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Android “app”vertisement on the Weather Channel

I personally get sick of the ‘There’s an app for that’ hype sometimes as well as Apple bragging about how their market is sooo much bigger than Android’s. I understand it’s competition and usually competition is healthy, but, I don’t have to like it when I’m a total fanboy when it comes to Android.

That said, I’m actually excited when I see more mainstream media outlets reporting on Android, celebreties endorsing Android devices and major networks creating Android apps and bragging about it. Just like the Discovery Channel app I wrote about recently and now we can add The Weather Channel them.

But The Weather Channel has done even more by advertising their app on the air and displaying a QR code that allows Android users to scan the screens of their televisions and download the Weather Channel app to their phones. Check out the video below to see the ad.

Some may say their channel is boring but I think this is pretty cool!

Do you think QR Codes are the way to go when it comes to advertising on mainstream media? Let us know in the comments!

Enjoy.

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Android Market Hacked

Maybe this is old news but what we have here is a video with a Lil Wayne song. Coincidentally, the video portion shows someone download a paid app, copy it using the developers kit, uninstall the app and refund it, upload the copy to a website and reinstal it to his phone from the browser. Whew…

So basically, someone with a developers kit can be engaging in mass piracy of paid apps for everyone because it appears that you don’t even have to root your phone. I’m sure there will be some sort of fix in the future but for right now it’s the wild wild west.

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