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Google makes its appeal to overturn jury verdict branding the Play Store as illegal monopoly
Google went to appeals court Monday in an attempt to convince a three-judge panel to overturn a jury’s verdict declaring its app store for Android smartphones as an illegal monopoly and block the penalties imposed by a federal judge to stop the misbehavior.
The Google Play Store desperately needs to copy Apple's App Store: Here's why
Before we explore what the Play Store needs to copy from the App Store, let's discuss what it shouldn't. If there's one major way Google can differentiate its app store from Apple's, it's how you discover new apps and games. Right now, the Play Store is so difficult to use that it's easy to completely miss exciting new apps and games.
Google Play, Apple App Store apps caught stealing crypto wallets
A new campaign dubbed 'SparkCat' has been uncovered, targeting the cryptocurrency wallet recovery phrases of Android and iOS users using optical character recognition (OCR) stealers.
Kaspersky researchers find screenshot-reading malware on the App Store and Google Play
Researchers from Kaspersky have identified malware being distributed within apps on both Android and iOS mobile storefronts. Dmitry Kalinin and Sergey Puzan shared their investigation into a malware campaign,
iOS App Store apps with screenshot-reading malware found for the first time
Apps distributed through both Apple and Google’s app stores are hiding malicious screenshot-reading code that’s being used to steal cryptocurrency, the cybersecurity software firm Kaspersky reported today.
Google blocked 2.36 million risky Android apps from Play Store in 2024
Google blocked 2.3 million Android app submissions to the Play Store in 2024 due to violations of its policies that made them potentially risky for users.
New iPhone, Android Warning—Stop Using These Apps
An alarming new warning for iPhone and Android users has just hit users, with a cybersecurity firm warning that apps in both ...
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February Google Play Updates: Here’s What’s New This Month in Android
Google provides regular updates to the Android ecosystem by pushing updates through Google Play Services, the Google Play ...
Grok is now available for pre-registration on the Play Store, a month after its launch on iOS
The Grok AI app is finally available for pre-registration on Android after the iOS release. Android users can expect the app ...
New DeepSeek Warning — Do You Need To Delete Your iPhone, Android App?
There is certainly a disconnect between its app data labels — the app store warnings on data collection — and its privacy ...
Google to ask US appeals court to overturn app store verdict in Epic Games ruling
Epic accused Google in a 2020 lawsuit of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and how they pay for ...
Several iOS and Android apps infected with malware that steals crypto info, 'reads' screenshots
SparkCat’s is concerning because it has bypassed stringent app store reviews, infecting apps that seemed completely ...