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The First PlayStation 3 Emulator Arrives on Google Play
aPS3e is the first PlayStation 3 emulator for Android systems, published on Google Play in recent days. According to the official description: “aPS3e is a native PS3 emulator for Android that can already run many games. However, depending on the performance of your device, most games may not run at…
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Google Play Store to Implement Review ‘Buffer’ To Help Them Tackle Fake Ratings
It’s not exactly a secret that for every great (or even good) app on the Google Play Store, there are about three or four others which are absolutely terrible. – The problem the storefront has predominantly faced over the years, however, is that it’s very easy for the creators of…
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Epic Games is Suing Apple and Google Over Fortnite!
It’s been well-known for quite some time now that despite Fortnite being available on both the Apple and Google storefronts, Epic Games hasn’t been entirely happy with the terms. Largely because Apple and (to a lesser extent) Google, requires that a cut of all money paid from consumers goes to…
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Google Removes Two More Malware Ridden Apps from its Store
It’s hardly any secret that the Google Play Store can be a great place to find weird and wonderful apps for your Android device. It’s also hardly any secret that a worrying amount of them are consistently found to contain malware! It literally feels that a month can’t go by…
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Google Removes 24 More Malware-Riddled Apps from their Store
Despite the popularity of the Android platform for both tablets and smartphones, it’s hardly a secret that the Google Play Store is something of a minefield when it comes to apps containing malware. How bad is the problem, though? Well, from our perspective, it feel like we can’t go a…
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Google Pulls Popular PDF App Due to it Containing Malware
It’s pretty clear that the Google Play Store has some pretty huge problems with malware. We regularly report on various (and often hundreds) of apps getting pulled as they were found to contain something you probably wouldn’t want on your smartphone or tablet. In a report via Engadget, however, the…
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Google Removes 29 Apps From Store After Malware Discovery
Google Removes 29 Malware Apps From Play Store One of the biggest problems that face both Apple and Google in their respective stores is ensuring that the applications provided on their are useful, fit for purpose and, of course, virus free. In a report towards the end of last week,…
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Fortnite On Android Avoids Google Play Due to 30% Commission
Epic Games Block Google Play Release Due To Commission Rate Fortnite, the exceptionally popular battle royale simulator has been released for pretty much every modern media out there. The only thing it is currently missing is the Android mobile market. Given that this platform is exceptionally popular (largely as the…
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Google Play Store Set to Hit China in 2016
It has been reported that Google is working tirelessly to re-establish its products in China, with the Google Play Store set to spearhead the effort by as soon as February 2016. It has been a number of years since the internet giant has had a presence in China, since issues…
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Google Has Lowered Minimum App Prices in Several Countries
After running a series of tests in India earlier this year, Google has decided to officially lower the minimum prices of apps in the Play Store in a total of 17 countries. Up until now, the lowest price for any app was 99 cents regardless of location, but Google realized…
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The Play Store Update Brings 600 New Apps to Android TV
Since the launch of the Android TV, app support and app discovery has been a serious problem for the platform. It had less than 200 apps to offer between the video, audio, and game sections. Now, however, Google is expanding its software catalogue, adding over 600 new apps via a…
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Google Engineer: Android Users Do Not Need Anti-Virus Software
Is antivirus needed on mobile devices? It is a question that will get you conflicting answers depending on who you ask. Adrian Ludwig, who is the chief engineer for Android security at Google, has stated that antivirus serves no purpose for Android mobile users: “I think … paying for a…
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EA Steering User Ratings In Their Favour With Dungeon Keeper for Android
Two years award-winning “Worst Company in America”, Electronic Arts, is now said to be ‘steering away’ players who don’t want to give a good review by posting them on their own website instead of Google Play Store. The scheme is said to be present on their freemium game, Dungeon Keeper,…
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