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Google yank tethering apps from Android Market
SlashGear —
... such as when Vodafone release the HTC Magic in Europe - and the impact their ToS may have on software.
Google’s app sweep seems to have been an unnecessarily thorough one, too, removing apps which arguably have functionality not in contravention with carrier’s ToS. One banned app allowed the Android phone to act as a bridge between a WiFi router (sharing a broadband connection, not T-Mobile’s data network) and a Bluetooth device lacking its own WiFi.
[via Android Community] ...
Reports: Google Pulling Tethering Apps From Android Marketplace [Android]
Gizmodo —
Developers are reporting a mass delisting of Android tethering apps from the App Marketplace, after being informed that such apps breach the Developer Distribution Agreement. That's your cue for righteous indignation, internet! It's not yet clear if all tethering apps have been pulled from the Marketplace, but a some have—and we know why. Though the developer of Wifi Tether for Root Users—one of the apps that got pulled—doesn't reprint his entire exchange with Google, he tells us that their reasoning invokes ...
Android tethering removed from Market place
Mobility Site —
According to news published today at Android Community:
Google has reportedly pulled tethering apps from the Android Market. According to at least one developer, who contributed to the WiFi Tether for Root Users app, Google are citing their distribution agreements with carriers as the prompt for removal:
“Google enters into distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Carriers to place the Market software client application for the Market on Devices. These distribution agreements may ...
Google Banning Tethering Apps from Android Market
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... regarding ToS’s for T-Mo and other carriers:
“Android phones are supposed to be released for other carriers in the future, right? Does this mean that apps in the Market have to adhere to the ToS for only T-Mobile, even when other carriers sign on? Will all apps have to adhere to the ToS for every carrier that supports Android phones?”
We’re going to hear more on this one in the days ahead for sure. What are your thoughts?
[Via: AndroidCommunity]
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Google removing tethering apps from Android Market
Android Authority —
... started removing tethering applications from the Android Market. For those of you unfamiliar with the term tethering, it refers to using a cell phone as a modem for a personal computer or similar device. It gets its name from the cable that often links the two, which acts as a tether of sorts (though Bluetooth can also be used in lieu of a cable). My friend Chris Davies of Android Community has written up a nice explanation of what appears to be going on at the Android Market, so I recommend that you read what he has to say . Popularity: 1% [ ...
Google removing tethering apps from Android Market?
MobileBurn.com —
... by the carriers. The issue here, however, is how Google plans to deal with the differing terms of use that the various carriers have, once we see more than a single carrier in a given market offering Android phones. There is also the question of why users that have legitimately purchased unlocked Android phones, which Google and HTC offer, must abide by terms of service agreements from carriers that they don't necessarily have any connection with. You can read more about the issue at Android Community . [via ...
Google Bans Tethering Apps in the Android Market: Deja Vu
jkOnTheRun —
... like tethering, that is very clear. Many smartphones have integrated 3G and carriers rely on the charges for that bandwidth to keep them profitable. Tethering, the ability to use the phone as a modem for laptops, has long been shunned or outright banned by carriers that do not want to see that ability cut into the bottom line. Many U.S. carriers charge an extra monthly fee for the privilege of tethering the laptop to the 3G phone, while some forbid it outright. Google has reportedly notified a developer that their tethering app is a violation of the TOS of the Android Market ...
Is Google pulling tethering apps from the Android Market?
Engadget —
... According to folks over at Android Community, Google has begun to pull tethering applications from the G1's Market. One of the contributors to the "WiFi Tether for Root Users" app claims that the company is citing distribution agreements with carriers as the ...
Is Google pulling tethering apps from the Android Market?
Engadget Mobile —
... According to folks over at Android Community, Google has begun to pull tethering applications from the G1's Market. One of the contributors to the "WiFi Tether for Root Users" app claims that the company is citing distribution agreements with carriers as the ...
5Words for March 31st, 2009
Technologizer —
... Big 5Words news coming tomorrow!
Skype for iPhone now available.
Google gets into venture capital.
American Airlines: Wi-Fi almost everywhere.
Sorry, no Android tethering, please.
Microsoft announces Windows Phone partners.
Ahoy, matey: iPhone app pirates.
Lauren: happy PC? Can’t say!
Shure’s new headphones: they rock.
A cheaper PS2. Starting tomorrow.
Firefox is top European browser.
Netflix raises price for ...
Android Tethering Apps Pulled
dailywireless.org —
Google has pulled tethering apps from the Android Market, reports Android Community. According to at least one developer, who contributed to the WiFi Tether for Root Users app (for the Android DevPhone 1), Google are citing their distribution agreements with carriers as the prompt for removal:
“Google enters into distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Carriers to place the Market software client application for the Market on Devices. These distribution agreements may require the ...
Google Pulling Tethering Applications From Android Market
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
... Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has been reportedly pulling tethering applications from the Android Market. One developer claimed this happened to him at AndroidCommunity. The developer contributed to an application called WiFi Tether for Root Users app. Google referred to their distribution agreements with the carriers that they have partnered with as a reason to have the tethering applications removed. ...
Google pulls tethering applications from the Android Market
Obsessable News Feed —
... [jkOnTheRun] Android tethering apps pulled from Market | Android Community [androidcommunity.com] ...
Android Pulls Tethering App? Goodness! You Mean “Open” Isn’t Open?
TheAppleBlog —
... Oops, maybe not. I’m not sure why people believed the steaming pile of hyperbole coming out of the “open” pundits, but it was just a matter of time before reality stepped in. Google has pulled tethering apps from the market. ...
Google bans tethering app from Android Market
iPhone Central —
... to adhere to the ToS for only T-Mobile, even when other carriers sign on? Will all apps have to adhere to the ToS for every carrier that supports Android phones?” he writes. The tethering application can only be used by people who had enabled “root” access to their G1 phones. The developer versions of the phone are rooted but regular users also can enable it, in exchange for some downsides including lower security. People commenting on a story about the incident reported by the Android Community Web site note that G1 users can download applications directly from developers, ...
Google bans tethering app from Android Market
Macworld —
... to adhere to the ToS for only T-Mobile, even when other carriers sign on? Will all apps have to adhere to the ToS for every carrier that supports Android phones?” he writes. The tethering application can only be used by people who had enabled “root” access to their G1 phones. The developer versions of the phone are rooted but regular users also can enable it, in exchange for some downsides including lower security. People commenting on a story about the incident reported by the Android Community Web site note that G1 users can download applications directly from developers, ...
Android tether app yanked by T-Mo
MobileCrunch —
... The question raised is this: will apps have to comply with all carriers’ terms of service once Android is on AT&T, Sprint and the like? That could lead to a lot of confusion. At the moment it’s hard to say since only T-Mobile’s terms apply, but it had better get hashed out soon or developers are going to get antsy. ...
Android tether app yanked by T-Mo
CrunchGear —
... The question raised is this: will apps have to comply with all carriers’ terms of service once Android is on AT&T, Sprint and the like? That could lead to a lot of confusion. At the moment it’s hard to say since only T-Mobile’s terms apply, but it had better get hashed out soon or developers are going to get antsy. ...
Google copiando a Apple: elimina aplicación para usar al móvil como modem 3G
Celularis —
... una copia a las acciones restrictivas de Apple que tan mal vistas han sido en el último año.
Si esperábamos que Android, con el soporte de Google y la Open Handset Alliance, fuese abierto de verdad… se nos terminó el encanto! Habrá más novedades en breve, seguro llegará la respuesta de Android, Google o de T-Mobile o veremos actuar la Pulver Order de una vez por todas en este tema o en el del Skype sin funcionar sobre 3G.
Vía AndroidCommunity ...
Linkpost | 4.1.2009
TechBlog —
Tracking Conficker: So far, it's a snoozer [Update] | Main April 01, 2009 Linkpost | 4.1.2009 • Time Warner Cable Expands Internet Usage Pricing - The metered rates that began in Beaumont are starting to spread. • Hulu Attracts Crowds but Not Ads - People are watching video online, but ads aren't following eyeballs. Also Disney-Hulu Deal Done • Android tethering apps pulled from Market - To comply with terms of wireless carriers. • Analyst: 32GB iPhone could debut in June - More analyst speculation has low-end model dropping ...
Android tethering is back, just not for those in the United States
Betanews —
... | Published April 2, 2009, 12:55 PM Applications that allowed Android-based phones to act as 3G modems were pulled from the Android Market earlier this week, only to be returned again to everywhere...except in the U.S. According to a report from a developer of one of the apps that was pulled earlier in the week, Google found that the applications were a violation of T-Mobile's terms of service. But given the open nature of Android, and the operating system's availability on wireless networks other than T-Mobile, Google today brought back the tethering apps, with the proviso ...
Murphy's Law: Breaking the Gavel on Google Android for Netbooks
Maximum PC all RSS Feed —
... IMS Research analyst Chris Shreck argues that this possibility for fragmentation and proprietary control—already seen in the Android mobile market through carriers’ restrictive terms of use—could ...
Palm Silences Talk of Tethering
ReadWriteWeb —
... It certainly seems like a recipe for ill will between Palm and developers, but Google's Android team made a similar move when it pulled all tethering apps from the Android store this spring at partner T-Mobile's behest. ...
Apple Rejects Google Voice App, Invites Regulation
Wired: Epicenter —
... That’s not surprising, since like Apple, Google controls what applications are sold through its online app store and pulled applications from the Android marketplace at the request of T-mobile. ...
Bad Apple: An Argument Against Buying an iPhone [Rants]
Lifehacker —
... other third-party developer, then people would use them. If not, then that's a sign that they need to make them better not a red flag that they should start pulling apps left and right from the App Store because of "duplication." Why You Should Care At the end of the day, this isn't simply a Google Voice/iPhone problem it's a concern for everyone, iPhone owner or not, with an interest in the latest and greatest crop of smartphones. Google's Android OS may be open source, but that doesn't mean they're above pulling apps when pressured by carriers. Right now the non-iPhone ...
