Google app store gets more oversight

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http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tmBwp_bxqQgMv47G2t0Bng--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2015-03-17T131053Z_1_LYNXMPEB2G0O9_RTROPTP_2_USA.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/google-app-store-gets-more-oversight-131053173--finance.html)By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc is tightening supervision of its freewheeling Play store, forming a special team to screen new apps for malware and sexually explicit material, and strengthening its age-based rating system. The change brings Google Play, a bazaar for digital games, social media apps and entertainment software, closer to Apple Inc's tightly controlled App Store. Google, whose Android software runs most of the world's smartphones, and the iPhone and iPad maker each manage online hubs with more than one million apps ranging from calendars to video games. Google said in its official blog on Tuesday that its expert team will screen each app submitted by developers to spot earlier anything that runs afoul of its rules.



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