Google Pay: Caring Is Sharing

Google Pay: Sharing Is Caring Earlier this year Android Pay and Google Wallet combined forces to create Google Pay, a one-step payment process for Android users.  The app has featured online payments with certain websites/apps by initially linking a credit card and then checking out in the future with one click. More technologically impressive it uses NFC (Near Field Communication) …

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Improved Security Or Less Freedom? APK Updates

Improved Security Or Less Freedom? APK Updates Earlier this week a small change rolled out to the Google Play Store.  It’s one that you likely won’t even notice, but for those who have it’s tough to decide whether the shift is good or bad.  What change?  Just a small string of metadata for apps. Google is adding a security string …

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Google I/O Is In!

Google I/O Is In! We’ve talked about Google I/O being on the horizon here before, but we can do that no longer.  It’s here! (Actually once it’s over we’ll probably immediately start writing about 2019’s event). Yes, today marks the kickoff of Google’s 11th annual conference.  And as such the entire Android population has a lot of stuff to talk …

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