Latest News

Google Bans Chinese App Developer With 600 Million Downloads From Play Store: Report
Thursday, May 2, 2019 IST
Google Bans Chinese App Developer With 600 Million Downloads From Play Store: Report

The app developer claims to have over 250 million active users.

 
 

HIGHLIGHTS
 
DO Global's ad products appearing on Android will be banned as well
The company claims 250 million monthly active users through its apps
Chinese internet giant Baidu has 34 percent stake in the company
 
Suspecting malicious cyberattacks and data breach possibilities, Google is removing apps from a Chinese Android app developer - DO Global - which holds roughly 100 apps in the Play Store with over 600 million installs and is partly owned by Internet major Baidu. 46 apps from DO Global have already been removed from the Play Store and the company intends to ban DO Global overall with more app removals that would follow, BuzzFeed News reported on Friday. This is not the only such incident in recent years, and Google has long been chastised for not checking apps properly before approval.
 
"We actively investigate malicious behaviour, and when we find violations, we take action, including the removal of a developer's ability to monetise their app with AdMob or publish on Play," the report quoted a Google spokesperson as saying on Friday.
 
The search engine giant is further extending the ban to the Internet giant's ad products appearing on Android as well.
 
"DO Global apps no longer offer ad inventory for purchase via Google's AdMob network," the report said.
 
BuzzFeed has earlier reported that six apps from DO Global were committing ad fraud and concealing their ownership deals.
 
The Chinese company claims to have more than 250 million monthly active users for its apps and the reach of nearly 800 million users through its ad platform on Android.
 
"Their removal from the Play Store marks one of the biggest bans, if not the biggest, Google has ever instituted against an app developer," the report noted.
 
DO Global was a subsidiary of Baidu until it was spun out earlier in 2018. Baidu retains a 34 per cent stake in the company.

 
 
 
 
 

Related Topics

 
 
 

Trending News & Articles

 Article
Tata Harrier’s 7-seater Version H7X Will Be Quite Different – Report

Tata Harrier’s three-row seat version in works, details out  

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 Article
How to make you car as silent as a Rolls Royce inside

Rolls Royce cars are extremely luxurious. While there are many expensive pieces of equipment in Rolls Royce cars, their most relaxing feature is the silence that ...

Recently posted . 2K views . 2 min read
 

 Article
India's Top 5 Mobile Charger manufacturer Brand 2019

The following list of India's Top 5 Mobile Charger manufacture Brand 2019  

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 Article
Mahindra XUV300 vs Maruti Brezza, Ford EcoSport, Tata Nexon – Price

XUV300 is the latest entrant in the compact SUV segment.

Recently posted . 2K views . 0 min read
 

 
 

More in Electronics & Gadgets

 Article
Microsoft Robot OS With Machine Learning, Internet of Things Integration Coming to Windows 10

Microsoft has announced an experimental release of Robot Operating System (ROS1) for Windows as a next step in bringing features like Machine Learning (ML), compu...

Recently posted. 864 views . 2 min read
 

 Article
Bank regulators in USA outline urgency to adapt higher cyber security standards

U.S. financial institution regulators on Wednesday mentioned cyber protection requirements meant to protect economic markets a...

Recently posted. 607 views . 12 min read
 

 Article
Gmail now lets you send email as attachment: How to use the new feature

Now, Gmail users can attach emails to other mails without needing to download them first.

Recently posted. 630 views . 0 min read
 

 Video
IS APPLE WORTH IT?!



Recently posted . 903 views
 

 Reviews
2019 Renault Triber review, test drive



Recently posted . 1K views . 70 min read
 

 Reviews
Mahindra XUV300 VS Hyundai Creta Design, Feature Comparison



Recently posted . 2K views . 36 min read
 

 Article
Google adds new feature to Hangouts; check details

The feature in Hangouts Chat, which is currently available in English

Recently posted. 866 views . 0 min read
 

 Article
Airtel giving away free Netflix membership to customers: How to activate

Netflix content will also be available to the customers via MyAirtel app and Airtel TV app  

Recently posted. 898 views . 0 min read
 

 
 
 

   Prashnavali

  Thought of the Day

A smile says a thousand things all at once.
Anonymous

Be the first one to comment on this story

Close
Post Comment
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


ads
Back To Top