Google is raising the quality bar on Android apps, with sharing insights and notices to both, the developers as well as users. Quality of an app is as important to the end user as it should be to the developer, as that is what will...
Now in Android – Google’s official reference app for Android developers
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 12, 2022
Now in Android is the Google’s official reference app for Android developers. Google’s Now in Android is a sample application, that Android developers can refer to, in order to get a complete reference of what the Android team has done recently, what is expected, what...
Google starts third-party billing with Spotify and Bumble
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 11, 2022
Google starts third-party billing in play store with Spotify and Bumble’s users as the chosen ones for the pilot testing. It hasn’t been a secret that Google and Apple have long been restricting their App developers to use only their own payment gateways for any...
Review: Amazon Photos offers unlimited full-resolution photo storage
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 10, 2022
Amazon Photos app for Android offers unlimited storage space for any resolution for its Prime members! While it is limited to 5GB for other free users. Remember those good old days, prior to July 2021, when Google Photos used to allow unlimited storage for photos....
Google had earlier this year announced that one will soon be able to play their favorite PlayStore games on their PC. And the good news here is that they are on track with it, with the latest update being that they are expanding the Beta...
Whatsapp, with its latest update, rolled out a much hyped feature – Whatsapp Communities. The feature lets users connect multiple groups under one umbrella to help them better organize group conversations on the platform. Designed to help organizations, clubs, schools and other private groups better...
CentOS has announced that CentOS 9 Stream Appliances will soon be available via KIWI on the CentOS-Infra repository. What is KIWI? KIWI is one of the most popular command line utility to build Linux system appliances. KIWI had recently phased out its legacy code and...
Google Hangouts – Shutdown of the messaging platform
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
November 3, 2022
Google Hangouts – One of the most powerful messaging app with SMS, messaging and voice all integrated into one – is shutting down on the 1st of November 2022. They have put up a notice urging users to move to Google Chat. Starting November 1,...
Way back in 2018, Fedora 28 had introduced EPEL 8 modules, which allowed one to install multiple versions of the same software and switch between them, making them modular. For example, one might need to keep switching between a nodejs 8.x, 10.x and 12.x based...
Google fined $113.60 million by Competition Commission of India in relation with Play Store policies – 2nd time in a month
posted by: Nishant Kaushal
October 25, 2022
The Competition Commission of India, for the second time within a month, has fined Google, for abusing its dominant position, this time with respect to its Play Store policies. Only last week, the Indian competition watchdog had fined Google $161.95 million with respect to its...