Posts tagged play-store

Play Store's new ad warning. Screenshot: Shoutfree/Reddit

Play Store’s new ad warning. Screenshot: Shoutfree/Reddit

While lots of Android users don’t mind seeing ads inside their apps so long as they don’t have to pay for them, others prefer to avoid ad-supported titles. And now the Google Play Store can help.

The Play Store in Chrome OS? Screenshot: Reddit

The Play Store in Chrome OS? Screenshot: Reddit

Google is expected to bring Android app support to its Chrome OS platform after several references to the Play Store were found in the latest developer release.

The move could make more than a million Android titles compatible with super-affordable laptops from the likes of Acer and HP, and it could be announced at Google I/O next month.

The App Store continues to rule in revenue. Photo: Cult of Android

The App Store continues to rule in revenue. Photo: Cult of Android

Google Play now sees more than twice as many downloads as Apple’s App Store, according to the latest data from App Annie — but it still can’t rake in anywhere near as much revenue.

Google is slowly but surely killing malware. Photo: Google

Google is slowly but surely killing malware. Photo: Google

When malware rears its ugly head on Android, it gives the platform a bad image, so Google is trying its hardest to stamp it out.

In its Android Security 2015 Annual Report, the company reveals that it now scans more than 6 billion installed apps across 400 million devices every single day for malware.

Samsung's new Music app. Screenshots: Samsung

Samsung’s new Music app. Screenshots: Samsung

Samsung’s fancy new Music app for Android, which has been available in beta form since mid-March, now supports the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy Note 5. If you own one of these, you can download the app now from the Play Store — and you’ll want to!

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