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AMD deal brings Android apps to Windows 8
Some Windows 8 laptops and PCs could end up running more Android apps than ones written for Microsoft's software.
Gadgets built around chips made by AMD will come optimised to run the Android apps.
A collaboration between AMD and software firm Bluestacks lets the devices run the 500,000 apps more usually found on Android phones.
By contrast, Microsoft reportedly only has a few thousand apps written specifically for Windows 8 at launch.
The Android apps will be available on Windows 8 devices via AMD's AppZone player. Inside this is code from Bluestacks that acts as a wrapper around the mobile phone programs so they can run on desktops, laptops and tablets.
AMD has made changes to the core code that runs its processors and graphics cards to ensure apps built for the small screens on mobile phones look good and run well on larger displays.
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Android apps to run on Apple Macs via Bluestacks program
Owners of Android smartphones now have a way to run their favourite apps on an Apple Mac computer. Start-up Bluestacks has produced a software wrapper that lets the phone apps run on a desktop Apple machine. The release follows an earlier software tool that helped Android apps make the jump from a phone to a Windows PC. Bluestacks said the software was for people that wanted a consistent experience with their favourite apps, no matter where they used them.
