apps
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How Google’s Lightweight Go Apps Work, And Why You Might Need Them
You may have noticed Google launching a succession of cut-down, lightweight, basic apps under the Go label. The idea is they’re intended for countries where a combination of spotty internet and tight data caps making using all the cool apps on your phone a chore. Spotty internet and tight data caps are pretty par for…
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Google Yanks Seven Stalkerware Apps Discovered By Security Researchers From The Play Store
Google has yanked several apps from its Play Store after cybersecurity firm Avast identified them as “all likely designed by a Russian developer to allow people to stalk employees, romantic partners, or kids,” CNET reported on Thursday.
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That One Guy You Blocked On Tinder Disrupted A U.S. Rally Against Tech ‘Censorship’
Today in apocryphal U.S. right-wing horror stories of Big Tech’s censorship of conservatives: This dude at a D.C. “Demand Free Speech” rally to “demand unbiased social media, and an end to censorship” thrown by the far-right Proud Boys organisation on Sunday going on a lengthy rant about getting banned from Tinder.
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Shazam On Android Can Now Identify Songs Even When You’re Using Headphones
Not long after Apple acquired music recognition app Shazam last spring, the music-ID service introduced a new feature called Pop-up that allowed it to identify songs being played on the device itself, in addition to outside sources.