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Mobile App Usage Grew 40% in Q2 2020 to Hit an All Time High of 200 Billion Hours: App Annie

Mobile app usage reportedly increased dramatically at the peak of the COVID-19 lockdown worldwide. With people largely staying indoors because of the pandemic, time spent on mobile apps grew 40% year-over-year in Q2, 2020. According to new data from App Annie, people the world over spent an all-time monthly high of over 200 billion hours during April 2020. India …

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Gboard Might Soon Get Google Lens Shortcut, System Default Theme and More

Having just added support for Andriod 11’s Emoji 13.0 characters, Google’s Gboard app is apparently prepping some more changes. The app might soon get a toggle to follow the system default theme, as well as Google Lens integration. The impending changes were discovered by 9to5Google following an APK teardown of Gboard 9.6 beta that started rolling out this week. …

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Android 10 Had the Fastest Adoption Rate, All Thanks to Google’s Seamless Update Efforts

Google hasn’t officially shared the Android distribution numbers for months. You can install Android Studio to get a peek at the latest updated numbers. But, the company itself has been pretty silent about the update data. So, it definitely came as a surprise when Google took to its developer blog today to announce that its efforts to …

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Mozilla Suspends ‘Firefox Send’ File-Sharing Service to Address Malware Concerns

Mozilla has temporarily suspended its Firefox Send file transfer service after cyber-security professionals reported several instances of abuse by organized malware operators. The organization confirmed the development to ZDNet on Tuesday. According to a Mozilla spokesperson, the service will add a abuse-reporting mechanism before it goes live again. “These reports are deeply concerning on multiple levels, and our organization is …