Google asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday (Sept. 24) to pause a lower court’s ruling that requires changes to the company’s app store policies, saying the changes would cause “irreparable harm” to Google and its Android ecosystem. The lower court’s ruling, which was handed down in July in the antitrust case filed by Epic…
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their accountability for their apps. Rolling out in phases from September 2026, these new verification requirements are aimed at protecting users…
Smartphone users generate vast amounts of personal data every day, and much of it is being collected, shared, and sold through apps that seem harmless at first glance. From social media platforms to weather services and casual games, experts warn that many apps go far beyond what’s necessary to function. Apps are now collecting more…
The Google Play store is updating its external offers program in the European Union to allow links to download developers’ own external apps and to let developers select ongoing service tiers. These changes will be available in the fall, Google said in a Tuesday (Aug. 19) post on a support page. The external offers program was introduced in March 2024….
Your snapshots are, quite literally, the keys to your private life. Your gallery holds your future plans, financial secrets, cat pictures, and sometimes even things you’d never share with anyone. But how often do you truly think about protecting those images? We hope that ever since you heard about the SparkCat cross-platform stealer, you’ve been…
A group of hackers with links to the North Korean regime uploaded Android spyware onto the Google Play app store and were able to trick some people into downloading it, according to cybersecurity firm Lookout. In a report published on Wednesday, and exclusively shared with TechCrunch ahead of time, Lookout details an espionage campaign involving…
Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android users. This guide can help you identify and remove common surveillance apps from your Android phone, including TheTruthSpy, Cocospy and Spyic, among others. Consumer-grade spyware apps are frequently sold under the guise…
Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere, like e-books bought via a website, developers have to request a specific exception to link their iOS app’s users to the company’s own…
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An Omaha native is looking to squash social media safety concerns with his own app that he said prioritizes security. The safety of online social media apps continues to be called into question, most recently with concerns surrounding TikTok. While the app is back now, its future access in the U.S….
Huione Group has been linked to cyber fraud, but it managed to get some of its crypto apps on Apple and Google marketplaces. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images For the last few months, Apple and Google’s app stores hosted apps developed by Huione Group, a Cambodia-based company that was…