Q&A: Checking Android App Permissions
New York Times (blog)
When you install a new app on your phone, the program presents you with a
list of "permissions" it requires to function and it is up to you to
decide if you want to continue installing that app. These permissions can
include access to your contacts list, network ...
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Google Updates The Gmail Android App, Now Works Better With 7-inch Tabs
TechCrunch
The latest Gmail Android app update brings several new features, but this
is a must-have for 7-inch tablets. Google slightly reworked the UI and it
now works better with 7-inch tablets. Previously, when in landscape mode,
the app would occasionally abruptly ...
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Google tackles malicious Android apps
Telegraph.co.uk
In a letter to app developers, the Android team wrote: "We are constantly
striving to make Google Play a great community for developers and
consumers. This requires us to update our policies when we launch new
features, like subscription billing, and also ...
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Google Play Grows Up: New Developer Policies Will Clean Up Google's App
Store
PCWorld
Google Play, Google's Android app store, is close to eclipsing Apple's App
Store in pure numbers, but there's one area in which it's lacking. The
former Android Market has a ton of rogue apps -- including copycat games,
spam, and malware. And now, Google ...
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Google cracks down on shady Android apps
GMA News
"Don't pretend to be someone else, and don't represent that your app is
authorized by or produced by another company or organization if that is not
the case. Products or the ads they contain also must not mimic
functionality or warnings from the operating ...
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Copycat Android Apps Now Being Removed From Google Play Store
Complex.com (blog)
Copycat Android Apps Now Being Removed From Google Play Store. By Michael
Rougeau | Aug 1, 2012 | 1:29 pm | Permalink. Copycat Android Apps Now Being
Removed From Google Play Store. The Google Play store is like the bizarro
App Store; ...
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Google Is Cracking Down on Terrible, Malicious Android Apps in Google Play
Gizmodo
Google Is Cracking Down on Terrible, Malicious Android Apps in Google Play
Google just introduced new content restrictions for apps in Google Play in
hopes that it can crack down on the malicious apps that pollute the Android
ecosystem. For the longest ...
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