Android Market Rechristened To Google Play

If you are one of the many who speculated Google Play to be some kind of an Android device, don't kill us if we disappoint you with a contrasting update here. With all the speculations about Google Play, Android Market has been laid to rest(just the name). No, don't go in to dangerous and heart breaking thoughts; the application has just been renamed to, you got it, Google Play.
There isn't much to it apart from Android market being rechristened. If however you look closely, there are a few other reasons why Google did this. You will get all familiar things that you were used to with Android Market and many others. Google thought to make the market place a one-stop-shop for all your entertainment needs. So as you see in the image here (web version), apart from applications you now will have Music, Books and Movies too. 

So the next time when you buy a book online, you will have the luxury to start the read on your laptop/android tablet and continue it on your Android smart-phone since now your library will be accessible through the cloud storage that Google Play comes with. The page may have different options based on your location. Here is from the official word from Google blog:
"In the U.S., music, movies, books and Android apps are available in Google Play. In Canada and the U.K., we’ll offer movies, books and Android apps; in Australia, books and apps; and in Japan, movies and apps. Everywhere else, Google Play will be the new home for Android apps."

And for all of you who carry the Android smart-phones so often, Google has this Play Store (that's what they now call it in the android app section)there too. If you haven't yet already seen it, just try searching your old pal Android market on your smart-phone and chances are you wouldn't find it at all. The new icon has been labelled Play Store. For a moment it ditched us too in the search as we were looking either in the G or the M line of app drawer on our Android devices.
 

The move seems to have been timed for a cause. The search giant' Google digital media services on the web underscores a key concept that the search giant is hoping to drive home. It is known that the media ecosystem that Google has created wasn't meant only for Android devices, but for users of all stripes. Although when will Google TV be able to use the Play Store like services, is still unknown. The search giant themselves are yet to open up on this. We wait on a word on that as well!
By the way, don't be surprised to see more apps being rechristened with a new logo like this. One that we know is Google Music, which is now Play Music. Any more that you could find or know about, let us know in the comments section! 
Happy Crunching!