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'Remove China Apps' crosses 50 lakh downloads amid anti-China sentiments

This comes at a time when anti-China sentiments are simmering in the country amid rising tension on the Indo-China border and the disruption in lives on account of the Covid-19 pandemic

This app claims to delete all Chinese apps on your Android phone: Know more

Developed by Jaipur-based app development and web designing start-up OneTouchAppLabs, the app is labeled as a tool to scan the Android smartphone for Chinese app and help user delete them

Coronavirus: Now, Premium Google Meet free for schools till September 30

Google Meet has crossed 50 million downloads on Play Store, a massive 900% increase in user base in a span of few weeks as people work from home in the Covid-19 pandemic

There's a boom in mobile gaming - addictive fun meets big business

The obvious reason for this growth is a burgeoning smartphone user base, coupled with the availability of dirt-cheap data.

JioMart goes live across India, offers range of products for home delivery

The app is not yet available on Apple or Google Play Store and has to be downloaded from jiomart.com

TikTok hits 2 bn downloads; becomes most installed app amid Covid-19 crisis

In India, the short video making app leads the chart with more than 600 million downloads or about 30.3 per cent of all unique installs

Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo to challenge dominance of Google Play store

Together, the four companies made up 40.1% of global handset shipments in the fourth quarter of 2019

China's mobile giants join hands to take on Google's Play store dominance

Google, whose services are banned in China, earned about $8.8 billion globally from the Play store in 2019

Google yields to Punjab CM's request, drops anti-India app from Play Store

On November 8, a notice under Section 79 (3) B of the Information Technology Act was sent to the Google for removal of the mobile application

Punjab CM alleges ISI hand in '2020 Sikh Referendum app', demands removal

The chief minister also said the development raised concern over the security threat to Punjab and India as a whole.

Google's Android Auto for phone screens now available for Android 10 users

The app is now live in the Play Store, it is basically the same as the previous app but just adds an icon that is slightly different and it is only compatible with Android 10 on certain devices.

Zee5, ALTBalaji and SonyLIV make it to Google Play Store's top list

Of the top eight free apps, seven are Indian, says Play Store, pointing to how price-conscious Indians are

Google will charge phone makers for pre-installed android apps in Europe

The regulators took issue with how Google made its Android software available free to smartphone makers but with strings attached that the EU said broke the law

Google offers $1,000 to security experts for finding bugs in Android apps

Once the vulnerability has been resolved, the researcher requests a bonus bounty from the Google Play Security

Google removes over 500 'spying' apps from Play Store

This came after US-based Lookout discovered over 500 apps that could spread spyware on mobile phones

More Indians paying for apps now, says Google

Indian consumers spent three times more on smartphone apps in the last one year, according to internet giant Google, which sees this as an inflection point in the country's digital ecosystem that will allow developers to finally monetise their apps."If there's one thing that the Indian Internet ecosystem has been challenged with, it is monetisation. But we believe that the time has come now where we're beginning to see a step change in monetisation in India," said Rajan Anandan, MD of Google in India.Alongside seeing app downloads on its PlayStore exceed 1 billion recently, the company says it saw a 300 per cent growth in customer app spends. This includes upfront payments for buying apps, in-app purchases and the money that people paid for subscribing to services.At its first App Excellence Summit held in Bengaluru on Tuesday, Google said that it is gearing up for this change by building robust payment system on the PlayStore. Google now accepts payments through credit/debit cards, ..

Google Play spend up 70%, India key contributor

Apps at prices as low as Rs 10 and prepaid cards were introduced by Google in India