Items tagged with Google-Play-Store
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Sep 24, 2024
In what feels like déjà vu, a particular piece of Android malware has managed to sneak its way back into apps available in the Google Play Store after initially being discovered in 2019. The security research team at Kaspersky shared that...
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Aaron Leong - Mon, Aug 19, 2024
After Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG) Online officially went offline in June 2023, fans of the platform have wondered when a replacement would ever come. After a thankfully short wait, the people behind that popular game announced today...
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Nathan Ord - Thu, Jul 15, 2021
The billing fraud and SMS-stealing malware known as Joker has returned to the Google Play Store after having its ups and downs dating back to 2017. Researchers now say Joker has a new bag of tricks and can avoid Google’s app-vetting...
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Nathan Ord - Fri, May 07, 2021
Privacy and security have become Google’s modus operandi after the company announced a Password Manager for Android, iOS, and Chrome the other day. Now, the Android arm of Google is taking steps to make Google Play a more “safe, trusted...
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Nathan Ord - Mon, Oct 26, 2020
Android has millions of users around the world, and a percentage of those users are children. When it comes to making apps for kids, developers have to abide by government rules like the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)...
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Seth Colaner - Fri, Apr 26, 2013
Speaking of Google Glass and hacking, the new $1,500 spectacles, which are as yet only available to a select group of “Explorers”, have already been hacked. Tweets from Liam McLoughlin (also known as Hexxeh), who works for Google on the Chrome side of things indicate that he found a way to do it, and although he doesn’t say...
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Seth Colaner - Wed, Jun 27, 2012
Enticing new hardware isn’t all that Google unveiled today at its Google I/O conference; the company also announced the latest version of Android as well as updates to the Google Play Store and Google+. Although it’s not...
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Seth Colaner - Tue, Mar 06, 2012
We suppose it was only a matter of time, really, before Google took stock of its media, entertainment, and app stores and decided to roll them up into one unified product. Today, the company is unveiling the Google Play Store, which combines Google’s Android Market, Music, and eBookstore...
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