Insiders pointed out that, as mobile apps are usually free to download, many internet companies try to gain by collecting users’ data for marketing purposes.

And over 2.05 million malwares were detected by China’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center in the same year, up 39 percent from 2015.Ī report on privacy safety of Android mobile phones in China in 2016 found that 13 percent of non-game mobile apps obtained users’ location information and 9.1 percent of them obtained users’ contacts list. More than a million (1,085,455) cases involving malicious mobile apps were reported in 2016, up 49.1 percent year-on-year, among which mobile users’ information theft was most serious. However, a large number of copycat and pirated apps excessively access users’ personal information, posing a great threat to users’ personal privacy and property security. 23.Īccessing such personal information as the list of installed apps, mobile equipment identifier, and location information are necessary processes for the normal operation of apps. In July, Apple said app downloads had surpassed 15 billion in its App Store.Insiders say that supervision on mobile apps’ privileges should be strengthened, as a large number of malicious apps are a threat to users’ personal privacy and property security by excessively accessing personal information, according to the overseas edition of People’s Daily on Aug. Thanks to the broader availability of smartphones and tablets running Android, the software's mobile market share is expected to be twice as Apple's iOS in 2011, according to data from several research companies. Google has been gearing up to close the gap with Apple in the mobile market. 'We can't wait to see where this accelerating growth takes us in 2012,' said Eric Chu, director of Android developer ecosystem, in the blog.

Partnering with some Android developers, Google also unveiled a ten-day celebration with a selection of apps for only 10 cents each day since Tuesday.

In a company blog post, Google said Android Market reached the milestone with a growth rate of one billion app downloads per month after app downloads hit 6 billion in July. Google on Tuesday announced that more than 10 billion applications had been downloaded worldwide in its software store Android Market.

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