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Google Is Giving the Boot to a Major Play Store Developer With More Than 600 Million Installs

Google has begun purging the Play Store of apps made by DO Global, a Chinese firm that makes Android apps and is partially backed by Baidu, after a BuzzFeed News report indicated it was committing massive ad fraud. According to a separate report by BuzzFeed this Friday, dozens of DO Global apps had disappeared from…

Tech News Tom McKay Apr 28

New Alarm Clock App Is Betting You Won’t Be Able to Sleep Through the Sound of a Puking Dog

Neural adaptation is our brain’s ability to gradually ignore sounds, smells, and other stimuli we’re routinely exposed to. It’s what allows people who live in crowded urban settings to tune out all the noise at night and sleep, and then continue sleeping right through a familiar alarm clock sound in the morning. Odd Alarm is…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Apr 1

New Adware With Destructive Capabilities Infects Over 200 Google Play Store Apps

Researchers have uncovered a new adware strain that, until recently, was running rampant on the Google Play Store. More than 200 applications are said to have carried the malware. In a post Wednesday, Israeli security firm Check Point said applications known to contain this particular adware strain—dubbed “SimBad”—had been downloaded almost 150 million times, primarily…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Mar 13

MAGA Dude Creates App for Voting on Whether a Local Business Is a Conservative Safe Space

It’s happened to all of us: You’re just trying to enjoy your meal in peace when a bunch of liberal hippies shows up waving signs saying “We don’t respect President Donald Trump” and chanting, “Green New Deal / Ban your meal!” And we’ve all long been hoping that someone would design an app that would…

Politics Tom McKay Mar 10

Google Reportedly Won’t Remove Saudi Government App That Allows Men to Track Women

Despite outcry from human rights groups and politicians, Google will reportedly keep a controversial Saudi government app in its Google Play store, Business Insider reported Saturday. Among other functions, the app allows Saudi men to track and restrict the travel of women and dependents. The decision not to remove the app, Absher, follows a Feb.…

Tech News Catie Keck Mar 3

Google’s New App Policy May Break a Vital Tool for Sex Workers in the UK and Ireland

When President Trump last year passed anti-trafficking legislation that led to the removal of online resources sex workers relied on to discuss violent clients, sex workers feared for their safety and fought back. The erasure of these online spaces for the community have continued to proliferate the web, and now, due to a new permissions…

Tech News Melanie Ehrenkranz Feb 20

Navigation Apps With Millions of Downloads Exposed as Just Google Maps With Bonus Ads

One of the purported benefits of modern day app stores is to make it easier for companies to review and ensure that the software you download isn’t harmful or malicious. But with upwards of 2.1 million apps on Google Play, sometimes things slip through the cracks, which seems precisely how at least 19 different free…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 18

Apple Yanks QAnon-Themed App From App Store After Reporters Notice, Still on Play Store Though

Apple has reportedly pulled QDrops, an app which sent alerts about the absolutely inane QAnon conspiracy theory, from its App Store after an NBC News inquiry into why the hell it and Google’s Play Store were profiting off of it. QAnon is an incredibly elaborate online conspiracist yarn that more or less boils down to…

Tech News Tom McKay Jul 17

Google, Unlike Apple, is Making it Easy to Cancel App Subscriptions

Mobile app subscriptions are usually a pain in the ass to cancel, but Google is doing its part to make it slightly easier to get out of the fees with its new Subscriptions Center. The feature, announced at Google I/O earlier this year, rolled out to most Android users Wednesday. Subscriptions Center puts all the…

Tech News AJ Dellinger Jun 20

North Korea-Linked Hackers Targeting Defectors With Android Malware

Escaping the isolated and oppressive regime of Kim Jong Un’s North Korea requires a harrowing effort, but even getting out of the country may not be enough to escape its reach. New research from McAfee suggests hackers in North Korea are targeting defectors with malware-infected Android apps. The cybersecurity firm reported this week that it…

Privacy & Security AJ Dellinger May 19

Google Says It Used AI to Help Block 700K Bad Apps on the Play Store

With over 2.8 million total apps, Google’s Play Store is the biggest app store on the planet. And with that many apps, sometimes simply finding the software you’re looking for can be a challenge, let alone trying to make sure that none of those downloads are harmful or malicious to the over 2 billion active…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Jan 30

Google Pulls 60 Apps From Play Store After Malware Exposes Kids to Porn

Security researchers on Friday disclosed the existence of malicious code buried inside dozens of apps that displayed pornographic images to users. Many of the apps are games reportedly geared toward young children. Google moved quickly on Friday to remove the roughly 60 apps said to be affected from its Play Store. The malware was first…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Jan 12

Study: Vast Majority of Google Play Apps Are Covertly Tracking Users

A new study by France’s Exodus Privacy and the Yale University Privacy lab has concluded that over three out of four of apps available on Google’s Play Store contain third-party tracking plugins, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. Apps sucking up personal information included some of the most popular ones on the platform, “including Tinder, Spotify,…

Privacy & Security Tom McKay Nov 28

Symantec Concludes Just Eight Google Play ‘Minecraft’ Apps May Have Added Millions to Botnets

In a blog post on Wednesday, Symantec security researchers wrote they had discovered at least eight Google Play Store apps that functioned as fronts for a “new and highly prevalent type of Android malware” called Android.Sockbot. The apps in question presented themselves as skins for player characters in popular app Minecraft: Pocket Edition and boasted…

Tech News Tom McKay Oct 18

This Free App Adds an iPhone X Notch to Your Android Phone

Android smartphones with edge-to-edge screens, like the Samsung S8 or the Essential phone, have found elegant ways to deal with the devices’ forward-facing cameras and sensors. But if you’re an Android user who’d rather have a garish notch up top like the iPhone X, a new app called XOutOf10 will add a screen-blocking bar to…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Sep 19

Google Expels Spyware From Play Store That Recorded Audio and Took Photos Without Permission

Android users are facing new threats to their privacy with the recent discovery of over a thousand spyware apps on the loose. A security firm found that at least three of these apps—which are capable of covertly taking photos, recording audio, retrieving call logs, and more—were available for download on Google Play. Google has removed…

Privacy & Security Dell Cameron Aug 11

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Here are some of the most significant phone flops of all time.

Gadgets Christina Warren May 1

12 of the Best Android Apps You Can Beta Test Today

Google has recently been rolling out improvements to the Play Store that make it easier to find and manage beta apps, so if you’re eager to try out some cutting edge features and are prepared to put up with a few additional bugs, there’s never been a better time to get started. Here are 12…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 23

More Fake Pokémon Go Apps Were Released To Ruin Your Phone

There have been reports of malicious Pokémon Go apps out in the wild since the game was released over a week ago, but more of them are popping out of the brush than Caterpies just out of Pallet Town. According to security firm ESET, apps have been masquerading under similar Pokémon titles, attracting people looking…

Tech News Carli Velocci Jul 15

Save a Ton of Money By Sharing Movies With Google’s New Family Library

Google is making it easier—and cheaper—to share with family members. For no additional charge, you can now share purchased apps, games, movies, TV shows, and books with up to six family members across Android, iOS, and the web. The offer has been rumored for months, and it’s now available to everyone with a Google Play…

Tech News Darren Orf Jul 12

Google Is Giving the Boot to a Major Play Store Developer With More Than 600 Million Installs

New Alarm Clock App Is Betting You Won’t Be Able to Sleep Through the Sound of a Puking Dog

New Adware With Destructive Capabilities Infects Over 200 Google Play Store Apps

MAGA Dude Creates App for Voting on Whether a Local Business Is a Conservative Safe Space

Google Reportedly Won’t Remove Saudi Government App That Allows Men to Track Women

Google’s New App Policy May Break a Vital Tool for Sex Workers in the UK and Ireland

Navigation Apps With Millions of Downloads Exposed as Just Google Maps With Bonus Ads

Apple Yanks QAnon-Themed App From App Store After Reporters Notice, Still on Play Store Though

Google, Unlike Apple, is Making it Easy to Cancel App Subscriptions

North Korea-Linked Hackers Targeting Defectors With Android Malware

Google Says It Used AI to Help Block 700K Bad Apps on the Play Store

Google Pulls 60 Apps From Play Store After Malware Exposes Kids to Porn

Study: Vast Majority of Google Play Apps Are Covertly Tracking Users

Symantec Concludes Just Eight Google Play ‘Minecraft’ Apps May Have Added Millions to Botnets

This Free App Adds an iPhone X Notch to Your Android Phone

Google Expels Spyware From Play Store That Recorded Audio and Took Photos Without Permission

Why These ‘Revolutionary’ Phones Failed So Hard

12 of the Best Android Apps You Can Beta Test Today

More Fake Pokémon Go Apps Were Released To Ruin Your Phone

Save a Ton of Money By Sharing Movies With Google’s New Family Library

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