The UK CMA closes its Google Play Store and Apple App Store investigation ahead of a new digital rules regime, set for fall 2024, that will give it more power
- CMA's digital market powers set to come into force this fall — Regulator expects early work of rules to focus on app stores
Google rejected 2.28M “policy-violating” Android apps and blocked ~333K developer accounts from Google Play in 2023, up from 1.5M apps and 173K accounts in 2022
Serious Warning For Millions Of iPhone, iPad Users The Economic Times : Google prevented 2.28 million apps from being published due to policy violations Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google on Play Store sa...
Walmart's PhonePe debuts its Indus Appstore for consumers, with over 200K apps; the Android app store is available as an app that users will have to sideload
India Ka Appstore Discover apps from an Appstore that's made just for you Indus App Store : PhonePe Unveils Indus Appstore: A Game-Changer in India's Digital Journey Sarvesh Mathi / MediaNama : Views:...
Telegram blocks two channels used by Hamas for Android users, blaming Google Play Store guidelines, after Pavel Durov resisted calls to shut down Hamas channels
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Google plans to effectively block third-party call recording apps from the Play Store on May 11 after placing further restrictions to its Accessibility API
A new Google Play Store policy coming into force is set to block third-party call recording apps from the online storefront from May 11.
Facebook starts testing its Novi wallet in the US and Guatemala, letting users trade the Paxos Dollar; Coinbase will provide custody services
the US and Guatemala. People can send and receive money instantly, securely, and with no fees. 1/8 David Marcus / @davidmarcus : I do want to be clear that our support for Diem hasn't changed and we i...
PUBG Mobile returns to Google Play Store in India with new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, after being banned for nine months on national security grounds
Krafton, which filed for an IPO earlier this week, has built a gigantic gaming empire. If the firm is able to raise the target $5 billion …
Robinhood plummets back to one-star rating on Google Play Store; Google says current reviews are compliant with its policies and won't be removed
Following thousands of negative reviews — Investment app Robinhood has plummeted back down to a one-star rating on Google Play, thanks to a flood of thousands of new negative reviews.
Google has restored India's Paytm app after pulling it from Play Store ahead of the IPL cricket tournament; sources say for violating its gambling policies
here's the full timeline Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers : [Update: Reinstated] Paytm removed from Google Play Store for policy violations, likely due to its fantasy gaming platform Saritha Rai / Bloo...
Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from Google Play Store, will stop pulling user data from it for market research, and will eventually shut it down
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