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Google to implement strict measures on legacy apps installed in new devices with Android 14

26Jan

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Google to implement strict measures on legacy apps installed in new devices with Android 14

[ad_1] Multi-national tech conglomerate Google will set stricter measures when it comes to outdated apps being installed on new devices, suggests a newly listed code. Multi-national tech conglomerate Google will set stricter measures when it comes to outdated apps being installed on new devices, suggests a newly listed code. According to GSM Arena, a tech-news related news website, starting with version 14, Android won't allow even sideloading apps that target older versions of the OS. Currently, Google doesn't allow newly listed apps on Google Play to target Android versions older than 12 but still allows users to sideload older software. Also, Google Play will still allow you to install older apps, which you have already installed in the past. As previously pointed out by GSM...

Lawsuit against Google over app store competition gets class-action designation

29Nov

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Lawsuit against Google over app store competition gets class-action designation

[ad_1] A U.S. judge in California on Monday allowed litigation against Alphabet Inc's Google. A U.S. judge in California on Monday allowed litigation against Alphabet Inc's Google to proceed as a consumer class action of 21 million individuals who accuse the company of violating U.S. anti-competition laws in how it runs its Google Play app store. U.S. District Judge James Donato said in a 27-page order that the plaintiffs had established the legal elements of "commonality" and other factors to form a class action that alleges anticompetitive business practices. The class members are Google Play Store individual consumers in 12 states, including Ohio, Michigan and Georgia, in addition to American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The...

Elon Musk to make his own smartphone! To compete with ‘biased’ iPhone, Google Pixel

26Nov

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Elon Musk to make his own smartphone! To compete with ‘biased’ iPhone, Google Pixel

[ad_1] Elon Musk has said if required he will make an alternative phone to Apple and Google. Know why. Elon Musk, the new CEO of the social media platform Twitter has said that he can make an alternative smartphone to the Apple iPhone and Google Pixel. Replying to a Twitter user Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler), host of The Liz Wheeler Show, Musk has said the same when asked if Apple and Google boot Twitter from their app stores will he produce his own smartphone. Wheeler took to her Twitter account saying. "If Apple & Google boot Twitter from their app stores, @elonmusk should produce his own smartphone. Half the country would happily ditch the biased, snooping iPhone & Android. The man builds rockets to Mars, a silly little smartphone should be easy, right?" In response to wh...

Alert! Google just banned 4 new apps and millions asked to delete them immediately

17Nov

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Alert! Google just banned 4 new apps and millions asked to delete them immediately

[ad_1] Google has just banned four new apps on the PlayStore and you should remove them immediately. Google has just banned four new apps on the PlayStore for spreading malicious content on your Android device. The Google Play Store is a heavily guarded store that promises to scan all apps and offers users a secure experience of downloading the latest apps. However, hackers eventually find a loophole or a way to embed malicious codes into their apps, and that leads to hurt users who download them. Google was reported of similar malicious apps recently and it had to remove them.The four apps came from the same developer and were found to spread malicious content cleverly. Soon after the discovery, the website of the developer, which is called Mobile apps Group, was inaccessible. The de...

Bad byte! 4 dangerous apps found on Google Play Store; did you download any? Delete NOW

7Nov

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Bad byte! 4 dangerous apps found on Google Play Store; did you download any? Delete NOW

[ad_1] 4 malicious apps have been identified on Google Play Store that can steal your personal details. Check the bad apps here and delete them now. Not all the apps you download or install on your phone from Google Play Store are safe. As per the latest details 4 malicious Android apps have been found on Google Play Store that can lead you to harmful phishing sites and can even steal your private information secretly. These four bad apps are from developer Mobile apps Group and are listed on Google Play. Also, these apps are infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB and have amassed at least one million downloads. "A family of malicious apps from developer Mobile apps Group are listed on Google Play and infected with Android/Trojan.HiddenAds.BTGTHB. In total, four apps are liste...

Google announces third-party ‘in app’ billing pilot in India, some other markets

2Sep

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Google announces third-party ‘in app’ billing pilot in India, some other markets

[ad_1] Google on Friday announced that third-party 'in app' billing system pilot will be extended to India and some other markets, allowing non-gaming developers to offer users the choice of an alternative billing mechanism alongside that of Google Play.A reasonable service fees will continue to apply in order to support investments in Android and Play, according to Google. However, specifics of what the reasonable service fees will be, have not been disclosed. Users will still have the choice to use Google Play's billing system. "With this next phase of Google Play's user choice billing pilot, all non-gaming developers can offer an additional billing choice alongside Play's billing system for their users in Australia, Japan, India, Indonesia, and the European Econo...