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Google has removed over 0.7 mn apps from the play store in 2017 that violated its Play store policies and among them, more than 70% were removed in 2016. In a blog post, Andrew Ahn (Product manager) has stated that "Not only did we remove more bad apps, we were able to identify and take action against them earlier. In fact, 99% of apps were identified and removed before anyone could download them since these apps contained abusive content. This was possible through significant improvements in our ability to detect abuse - such as impersonation, inappropriate content, or malware - through new machine learning models and techniques." Based on the below three factors these apps were removed from the Play Store. Copycats : More than a quarter of a million were removed that attempted to deceive the users by emulating a well-known app. Inappropriate Content : Apps that contain or promote inappropriate content such as pornography, extreme violence, hate and illegal activities....

Google has updated the Chrome OS recently to Chrome OS 64, precisely Version 64.0.3282.134 (Official Build). This update brings quite a few new features to all the Chrome devices, including various improvements based on how Chromebooks with the Google play support will be able to handle the Android applications. This Official build lets users take screenshots on Chromebooks with a 360 degree hinge up which a welcome addition. The traditional shortcut (hold volume down and power keys) of Android is borrowed to capture a screenshot. Revamped Intent Picker for Play Applications (Same window by default with override)  Lockscreen Performance Improvements  Enable VPN for Google Play Apps  Enhancements to protect media pipeline for Android  Android Container Auto Update Optimizations  Touchscreen pairing settings  Split-Screen mode for tablets Improved pop-up blockers Critical security fixes which include additional browser migrations to pr...

OnePlus 5T has very fast and secure FACE UNLOCK (though OP says that it is not that secure) which has surprised tech world, right after that OP had promised that it would bring this fantastic feature to the OP 5. As promised, OP  has finally extended the ability for users to authenticate its OP 5  smartphones by using facial recognition. The company started officially rolling out its Android-based OxygenOS 5.0.5 which adds Face Unlock feature to the older OP 5 smartphone. Face Unlock uses the front-facing camera on the phone, along with special software, to identify your face with 100 identifiers so you can unlock it without typing in a code.  Besides this, the third Open Beta for the OP 5 adds an app shortcut for the Recorder app on the phone’s launcher. It also includes some optimizations for vibration, fixes a connection issue with 5G Wi-Fi, and has a number of other unnamed bug fixes and improvements. Finally, this beta release includes t...

Pixel devices are known for pure android experience and Google has introduced Pixel launcher exclusive for Pixel devices which is very straightforward and has the simple design. Due to its simplicity Android enthusiasts around the globe wanted this launcher on their devices. For a while, though it was not possible to access all of Pixel launcher features like Google Now panel and without root access. However, a developer called Amir Zaidi had taken the inspiration form Paranoid Android developers and figured out how to get all features of Pixel launcher without root. He had done this possible by reverse engineering the Pixel Launcher from the original Pixel and migrating those features into the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) launcher, though few features are dependent on Android version such as adaptive icon feature needs Android Oreo. Key features: Simple app suggestions (app shortcuts) Icon pack support (Calander icon changes with the date. Use ...

App Name: MusixMatch Version: 7.0.2 Platform: Android (Editor's choice) Developer: MusixMatch, Italy There are tons of Music players available in the play store, hence picking one isn't that easy though you can obviously choose them based on the rating. For all sort of preferences, there should be a single solution which could make the process quite easier.This where I believe MusixMatch stands out among the thousands of apps. Musixmatch has a simple menu which includes Home, Music, Contribute, Identify, and Search. Home shows Floating lyrics tile and this is a quite useful feature since it fetches lyrics of almost every song that you play on and a tap can fetch you lyrics of an unknown song playing around you. Music tab shows up all the album titles and whereas the contribute tab lets you modify or translate the lyrics. As mentioned earlier the Identify tab can be used to identify lyrics of the song playing.   Key Features: Instant ident...

Apple's latest software updates causing the slowdown in certain older phones. According to Apple, there's a good reason to do this, by nature the Lithium-ion batteries degrade over time, stores less and less of a charge. This happens very quickly on a device as the devices being used quite often every day.  Hence it's not a bad idea to limit the speeds on the older phones. According to a Reddit post, People who owned iPhone 6, 6s, and 6s Plus devices reported   earlier this year that they were spontaneously shutting down, even though they had sufficient battery. This was usually happening during “peak current demands,” when you’d be doing something on your phone that required a burst of power — like in the middle of a game, or downloading an app. Those users had to plug in and recharge their phones in order to be back online. Apple acknowledged this bug and introduced a fix in an update to its operating system software, iOS 10.2.1. Phones no longer shut do...

Qualcomm had announced its latest smartphone flagship SoC " Snapdragon 845 (SD 845) ". This chip is said to be 30%  faster than the Snapdragon 835 which is equipped with 2017 Android flagships. This SoC has improvements across the board, from a new processing technology to an improved modem. The press release mainly emphasized on multimedia, Virtual Reality (VR), and security. SD 845 is built on Samsung's 10nm LPP FinFET with a new Kyro 385 CPU architecture and comes with an upgraded Adreno 630 GPU . This SoC is built on ARM's Cortex technology like the SD 835 and this is capable of delivering 25-30% performance uplift compared to SD 835. As expected, this new design is based on ARM' s DynamIQ Technology and latest Cortex-A75 and A55 CPU designs . The bonus is the newly introduced 2MB shared L3 cache which improves memory sharing capabilities between different core types in the shared cluster. The all-new Adreno  630 GPU supports displays up to...