google play store
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Google Pulls Selfie App With Over 50 Million Downloads For Secretly Clicking Ads
Six apps have reportedly been removed from the Google Play Store after a Buzzfeed investigation found that they were involved in ad fraud. The apps, which were all tied to Chinese app developer DU Group, were fraudulently clicking on ads and didn’t disclose to users that they were sending their data to China.
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Google, Unlike Apple, Is Making It Easy To Cancel App Subscriptions
Mobile app subscriptions are usually a pain in the arse to cancel, but Google is doing its part to make it slightly easier to get out of the fees with its new Subscriptions Center. The feature, announced at Google I/O earlier this year, rolled out to most Android users today.
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CSIRO: Most Mobile VPNs Aren’t Secure
If you’re using a VPN app to secure your smartphone — maybe to download torrents, maybe to make your online banking a little more safe — then chances are, it’s not doing what it pretends to. A paper co-authored by CSIRO’s data science arm examined nearly 300 Android VPN apps and found that almost all…
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What Google Play Looks Like When Material Design Leaks In
Google announced a brand new look for Android at I/O this year, one that revolves around stacks of floating cards, and that Google wants to take over everything. Android Police has some exclusive shots of what the Play Store will look like with Material Design lathered on. It’s pretty great.