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• Study: Google Play is riddled with thousands of data-stealing counterfeit apps

  A two year study, conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney and CSIRO's Data61, analyzed more than a million ...

  • 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