Two new app stores were introduced to the rapidly growing app market last week — Google added an app store to the latest developer preview for Android Wear 2.0, and HTC unveiled Viveport for its VR headset, the HTC Vive. App stores are an essential part of any app ecosystem, ... Read More »
After taking the competition in India’s telecom space to a new level by offering free voice calls cheap data costs, Reliance Jio apps have now beaten mobile messaging service WhatsApp and social networking website Facebook on Google Play. Of the top 10 apps downloaded from the Google Play store in ... Read More »
MUMBAI, SEPTEMBER 8: Of the top 10 apps downloaded from Google Play store in India, seven are from the Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) family, with the company’s apps even pushing WhatsApp to third and Facebook to 12th slots. According to Google Play’s top charts ranking, MyJio app – the app ... Read More »
We love getting caught up in corporate squabbles when it comes to fighting over which product or OS should come out on top, but there are times when companies need to come together. Reuters reports that Microsoft put out a lawsuit against the United States Department of Justice back in April, ... Read More »
Last summer, researchers discovered a serious problem at the core of Android. There was a flaw in the way Android handled media, potentially allowing remote code execution before a malicious file had even been opened. Android’s security team patched the initial bug within weeks, but it inspired a wave of ... Read More »
Google launched the first Android phone in the US in 2008, and there are now 1.4 billion Android users around the world. The total ecosystem is huge: 400 companies partner with 500 carriers to produce over 4,000 distinct phones, tablets, and TVs running Android. When we founded Android, the idea ... Read More »
Google is currently offering Hangouts, Allo and Duo as apps that users can utilize for communication purposes. While there are some who would argue that it would have been better if Google had combined all the apps into one massive communications platform, Google apparently thinks that it would be better ... Read More »
Mumbai: India moved closer to a cashless future on Thursday with four banks introducing unified payments interface-based (UPI-based) apps that will make it possible for customers to make everyday payments with just a few taps on their smartphones. Axis Bank Ltd, Union Bank of India, Federal Bank Ltd and Bank ... Read More »
News publishers would have stronger rights to demand payment from digital giants such as Google and Facebook in exchange for using their content, under proposed European rules that are designed to shore up the collapsing revenues of traditional media companies. The measures are part of a series of reforms that ... Read More »
Android malware and Google Adsense Google’s Adsense advertising program is used by many sites across the Internet. But Android users should beware of some nasty malware that is being spread by Google’s Adsense network. Justin Luna reports for Neowin: Mikhail Kuzin and Nikita Buchka of Kaspersky Solutions found the banking ... Read More »
