New Google Play Store rules want to make the store safer for kids
Via its Android Developers Blog on Wednesday, Google announced an important series of changes that apply to every single app in the Google Play Store …
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Spotify finally adds a sleep timer for Android users
Users of the Android version of Spotify, like Reddit user Studdz, have been raving over the past few days about the quiet addition of a …
Huawei needs Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows 10 like fish need water
The import ban the Trump administration imposed on Huawei a few days ago was the next logical step in the trade war against China. While …
‘Mario Kart Tour’ is a surprisingly faithful take on Nintendo’s popular racing game
Although Nintendo has more than a few anticipated games set to launch in 2019, few are as intriguing as Mario Kart Tour — a mobile …
Huawei’s Android replacement sounds a lot like the mysterious Google OS that might replace Android
Huawei is at the center of the US vs. China trade war right now, as the Trump administration imposed a massive import ban on the …
Huawei responds to Google’s Android ban and explains what will happen to its Android phones
The US government delivered a crippling blow to Huawei last week, placing the Chinese conglomerate on an “Entity List” that meant Huawei would not be …
Google just dealt a huge blow to Huawei, reportedly cutting it off from Android updates
It was only about two months ago that Richard Yu, the CEO of Huawei’s consumer products division, was telling a German newspaper that the beleaguered …
One app update could make the battery on your Android phone last longer
In theory, the ability for mobile apps to run in the background is a welcome one. It’s a pain to have to fully reload an …
India is going forward with an antitrust case against Google’s Android
Google has lost a number of antitrust cases in recent years, which netted the tech company three record-setting fines in Europe. The European Commission looked …
Google is finally ready to talk openly about the mysterious new OS that might replace Android
We’ve been talking for a few years about Google’s mysterious operating system meant to replace Android, Chrome, and whatever Android-derived operating systems Google has running …
Google’s Android fragmentation fix still isn’t working at all
Google I/O 2019 is now underway, and the show this year opened the same way it does every year. CEO Sundar Pichai and other Google …
Apple’s iPhone XS beats every top Android phone in ‘portrait mode’ shootout
If we forget about the utter disaster that was the Galaxy Fold, Samsung over the past few years has done an impressive job of churning …
Avoid these Android apps like the plague
Revelations about apps from the Google Play Store sneaking past available protections and collecting gobs of user data without permission are nothing new, but a …
Google is making it easier for Android users in Europe to pick a new browser
We’ve known for a while now that Google offered Android users in Europe a different experience than international customers, and that’s because the European Union …
How Android defeated ‘the biggest botnet you’ve never heard of’
Speaking this week at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Singapore, Android security engineer Maddie Stone shed new light on the years-long battle between Google’s …
The three simple reasons why I won’t switch to Android anytime soon
It took a while, but iPhone and Android are closer than ever, especially when it comes to design and hardware. The iPhone is very well …
The one tiny thing that made me give up my iPhone for Android
I’ve been an iPhone user since almost the very beginning. I didn’t own an original iPhone at launch, but began using Apple’s smartphones with the …
The biggest thing Apple needs to improve for the iPhone 11 to keep pace with Android
No matter how you try to spin it, there’s no getting around the fact that iPhone sales have been stagnant over the past few years. …
As an iPhone user, I’m so jealous of this new Android phone
Everything moves so quickly in the smartphone industry that a span of just a few years can seem like a lifetime. But in the grand …
Google downplays the number of ‘potentially harmful apps’ on the Play Store
In a new report looking back over 2018, a year in which Google celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first commercial Android …
This new app makes finding a movie on Netflix like swiping through Tinder
Services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime video are fantastic. Once upon a time, you were at the mercy of network and cable television channels …
The popularity of Apple Music on Android is on the rise
While the cumulative number of Apple Music subscribers still hasn’t managed to outpace Spotify, Apple’s streaming service continues to enjoy impressive growth. Last we heard, …
Ad scams on Android are draining your battery and making scammers rich
In light of all of the technologies and services offered by Google — from its popular search engine to Android — it’s somewhat easy to …
Android is about to get a game-changing update, but only in Europe
Android is about to receive a massive update that will be available instantly to hundreds of millions of users. Sadly, it’s not the kind of …
‘Call of Duty: Mobile’ brings the popular series to iOS and Android for free
One of the best-selling video game series of all time is finally making its way to mobile devices. On Monday, Activision announced that it is …
Microsoft is bringing Xbox Live to mobile games on iOS and Android
The migration of Xbox Live to new platforms has officially begun, as Microsoft announced Thursday that it will launch a new software development kit (SDK) …
Most Android antivirus apps barely offer any protection at all
This won’t exactly be a big reveal to some of you, but a new study of Android antivirus apps in the Google Play store is …
Android apps are now available on Windows 10 for Windows Insiders
Microsoft might lack a mobile OS of its own, but that doesn’t mean the company is ignoring smartphones and tablets. The software maker is behind …
Some Android apps still send data to Facebook without your consent
A report in late December revealed that various apps were sending data to Facebook without your knowledge, including popular apps like Spotify, Skyscanner, and Kayak. …
The 10 best exclusive iPhone apps you won’t find on Android
Just a few short years ago, iOS exclusive apps were a huge problem for the Android platform. Developers large and small simply weren’t focusing at …
