Google removed 700,000 apps from the Play Store in 2017 that had violated the store’s policies. That number was up 70 percent compared to 2016, but 99 percent of those apps were removed before anyone ...

Apple’s App Store has traditionally been known as slightly more secure than the Google Play Store, thanks largely to the amount of control that Apple exerts over the marketplace. Google, however, is ...

Platforms with any scale have the chance to be abused and the Play Store is no exception. Today, Google detailed its efforts to protect users throughout 2017, including removal stats and its latest ...

In 2017 alone, Google blocked over 700,000 problematic Android apps from being available to users via its Google Play app store. According to a Google blog post published on Tuesday, the 700,000 ...

Google’s numerous safeguards designed to prevent malicious apps from reaching Android users led to the removal of over 700,000 apps from the Google Play Store in 2017, the company said today. That’s a ...