Google has just issued new policy updates for Play Store developers, and the new rules take aim directly at misinformation, impersonation, and annoying game ads… among other things. Google Play’s ...

Google has been getting pretty aggressive about ads on the Google Play Store, to the point where a news post like this could very well pop up once a month or even multiple times a month. The Google ...

Highly ranked apps, with millions of installations in total on Google Play, aggressively served ads and drained mobile batteries.

Google is now offering ads and limited-time events in the Play Store search bar. The ads and suggestions appear above your recent search queries, though. Google’s main business is selling ...

Google has launched a large-scale cleanup operation on its Play Store, removing over 180 apps linked to an “extensive and sophisticated ad fraud scheme.” These fraudulent apps, which collectively ...

The Google Play Store is making some consumer positive changes to its app and game policies. One change will ban copycat apps and games that are made to look like other popular apps. Another change ...

Cybersecurity experts McAfee's Mobile Research team has uncovered a concerning practise, whereby apps distributed through Google Play are covertly loading ads while the user’s device screen is turned ...

The Google Play store was infiltrated by 43 Android applications with 2.5 million installs that secretly displayed advertisements while a phone's screen was off, running down a device's battery.

Dallas was working on cars at a Honda dealership rocking a MyTouch 4G when Artem and the gang started Android Police. It was this very website that got him into Android in the first place — he'd sneak ...

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. The company said these ...

Advertising in app stores is the norm, but Google is now testing surfacing apps directly in Play Store search. Update 11/14: Google tells us this is an “organic discovery feature” and apps that appear ...