 | | Click the image to read the article version on our website! | | | Android Apps you shouldn't miss this week | | | |  | Danmachi: Memoria Freese
Danmachi: Memoria Freese is a new freemium RPG based on the popular anime of the same name.
Download from Google Play | |  | Pocket Knights 2
Pocket Knights 2 is a new action RPG with hundreds of quests, tons of loot, and over 100 heroes to choose from.
Download from Google Play | | |  | Amazon Kindle Lite
Amazon Kindle Lite is a new Kindle app. It's a lighter, simpler, more streamlined experience.
Download from Google Play | |  | Smart Launcher 5 (beta)
After years of development, Smart Launcher 5 is finally out, kind of! It's in beta now, but it should get better fast.
Download from Google Play | | | | |  | JYDGE
JYDGE is a new isometric shooter. It features a lot of similar to the Judge Dredd series, including a high-tech, futuristic setting. The game is easy to play, colorful, and has tons of action. It's also a pay-once game with no in-app purchases.
Download from Google Play | | Headlines this week - Google purchased Tenor this week. Tenor is a company with a large GIF library. They service a variety of apps, including Facebook Messenger, Samsung Messages, GBoard, Kik, and plenty of others. Tenor will remain an independent company. However, Google plans on using the service to improve GIF searches on Google Images.
- The next Warhammer game is coming to Android soon. Warhammer Quest 2 is the direct sequel to the original Warhammer Quest mobile game from 2012, itself a port from the 1995 board game. It should be out on April 11th. The announced price is $4.99 with two expansions for $4.99 each. This should be an excellent dungeon crawler for fans of the genre.
- The Room: Old Sins is coming to mobile devices in April. It's the fourth game in the popular room escape series. Previous games featured an arcane story line, intricate puzzles, and outstanding graphics. We expect nothing less from the fourth iteration as well. It launched on iOS devices in January 2018. The developer gave bug fixes and spec disparity as reasons for the delay. April 19th is the game's official launch date.
- Facebook isn't using third party data anymore for advertisers. This is an effort to improve privacy in the midst of the controversy of the last few weeks. It's common practice to use third parties for this kind of thing. Ironically, this section of Facebook isn't responsible for the big controversy. Facebook is likely hoping that locking down user data even more helps restore some semblance of trust. This is another great reminder to read the ToS for big sites like Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc. People are actually suing Facebook over this. Additionally, Facebook is under federal investigation.
- Google removed a nasty little game from Google Play this week. The app tried to sucker people into subscribing to a weekly service for quite a bit of money. It pops up three prompts. Only the third one asks for money. The final prompt asks people for money every week. Thus, people think it's just another thing to annoy them and accept the charges. This is a great reminder to always read things before accepting them.
- Google closed up access to their apps a little more this week. Devices that are uncertified can no longer run Google apps. Attempts to do so are met with an error message and a force close. ROM developers can get around the problem by registering their ROMs with Google. However, devices that aren't Google certified will simply not work.
- A new form of malware surfaced this week. It's a curiously clever form of malware as well. It waits a certain amount of time before doing its thing. That way it circumvents a lot of checks and slips through the cracks. Google removed all of the offending apps with the issue and Google Play Protect removed the apps from affected devices.
| | New Deals and Releases - Google is giving away $100 in Play Store credit with a Google Pay refer-a-friend promotion. Get your friends on there and collect your credits!
- You can also get four months of free Google Play Music and YouTube Red. The only two limitations are that you can't be a current subscriber and you must not have redeemed this specific deal before. Not bad!
- Google Play is hosting its big spring sale. The sale includes multiple parts of the site, including apps, games, and books. Some of the big names include Lumino City, Samorost 3, Monument Valley 2, Reigns: Her Majesty, and, of course, Square Enix's Hitman Sniper. Additionally, some of the apps include Runtastic and Memrise. There are movie and TV deals in some countries (not the US) as well. It's a great chance to stock up on some good stuff.
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