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Some Top Android Apps Aren’t as Private as They Claim
Play Store Privacy How private do you think your Android phone is? Well, Mozilla has probably just ruined or confirmed your perspective on your device’s privacy. Mozilla, who is behind the Firefox browser which prides itself on its privacy and security, has conducted a study and found that around 80%…
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Google Play Store to Implement Review ‘Buffer’ To Help Them Tackle Fake Ratings
It’s not exactly a secret that for every great (or even good) app on the Google Play Store, there are about three or four others which are absolutely terrible. – The problem the storefront has predominantly faced over the years, however, is that it’s very easy for the creators of…
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Epic Games is Suing Apple and Google Over Fortnite!
It’s been well-known for quite some time now that despite Fortnite being available on both the Apple and Google storefronts, Epic Games hasn’t been entirely happy with the terms. Largely because Apple and (to a lesser extent) Google, requires that a cut of all money paid from consumers goes to…
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Epic Games Gives Up and Puts Fortnite on Google Play
When Fortnite was originally launched for Android back in 2018, there was something more than a little unusual about it. You see, Epic Games didn’t release it on the Google Play store. You instead had to download it directly from Epic’s website which was, comparatively speaking, a little more awkward…
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Google Removes Two More Malware Ridden Apps from its Store
It’s hardly any secret that the Google Play Store can be a great place to find weird and wonderful apps for your Android device. It’s also hardly any secret that a worrying amount of them are consistently found to contain malware! It literally feels that a month can’t go by…
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Google Removes 24 More Malware-Riddled Apps from their Store
Despite the popularity of the Android platform for both tablets and smartphones, it’s hardly a secret that the Google Play Store is something of a minefield when it comes to apps containing malware. How bad is the problem, though? Well, from our perspective, it feel like we can’t go a…
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Google Pulls Popular PDF App Due to it Containing Malware
It’s pretty clear that the Google Play Store has some pretty huge problems with malware. We regularly report on various (and often hundreds) of apps getting pulled as they were found to contain something you probably wouldn’t want on your smartphone or tablet. In a report via Engadget, however, the…
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Google Play Store Is Still Plagued With Malware
Google Play Store The Google Play Store has an almost countless amount of apps which you can download onto your Android device. The store has, however, long been fighting a battle to ensure that the content listed on there is both good quality and free from virus’ and malware. The…
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EPIC Launching Their Own App Store to Compete with Apple
From Games Store to Mobile App Store It appears that EPIC is truly expanding faster than any company these days. Not merely content with competing directly with Valve‘s Steam platform for PC games, they are apparently also launching a mobile App store soon. The news comes from the Wall Street…
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Fortnite On Android Avoids Google Play Due to 30% Commission
Epic Games Block Google Play Release Due To Commission Rate Fortnite, the exceptionally popular battle royale simulator has been released for pretty much every modern media out there. The only thing it is currently missing is the Android mobile market. Given that this platform is exceptionally popular (largely as the…
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Super Mario Run Is Now Available On Android
The long wait is over, it is the 23rd of March, and Super Mario Run is now available on Android. This is the first Nintendo outing in the Google Play store and it will be interesting to see how it is received. On iOS, it was greeted with a mixed…
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Classic Adventure Puzzler Myst Hits Android
Myst, one of the best-selling games ever made, out now for Android devices. A revised edition of the game, called realMyst, has been ported to Android by Noodlecake on behalf of the game’s original developer Cyan Worlds. The 1993 adventure puzzler experienced a cultural resurgence recently after being cited as…
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ShakeSpeak Keyboard Lets You Write Like Shakespeare
In the modern world, communication has often been reduced to abbreviations that represent words and a vast collection of emotive images, which is a far cry from the language used by Shakespeare and other famous linguists. Now you can add a little culture to your messaging and find out what the…
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Google Opposes Antitrust Accusations in Russia
Google is no stranger to being faced with anti-trust rulings worldwide, but this is the first time that the accusations have been put forth in Russia. Back in September this year, the Russian search engine Yandex filed a complaint against Google with the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service, which ruled…
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Malicious Porn App Took Secret Photos of Users
A fraudulent Android porn app that took secret photos of users and attempted to blackmail them has been discovered by security firm Zscaler. Adult Player purported to offer users pornographic videos, but quietly used an Android device’s front-facing camera to snap the user, lock their device, and try to extort…
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