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the Play Store

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25 articles – stable

the Play Store has appeared in 25 articles since 2014-11. Coverage peaked in 2024Q1 with 4 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Google, India, Android, Google TV.

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Coverage Timeline

2023-11-19
2022-05-03
VICE

Internal documents: the CDC bought location data from millions of phones in the US to analyze compliance with COVID-19 rules, especially in the Navajo Nation

Newly released documents showed the CDC planned to use phone location data to monitor schools and churches, and wanted to use the data for many non-COVID-19 purposes too. Tweets: @timmarchman , @lemon...

2019-07-18
CNET 10 related

Google removes seven stalkerware apps from the Play Store that were found by Avast researchers; the apps had been installed more than 130,000 times

You'd think it would be difficult to find an app that can secretly track a person's every move.  But researchers have found them right in the open on Google's Play Store.

2019-02-03
Ars Technica 5 related

Google bans 29 apps downloaded 4.3M+ times from the Play Store after researchers discovered they were being used to perform malicious acts like serve scam ads

The 29 apps concealed their malice and were hard for many infected users to uninstall.  —  Google has banned dozens …

2019-02-02
Ars Technica 3 related

Google bans 29 apps downloaded 4.3M+ times from the Play Store after researchers discovered they were being used to perform malicious acts like serve scam ads

The 29 apps concealed their malice and were hard for many infected users to uninstall.  —  Google has banned dozens …

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the Play Store has appeared in 131 tech news articles since August 2012. The biggest stories include Nexus 5 listing appears in the Play Store, teases 16GB for $349 and Epic v. Google: a US judge orders Google to open the Play Store to rivals from November 1.... Frequently covered alongside Google, Android, Apple, Epic, and TechCrunch. Coverage has shifted toward safety, regulation themes and away from competition.

Key Moments

2024Q2developer +67pts; consumer +43pts; regulation -29pts
2024Q3safety +33pts; developer -67pts; consumer -67pts
2024Q4safety -33pts; consumer +17pts; competition +50pts

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