

Add-on Game Content

Cars 2 - Kabuki Mater ($0.99)
Play as Kabuki Mater in cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 5.78 MB

Cars 2 - Mater As Ivan ($0.99)
Play as Mater disguised as Ivan in Cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 5.28 MB

Cars 2 - The Queen (Free)
Play as The Queen in Cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 23 MB

Cars 2 - Uncle Topolino ($0.99)
Play as Uncle Topolino in Cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 38 MB

Cars 2 - Victor Hugo ($0.99)
Play as Victor Hugo Mater in Cars 2: The Video Game!
File size: 37 MB

Dirt 3: Horn Pack ($0.99)
Download 6 new Horns and let your rivals know you're coming for them!
File size: 2.92 MB

Record of Agarest War Zero - Additional Costumes and Packs ($2.49 ...

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has said third party publishers are best positioned to explain Wii U's online experience.

"We've said that the Wii U will have an extremely robust online experience," the executive told Forbes. "There will be other publishers talking about that as well, and from our perspective, we think it's much more compelling for that information to come from the publishers than to come from us."

Online gameplay will seemingly be driven by third party publishers running their own networks for their games.

"We've seen what our competitors have done, and we've acknowledged that we need to do more online," Fils-Aime added. "For Wii... what we're doing is creating a much more flexible system that will allow the best approaches by independent publishers to come to bear.

"So instead of a situation where a publisher has their own network and wants that to be the predominant platform, and having arguments with platform holders, we're going to welcome that. We're going to welcome that from the best and the brightest of the third party publishers."

Leaving it up to the publishers to handle online duties rather than having a strict overarching online service like Xbox Live will likely have benefits and drawbacks.

Theoretically, it'll mean lower restrictions on publishers releasing free content and generous patches for their games, but it could also mean features like friend lists and cross-game chat only work on individual publishers' networks, rather than across Wii U's software library.

Activision boss Bobby Kotick said last week that Wii U will support "deep rich multiplayer games".

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Gaikai has singed a deal with Capcom that will see the publisher's games made available on its cloud gaming service in the US.

As well as being available through Gaikai's network, Capcom's games will also be playable through the publisher's own websites.

For those not in the know, Gaikai founder Dave Perry describes Gaikai as "a revolutionary new technology that lets you play any game online in your browser".

Gaikai senior VP of interactive entertainment Robert Stevenson said: "Capcom produces some of the industry's most unique franchises, consistently leading their genres with the highest quality. As a forward-thinking publisher who has great success in the digital space, we're excited to be working with them on such properties."

Perry admitted this week that latency is "the biggest elephant in the room" when it comes to cloud gaming, but says the firm has found "many, many ways" to limit it.

Last month, Gaikai signed a deal to stream games over Walmart.com, the online division of the world's biggest retailer.

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