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Nothing Chats mobile app removed from Google Play Store because of huge privacy issues

11/24/202311/23/2023 Stephanie Beck

The developer has withdrawn its iMessage bridge application following discovery of widespread data concerns. The Nothing Chats iMessage compatible mobile app has been taken off the Google Play Store by Nothing and Sunbird because of widespread privacy concerns. The companies took the application down voluntarily, but only after the data usage behaviors were discovered. The mobile app was taken down after it was found out that Sunbird was logging and retaining user vCards, messages, and more. That said, that same user data was also downloadable by other parties. This led…

Google Play to warn users about mobile apps with known problems

03/09/202303/08/2023 L. Green

Users are already receiving warnings when they are about to download known performance issues. Google has been taking additional steps to help people downloading mobile apps from its Play store to spot the applications functioning well and those that already have known performance issues reported by individuals with similar devices. Users are starting to report having been given a heads up about applications that are known to be problematic. The new form of warning is based on data Google collects about the performance of mobile apps on user devices. This…

Google takes down Chinese app remover application from Play store

06/05/202006/04/2020 L. Green

The popular option was found to have violated the Deceptive Behavior Policy. Google has taken down a popular Chinese app remover application from its Play Store. The application was developed in India and removes apps from China. The tech giant has confirmed that the application broke the Google Play store’s rules. The Remove Chinese Apps application was taken down for being in violation of the Deceptive Behavior Policy. That rule bans software from misleading or encouraging its users into “removing or disabling third-party apps.” This application has been taken down…

Google Play Store to face direct competition by united Chinese smartphone giants

02/12/202002/11/2020 L. Green

Huawei, Xiaomi, and Vivo and Oppo from BBK are coming together for on an app store platform. Chinese smartphone makers including Huawei, Xiaomi, and Oppo and Vivo from BBK are working together to create a massive rival to the Google Play Store. All the smartphone makers will bring their app stores together onto one massive combined platform. The idea is to provide a place for app developers outside China to be able to upload their apps to a single platform that will reach each of the Chinese tech giants’ app…

Top earning non-game mobile app of 2017 title goes to Netflix

01/16/201801/13/2018 Julie Campbell

The video streaming service has booted Tinder from the top spot while leaping over Spotify on the way. Netflix has become the top earning non-game mobile app for 2017, pushing Tinder out of the position it previously held. The application also had to make it past Spotify in order to reach the coveted spot as leader. These figures were released by Sensor Tower in a report it recently published on its official blog. After Netflix, the second most earning non-game mobile app went to Tinder, the 2016 leader. Netflix brought…