
Third-party app store owner files EU complaint about being blocked by Google
As the European Commission (EC) reportedly prepares to slap Google with another multibillion-dollar antitrust fine over its requirements...

Google updates ‘Ad Settings’ to allow users to turn off targeting signals
Google has updated its Ad Settings feature to give users more options for limiting ad personalization and is expanding the “Why this ad?”...

Google Play Instant lets app marketers offer game trials for free on Android devices
Google has redesigned its Google Play Games app and added a new Google Play Instant feature on Android devices that lets marketers offer...

All the devices Google announced Oct. 4 at its ‘made by Google’ hardware event
In San Francisco on October 4, Google held its “Made by Google” hardware event. This comes in the wake of Apple’s recent iPhone X launch...

Google gives app marketers more ways to promote their apps with ads
mama_mia / Shutterstock.com On Tuesday, Google announced three new features for app marketers to use when promoting their apps via...

Google is adding a second ad slot in Play Store search results
Google is making some adjustments to when and where app promotion ads display in the Play Store. First, there will be a second ad slot...

Inside Google Play’s branded YouTube show that spanned 23 channels
Google Play and production studio Portal A tried to pull off something tough with the app store’s latest digital video campaign, “Game...

This app “Contains ads” label starts showing in Google Play store
Last year, Google began requiring developers to note whether their apps are ad-supported. This week, the company has begun rolling out a...

App install spend up 150 percent, yet costs down, push-enabled users 2X more engaged [reports]
Two new reports present data on the cost of mobile app user acquisition and, once acquired, app user engagement and retention benchmarks....

Google fails in bid to overturn Russian “no default Android apps” ruling
In February 2015, Russian search engine Yandex asked the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) to initiate an...

Google’s Play Store Rejects Ad Blocker App For Samsung Browser
The Google Play app store has removed a newly popular ad blocking app for the Samsung mobile browser. Adblock Fast, a mobile app in...

New Google Play “Warning”: App May Contain Advertising
Is “advertising” becoming a dirty word? In the broader climate of complaints about low-quality ads and ad blocking, it’s interesting to...

Groundhog Day: New FTC Probe To Revisit Google’s Control Over Android
Bloomberg reported earlier this morning that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is in the early stages of a new investigation into...

Google Suspends Several Apps After Release Of In-App Fraud Report
Ad Age is reporting that Google has pulled several apps from the Play Store after the release of a report on in-app ad fraud on Thursday....

Mobile App Push Notifications Drive 90-Day Retention Rates By As Much As 180%
For opted-in users, push notifications drove the average 90-day retention rate by 180 percent, with a 27.6 percent retention rate for...

Google Play Gaining Ground Against Apple, As Android App Downloads Outnumber iOS 2-to-1
According to Evans, a partner at the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Apple and Google both offered numbers...

Child Advocacy Groups Want FTC To Investigate Deceptive Advertising In YouTube Kids App
A number of consumer and child advocacy groups have signed a letter asking the FTC to investigate Google’s YouTube Kids app advertising...

Google Buys TLD “.App” For $25 Million In Record-Breaking ICANN Auction
Liang Zou / Shutterstock.com This week’s ICANN auction resulted in the largest amount ever paid for a TLD when Google purchased .app for...

Google Play’s Top Apps Of The Year: Facebook Most Popular Social App In 2014
In another end of year wrap up, Google Play has released its most popular apps for 2014, along with the top downloaded content for a...
























