Netflix, Spotify prices might increase as Google seals loophole that allowed these apps to avoid app tax

By Hamnah Khalid ⏐ 5 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google says that they are enforcing a rule to make all Android applications on their Play Store use the company’s payment system. This, in turn,…

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Google Play Store will now take three days for approving apps from *untrusted* developers

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In its effort to restrict and even ban malicious app developers from its platform, Google Play Store developer support has recently confirmed that all new…

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Over 2,000 harmful apps found on Google Play Store, report

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 6 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

A new study finds that over 2,000 apps on Google Play store are harmful in some way. Researchers from the University of Sydney and CSIRO’s…

Huawei has already been building a Play Store of its own

By Abdul Wahab ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The recent shocking news of banning Huawei smartphones from using Google services has shocked everyone from around the globe. It seems that other than storing…

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Google is changing app rating scores on Play Store to focus on recent reviews

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

How could we forget that Google I/O is a developer conference, so definitely there is plenty of dev-focused stuff that does not get general public…

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Apple and Google killed three dating apps from their stores to prevent child sexual abuse

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google and Apple have just pulled out three dating apps from their respective stores. The apps didn’t block kids under 13 from signing up on…

Google bans cryptocurrency mining apps on Play Store

By Aqsa Khunshan ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google has recently updated its policy and banned several apps including cryptocurrency mining apps on Google Play Store. On July 26th, Google announced in a…

Apple’s App store beats Google Play Store in revenue by miles

By Shehryar Ahmed ⏐ 7 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 3 min read

Apple’s App Store’s revenue is twice the revenue of the Google Play Store, a research by app-analytics firm Sensor Tower has revealed. In their half-year…

Google Lens is now available on Play Store as a standalone app

By Talha Saqib ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Last year, Google made its new object recognition tool, Google Lens available to Assistant, later rolling it out for iOS. The company has since been…

What’s all the fuss about Google’s new game: Emoji Scavenger Hunt

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google has a new game to play with you! Hell yeah! I mean it. After bringing Where’s Waldo to Google Maps last month, Google is…

Apple App Store has more revenue while Google Play Store has more downloads, survey

By Mohammad Jamal ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The year 2018 started with the strongest quarter, the app economy has ever seen, shattering the previous records set in Q4 2017 for both consumers…

Apple App Store cites a huge decline in total number of apps

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

We know that the number of spammy apps is quite larger in Google Play Store, yet the Play Store is seeing a significant increase in…

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Over 60 apps & games showing porn ads removed from Google Play Store

By Sajeel Syed ⏐ 8 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Google Play Store is the biggest open source platform for developers around the globe to go mainstream by working on productive apps and games. But…

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