There’s no shortage of places to download apps for Google Android devices. But a new app store called FirePlace Market takes a different approach than most by focusing on apps for people that have ...

One of the best things about the Android platform is its customization and flexibility. Android lets you use it the way you want to, whether that means changing the launcher, using icon packs, or more ...

Root rights can be used by any app, even non-root ones to expand their functionality. However, this expansion sometimes happens in the general direction of having your data farmed, stolen and sold to ...

Four third-party app stores for Android have apps with a malicious component that seeks root access to devices, according to Trend Micro. The security company found 1,163 Android application packages ...

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Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

Microsoft Authenticator mobile app will detect if the phone is jailbroken or rooted and block it from using the app.

Microsoft Authenticator will soon block rooted Android and jailbroken iOS devices as Microsoft rolls out stricter security enforcement.