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• Google and Apple boot 59 banned Chinese apps in India from their app stores

  Two days after India banned 59 Chinese apps over security and privacy concerns, these apps are removed from the Google Play ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Dropbox is testing a new password manager app

  Dropbox has quietly released a test version of its upcoming password manager on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. However, ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Chrome is testing dark mode for Google Search

  You might soon be able to rummage through the internet... but in dark mode. Chrome is testing a dark theme for Google Search. ...

  • Mix

• Qatar forces residents to install its coronavirus tracker — or face the consequences

  Qatar is making it mandatory for all citizens and residents to install its coronavirus tracker when going out — or face ...

  • Mix

• How to transfer your Google Play Music library to YouTube Music

  Google Play Music is running on borrowed time, due to be shut down later this year. Here's how to transfer your library to ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Xiaomi is collecting browser data even in incognito mode, researchers say

  You might want to stay away from Xiaomi's browsers if you care about your privacy, or so suggest a couple of concerned researchers. ...

  • Mix

• Fortnite finally on the Google Play Store as Epic loses year-long standoff

  Epic Games has finally launched smash hit Fortnite on the Google Play Store -- and it wants everyone to know it's not happy ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Huawei's P40 Pro+ packs the craziest camera in a phone yet

  After months of rumors and speculation, Huawei's P40 Series is finally here, made up of three models. Once again, Huawei ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Android malware found farming ads for cash in kids' apps on Google's Play Store

  A new malware family, dubbed Tekya, has infected multiple children's Android apps, farming ad clicks to earn money. Cybersecurity ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• WhatsApp may let you set a self-destruct timer on private messages

  Your WhatsApp conversations may soon become a little more ephemeral. A recent Beta of the app introduced to the Google Play ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Play now has dark mode — here's how to turn it on

  I get it when it comes to WhatsApp, Messenger, Gmail and Instagram, but you must be an absolute specimen of a human to want ...

  • Mix

• How to turn any long read into a fake podcast with Google Assistant

  Hate reading? Us too. But thanks to Google, you can now ask Assistant to read out pretty much anything on the web — from ...

  • Mix

• Google removes 'nearly 600' apps from the Play Store over annoying ads

  Google is cracking down on apps on the Google Play Store with the most obnoxious ads. The company today announced it had ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Microsoft just combined Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single handy Android app

  Most of us have more apps than we need on our phones, so I've always been a little annoyed that reading Microsoft Word, Excel, ...

  • Napier Lopez

• YouTube Music might soon allow you to upload songs to library

  One of the standout features in the Google Play Music streaming service is the cloud library, which lets you ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google paid out $6.5 million in bug bounties in 2019

  Google says $500,000 of the $6.5 million it awarded researchers in bug bounties in 2019 went to charity — that's five times ...

  • Mix

• Don’t update Twitter for Android — it crashes (but you can fix it)

  Twitter has advised users against downloading the to the latest version of the app on Android because it crashes. Here's ...

  • Mix

• WhatsApp finally gets dark mode on Android — here's how to enable it

  WhatsApp is finally getting dark mode on mobile — but only for Android for the time being, so iPhone users will have to ...

  • Mix

• Google lifts ban on Ethereum wallet app it thought was mining cryptocurrency

  On Wednesday, Google restored Ethereum app MetaMask, after it mistakenly removed it from its Play Store for believing it ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Dodgy Google Chrome extension reportedly causes $16K crypto theft

  A malicious Google Chrome extension has reportedly cost one user Ledger user around $16,000 worth of the cryptocurrency Zcash. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• How Huawei powered through a tough 2019 and came out on top

  Huawei has had a tough year. The company’s fight with the US government impacted its business across the globe, but this ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Popular Android apps are shipping with outdated bug-ridden software

  Researchers have found that several popular Android apps, including Facebook, Instagram and WeChat, come with outdated software ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google forges new 'app defense alliance' to fix Android malware menace

  Google officially announces a partnership with cybersecurity firms ESET, Lookout, and Zimperium to catch sketchy apps before ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Sketchy Android keyboard app with 40M downloads makes money off unauthorized purchases

  Android third-party keyboard app Ai.type has been found to stealthily sign up users for millions of unauthorized purchases ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Apple and Google remove 50+ apps that served malicious ads

  Apple and Google have cumulatively removed over 50 apps from their respective mobile app stores that were found serving malicious ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• VPN apps with 500M+ installs caught serving disruptive ads to Android users

  Four Android apps with cumulative installs of more than 500 million have been found to serve disruptive ads outside the apps. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• WhatsApp for Android has mysteriously disappeared from Google Play [Update: It's back]

  WhatsApp, one of the world's most popular privacy-oriented messengers, has suddenly disappeared from Google Play — and ...

  • Mix

• Android users suckered for $100s by basic calculator and QR code scanning apps

  Fleeceware apps on Google Play were found to abuse the Play Store policies and grossly charge users hundreds of dollars for ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google Play Pass isn't Android's answer to Apple Arcade

  Welp, that didn't take long. Within days of Apple launching its Arcade game subscription services, Google's responded with ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Google purges 24 malware-ridden apps that were downloaded 500,000 times

  A new malware campaign called Joker targeting Android has been found to engage in ad fraud at least since early June 2019. ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Malware found in CamScanner's document scanning Android app, which has over 100M downloads

  Kaspersky Lab finds that CamScanner app contained a malicious module that pushed ads or downloaded apps surreptitiously onto ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Huawei might launch the Mate 30 without Play Store and Google apps (Update: arriving September 19)

  Chinese manufacturer Huawei's upcoming flagships – the Mate 30 and the Mate 30 Pro – will be released without official ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Open-source spyware bypasses Google Play defenses — twice

  ESET researchers have discovered the first known instance of an open-source spyware bypassing the internet giant's Play Store ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google has removed 7 'stalkerware' apps from its Play Store

  Google has pulled seven tracking apps from the Play Store after Avast found they allowed people to stalk on their employees, ...

  • Cara Curtis

• Instagram and WhatsApp get a 'from Facebook' stamp to remind you who's boss

  To be honest, I'm kind of impressed Facebook held out this long. After buying WhatsApp and Instagram several years ago, ...

  • Napier Lopez

• Google Play hosted 205 harmful apps with over 32M installs last month alone

  It seems Google is losing the battle against sketchy Android software big time: there were 205 harmful apps with over 32 ...

  • Mix

• YouTube is the world's top-grossing video app with $138M in user spending

  Google must be happy. YouTube is the world's top-grossing app in the photo and video software category for a second quarter ...

  • Mix

• It's 2019 and Google still can't keep malware out of its Android app store

  Symantec researchers find a new app that advertised itself as an unofficial version of Telegram app — only to push malicious ...

  • Ravie Lakshmanan

• Google Play hosted phishing apps impersonating Turkish cryptocurrency exchange

  Malicious apps impersonating Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk are circumventing Google’s recently adopted security ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• How to set a monthly budget for your Google Play purchases on Android

  Google has updated its Play Store with a handy new feature that lets you set a monthly budget to help keep your app and digital ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• This app collects wallpapers designed to hide Samsung Galaxy S10's camera

  The Hidey Hole app for Samsung's Galaxy S10 collects hole-punch wallpapers from Reddit – so you can easily hide that hole. ...

  • Mix

• Google distributed malicious Chrome app designed to steal your cryptocurrency

  Be wary if you come across ads for an airdrop, distributing tokens for cryptocurrency exchange Huobi: someone might be trying ...

  • Mix

• The best ways to move your music from Apple Music or Google Play Music to Spotify

  Spotify’s just launched in India, and I’m excited to try it out. However, I’ve been an Apple Music subscriber for over ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Verizon is testing a game streaming service targeting Android devices

  The Verge reports that Verizon is the latest company to throw its hat into the game streaming ring, with a view to make it ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Google twists Samourai Wallet's arm to disable privacy features

  Samourai Wallet, a bitcoin wallet provider, is temporarily disabling some of its privacy-related features following a request ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• How to install Google Play on your Chinese version Honor Magic 2 phone

  Here's how to get the Honor Magic 2 to play nice in the West.

  • Matthew Hughes

• Google now lets you donate to charities through the Play store

  Google is giving users a chance to give back to the community by introducing donations through Google Play. Android users ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Google removes 2 popular Android apps that enabled click fraud

  Google finally The search giant removed CM File manager and Kika keyboard apps after an internal investigation for ad fraud ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Spotify is giving away free Google Home Mini speakers to some paid subscribers

  Spotify today announced a partnership with Google that doles out free hardware to certain paid subscribers. As of today, ...

  • Bryan Clark

• All Android phones should run stock OS (including you Samsung!)

  Countless consumers around the globe cherish the customization options available to them when it comes to their smartphones, ...

  • Gary Eastwood

• 8 nifty, new apps that will help you save money

  No matter where your income-to-spending ratio currently sits, one thing remains true — you can save more money. Even if ...

  • Lucas Miller

• John McAfee's 'unhackable' Bitcoin wallet (allegedly) got hacked

  John McAfee threw down the gauntlet last week when claiming his newly-created Bitcoin wallet, Bitfi, was "unhackable." It ...

  • Bryan Clark