Apple has removed Eyes Up, an app that collects and archives videos of Immigration Customs and Enforcement arrests, 404 Media reports. The app’s removal follows similar action taken against ICEBlock last week, an app that tracks ICE activity in an attempt to offer real-time alerts of when and where arrests are happening. Unlike ICEBlock, though,…
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR F-Droid has warned that Google’s new developer verification rules could effectively kill alternative Android app stores. The platform says that Google’s rules are monopolistic and harmful to competition as well as user freedom. F-Droid says the new rules would make Google the gatekeeper of all Android apps, but Google…
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Play Store can now handle up to six app downloads or updates at a time. Previously, the Play Store only supported three simultaneous downloads or updates. In the past, if you downloaded or updated multiple apps in the Play Store, you would have to wait as those…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – In a world where a lot of connections are made virtually, one app is aiming to make those virtual connections actually result in real-world connections. Ifeanyi Imachukwu, founder and CEO of the SeenU app, sat down with Atlanta News First to talk about how he went from being an…
Apps loaded with malware have been a problem on Android phones for years, and a key reason behind it is the open nature of the operating system. Unlike iOS, which only allows installation of apps from the App Store on iPhones, you can run apps pulled from virtually any corner of the internet on an…
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…
Pixalate According to Pixalate’s July 2025 rankings, ‘Sudoku.com: Number Games’ is No. 1 on the Apple App Store, and ‘Word Search Explorer’ is at the top on the Google Play Store, within the ‘Video Gaming’ IAB app category in the United Kingdom (UK) London, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalate, the leading ad fraud…
India has ordered the blocking of 25 streaming services — many with millions of viewers and even paying subscribers — for allegedly promoting “obscene” content, in one of the South Asian nation’s biggest digital crackdowns yet. The order affects lesser-known, but wildly popular services like Ullu and ALTT that cater to the country’s mass-market appetite for…
Pixalate Pixalate research finds 12,790 apps delisted from the United States (U.S.) Google Play Store were ad-enabled (e.g., had an app-ads.txt file), while 3,789 apps delisted from the Apple App Store were ad-enabled London, July 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalate, the leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance analytics platform, today released the June…
Pixalate According to Pixalate’s research, the app ‘Vita Mahjong’ in Canada generated an estimated $4M in open programmatic ad revenue on the Apple App Store; ‘NOMADlife.tv’ led on Roku with $100K in estimated open programmatic ad revenue in Canada London, July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pixalate, the leading ad fraud protection, privacy, and compliance…