Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. The team has found “172 targeted applications,” which include “banks, ...

Google is officially rolling out warning alert boxes, that highlight Play Store apps guilty of excessive battery usage.

Google Play Store has lost nearly half of its apps since early 2024, dropping from 3.4 million to around 1.8 million. The sharp decline follows stricter quality policies that removed low-functionality ...

Google has announced plans that will require app developers to verify their identity, even when not listing their apps on the Play Store This will hopefully reduce the number of malicious apps that ...

Android has an app problem, that much is clear. But it’s changing. Last year, Google made clear that low-quality apps would be purged from its store. And that means removing many of the apps most ...