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Apple's iMessage App For Android Surfaces On Play Store

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Apple's iMessage messaging service just got spotted on Google Play Store and its available for download for Android devices.


Like the name suggest, it allows you to send iMessages to not only Apple devices but also to other Android users that have the app installed.


This is actually surprising seeing that the app had been in the store since September 12th according to the information on Google Play Store. Not only that, there are reviews being written which suggests that the app is performing as intended.

Jay Freeman, creator of Cydia, a popular Hacker and Developer on the iOS platform has this to say

"as far as I can tell the way it works is that the client does directly connect to Apple, but the data is all processed on the developer's server in China. This not only means that Apple can't just block them by IP address, but also that they get to keep the "secret sauce" on their servers (and potentially just run Apple code: there are some parts of the process in Apple's client code that is highly obfuscated).

Every packet from Apple is forwarded to 222.77.191.206, which then sends back exactly what data to send to Apple (along with extra packets that I presume tell the client what's happening so it can update its UI). Likewise, if the client wants to send a message, it first talks to the third-party server, which returns what needs to be sent to Apple. The data is re-encrypted as part of this process, but its size is deterministically unaffected"

For now, some iPhone users are pissed and are wondering if there would be any law suit from Apple to the developer of the said app for using not only the name "iMessage" but the logo or to Google for permitting such app in the Play Store.

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Apple App Store offers More Useful apps Than Google Play Store apps

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Apple App Store offers more useful apps Than Google Play Store and the reason isn't far fetched. 

While we live in an age where software and applications have become more relevant than ever, any smartphone maker that do not have a huge application base in its app store is doomed and would suffer in sales of its devices, this is especially glaring with BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices. 

That being said, having huge applications present in the app store isn't only the factor that determines the high adoption of a mobile operating system.
What is the point of having over one million apps and 70% are not really useful to mankind? Definitely no point and this why having the largest application in the store is not enough. 

Considering Google Play Store and Apple App Store boasting of almost a million apps each in its app store, there's nothing that can't be installed on an Android & iOS device thereby making devices running these Operating Systems more powerful yet, a lot of folks tend to favor iOS devices more that Android devices.
Of  course this is not only because of the build and quality of Apple hardware but also because there are more quality apps in the Apple app store compared to the Google Play store.  Not only that, very high productivity apps are present and while some might be present for the Android platform, they are not as robust as the iOS version. 

For example,  there are more highly sophisticated medical,  musical, gaming and educational apps in the Apple app store compared to Google play store.
Apparently there are also a good number of apps on the android platform that are not available for the iOS platform, but the usefulness and quality of these apps are questionable; the converse however is all green. 
Going by the popularity and how developed the Android operating system have become over the years, it should be easy for apps developers to mirror the same applications on iOS platforms but this however not the case given the reason below. 

Android is really fragmented and that is a huge problem.

Less than 20% android devices are not running the latest version. Majority are on earlier versions like gingerbread and the hardware on the devices are of old technology thereby drastically reducing the number of people/devices that can benefit from high quality applications the require powerful and latest technology hardwares. 
Google needs to fix this and make sure that more people get the latest Android version on their devices and of course making sure that vendors improve on hardware specifications like Samsung, HTC and Motorola are doing.

As said in the opening statement, until Google tackles it's issues, Apple app store would continue to have more high quality apps in its store and of course more people and developers will automatically favour iOS over Android.

These are however my opinions and you are more then welcomed to share yours and put in your argument if you object. 

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How To Share Apps Downloaded From Google Play Store

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You can now share apps you downloaded to your device directly from Google Play Store.
Naturally, when apps are downloaded from the Play Store and it is installed to a device, it is almost impossible to know where the installation file is saved and it is not possible to share the app like you would share normal apps with the normal .apk extension.

The purpose of this guide is to show how you can convert these directly downloaded apps to apk and share to other Android devices.

Procedures
1. Download MyAppSharer app and install to your device

2. Launch application and you will see all your installed apps. 
3. Select the app you want to convert to apk by checking the box at the right hand side and wait for it to process.
4. Select APK  by tapping the circular icon and click Share.
5. Scroll left or right to view sharing options, either via email, Bluetooth etc.

All apps converted to APK can are saved to a folder called MyAppSharer which can be access from the File explorer app. This means that there is no need to always convert already or previously converted apps. Just go to the folder and you can send them as APK to anyone.

I hope this guide is of use to you. Drop a comment if you experience any difficulty in achieving your goal.

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Google Play Store mit PayPal-Bezahlung?

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Der Google Play Store bietet eine unzählige Auswahl an Android Apps, Filmen, Büchern und Musik. Doch leider kann man diese hierzulande leider nur mit Kreditkarte und einige User auch über die Telefonrechnung ihres Providers bezahlen. Andere Alternativen gibt es derzeit nicht. Doch nun sind in einem zu Google Wallet gehörigen JavaScript-File Hinweise auf eine PayPal-Integration aufgetaucht.

Google bietet hierzulande leider nur die Möglichkeit des Bezahlens über Kreditkarte oder wenigen auch über die Mobilfunkrechnung an. Da Deutschland nicht gerade ein Land der Kreditkarten ist, gehen so, schätze ich zumindestens, Google viele Einnahmen verloren. Da würde es doch passen, wenn im Google Play Store zukünftig auch via PayPal bezahlt werden könnte. Für viele User wäre dies sicherlich die bessere Alternative.
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