Obtaining Android apps outside of the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag. While Android offers the flexibility to install most apps, you must be cautious about where you get these files.

Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

Microsoft's Windows Update offers a convenient way to update not only Windows but certain Microsoft products. However, that is where the convenience begins and ends ...

Starting on October 22nd Android users in the US might be able to download third-party app stores from the Google Play Store, or find apps in the store that direct users to third-party billing systems ...

Microsoft says it wants to make app updates less painful on Windows 11, including the apps published outside the Store.

Apple has blocked a torrenting app that is on a rival to its own App Store, meaning that the company can still dictate what apps are being sold. Despite all of the noise about rival app stores being ...

Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full catalog of Google Play apps — and distribute third-party stores. Google must give rival third-party app stores access to the full ...

A new ‘My apps’ view includes browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts. A new ‘My apps’ view includes browsers, gaming utilities, and even rival storefronts. is a senior editor and ...