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Google named Glitch Video Effects the Play Users’ Choice App of 2019 on Tuesday, as part of Google Play’s Best of 2019 awards. Google’s top picks followed the news of Apple’s first annual App Store Best Apps and Games awards earlier in the day.  Glitch Video Editor, from developer InShot, allows users to take photos …

After Apple announced its picks for the best apps and games on its platforms earlier this morning, Google on Tuesday revealed its top picks for this year’s content.  In a blog post, the company announced it has two categories of winners: There’s a “users’ choice” award for the best movie, app, game and ebook selected by Google Play users, and there’s …

Security research firm Kryptowire has again exposed a hive of potentially malicious activity by preinstalled apps on cheaply produced Android phones. In research funded by the US Department of Homeland Security, the firm found apps secretly recording audio, changing phone settings without user permission and even granting themselves new permissions.  Kryptowire’s research is the latest in what’s become a near-annual …

Google Play Points has arrived in the US, Google said in a Monday tweet. The rewards program previously launched in Japan and South Korea. Users can earn points on purchases, including in-app items and subscriptions, and can score up to four times as many points during special events. They can also get bonus points for downloading featured apps and games.  …

Google‘s Play Store reportedly labeled the keyboard app Fleksy as being appropriate only for ages 12 and up because of a middle finger emoji, while Google’s own Gboard app is rated suitable for all ages, despite containing the same emoji. The Fleksy keyboard app has been available in the European Play Store for about eight years and had a rating of …

Sometimes developers of religious apps take the edict to be “fishers of men” too far, and sometimes the faithful put their faith in the wrong apps. As public focus on the security of apps on the Google Play Store intensifies following years of data leaks, adware infections, security scandals and malware contagions, little coverage has been devoted to one of …

Apple’s App Store has some problems, but Google’s Play Store is a mess: a confusing wall of icons punctuated by ads disguised as suggestions and useless recommendations. Search results appear in no discernibly logical order, and in-app purchase information and other pertinent details can be buried in low-contrast gray text at the bottom of a page that’s already a wall …

Google on Monday launched Play Pass, a monthly subscription service that gives people access to a library of games and other apps on Google’s Play Store, as the search giant experiments with new pricing models for its products. The service, which costs $4.99, includes more than 350 apps and games, including Monument Valley, Risk and Star Wars: Knights of the …

Google is getting ready to throw the doors open on Play Pass, a mysterious offering that could be subscription service for Android apps and games found in its Play Store. The first hints about the service surfaced last year, but things seem to be picking up steam with the rival Apple Arcade looming. “It’s almost time,” the web giant tweeted …

Keeping your Android device safe from malware is difficult enough as it is — but it’s an entirely different threat when the harmful apps come with your device. Android’s open-source operating system allows for more affordable alternatives for millions of people, but it also opens the door for hackers to sneak in prepackaged malware. Preinstalled malware had been discovered on …