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Epic Games has accused Google of unlawfully making its Play Store dominant over rivals, and a US jury recently agreed with the creator of the Fortnite game.

Three out of five Aussies considers emoji as the universal language for messaging. OPPO Mobile Australia has released Aussie Emoji Keyboard reflecting the spirit of Aussie culture. Primarily the keyboard features more than 40 Australian themed emojis and available only for the Android users for free in the Google Play Store.

Swiftkey, the popular predictive typing app for smartphone, has been reported to be bought by Microsoft for nearly $250 million. Microsoft is said to have a bigger plan with the app, going further than just expanding on more than iOS and Android devices.

Researchers at MIT have discovered that much of the data sent and received by 500 most popular Android applications for Google Android cell phones do not have any significant effect on the users' experience.

There are new enhancements in Google Photos, including better app performance, face matching features, and it can also allow users to hide photos of specific people.

App revenues for Google Play Store still fell behind that of Apple's App Store, a report revealed.