Google's new sideloading rules for Android ignore the Play Store's own malware problem, undermining its commitment to ...

Google is on a mission to make Android safer and more secure—and that all starts with Play Store. With the threat from malware still much worse than on iPhones, Google is locking down its ecosystem ...

Google has reportedly started rolling out its new age verification requirements for the Play Store. Failure to prove you are 18 or older could lead to disruptions in ...

Google’s Play Store is changing — in fact, the entire Android app ecosystem is changing. A year from now, the world’s most popular mobile OS will be more like Apple’s iPhone than ever before. But ...

Since launching Google Play (née Android Market) in 2008, Google has never made a change to the US store that it didn’t want to make—until now. Having lost the antitrust case brought by Epic Games, ...

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