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Play Store

53 articles accelerating

Play Store has appeared in 53 articles since 2015-05. Coverage peaked in 2022Q3 with 7 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, Android, India, TechCrunch.

Articles
53
mentions
Velocity
+200.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
+2.000
velocity change
Sources
23
publications

Coverage Timeline

2024-05-11
Bloomberg 51 related

Microsoft plans to launch its mobile game store in July on the web, first with its own games, including Candy Crush Saga, and later opening to other publishers

what we know so far Kate Irwin / PCMag : Microsoft Is Launching Its Own Mobile Gaming Store Soon Dashiell Wood / TechRadar : Microsoft is launching its own Xbox mobile game store, offering titles like...

2024-04-30
BleepingComputer 17 related

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...

2024-04-13
Reuters 16 related

Epic asks a US court to require Google to allow alt app stores in Play Store and limit Google's ability to restrict alt app store preloading on Android phones

Mike Scarcella / Reuters :

2024-01-13
TechCrunch 16 related

Google plans to support more types of real-money games on the Play Store, starting with India, Brazil, and Mexico in June 2024, in compliance with local laws

and Ackman's Mistake—Tells Us Debasish Mandal / Android Headlines : Google Play adopts a new approach to real-money gaming apps Nickolas Diaz / Android Central : Google warms up to more gambling apps ...

2023-03-29
Bloomberg 8 related

A US federal judge finds Google flouted a court order requiring the company to save records of staff chats in antitrust litigation over its Play Store policies

Alphabet Inc.'s Google flouted a court order requiring it to save records of employee chats in antitrust litigation …

2022-09-03
Moneycontrol 11 related

Google extends third-party in-app billing to India, Australia, Indonesia, Japan, and the European Economic Area, letting all non-gaming developers participate

but only cuts fees by 4% Google Support : Enrolling in the user choice billing pilot Abdullah / Gizchina : Google Play Store finally allows third-party payments Jay Bonggolto / Android Central : Googl...

2022-08-30
Axios 3 related

Google says it has yet to approve Truth Social's app for the Play Store due to insufficient content moderation; CEO Nunes said the decision was “up to Google”

Google hasn't yet approved Truth Social's Android app for distribution via its Play Store because of insufficient content moderation …

2022-07-29
TechCrunch 2 related

Google announces new Play Store policies for developers that aim to address issues with intrusive ads, alarms, VPNs, and impersonation of brands and other apps

2022-07-28
TechCrunch 2 related

Google announces Play Store policies to address issues with intrusive ads, alarms, VPNs, and impersonation of brands and other apps

Google announced new Play Store policies for developers on Wednesday that aim to address issues with intrusive ads, alarms, VPNs, and impersonation of brands and other apps.

2022-07-06
TechCrunch 5 related

Report: Google halts Play Store updates to KakaoTalk, a popular messaging app in South Korea, after Kakao continued using an external payment link in its app

Kate Park / TechCrunch :

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Quarterly Coverage

Top Sources

Narrative

Play Store has appeared in 328 Techmeme articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include Epic v. Google: a US judge orders Google to open the Play Store to rivals from November 1... and Microsoft plans to let US users buy and play Xbox games from the Xbox app on Android from.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Android, Apple, the Play Store, and TechCrunch. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from regulation, safety.

Key Moments

2024Q2safety -6pts; developer +21pts; consumer +25pts
2024Q3safety +25pts; developer -33pts; consumer -50pts
2024Q4safety -14pts; consumer +28pts; competition -14pts

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