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- 1Conversations app drops Google Play and goes free●Breaking Up with Google Play: Why Conversations Is Now Free
Developer Daniel Gultsch has announced that Conversations, the popular open-source XMPP chat app for Android, is no longer distributed through Google Play and is now available free of charge. In his announcement he explains the reasons for leaving Google's store, and the move is drawing wide discussion among open-source and privacy-minded users.
- 2F-Droid 2.0 Launches With Major Redesign After a Decade▼F-Droid 2.0 Released After 10 years With Major Redesign to Transform Open-Source Android App Discovery
F-Droid, the open-source alternative app store for Android, has released version 2.0, its first major update in ten years. The release brings a substantial redesign aimed at improving how users discover free and open-source Android apps. The milestone is drawing attention in the open-source and Android communities, where F-Droid has long served as the main independent alternative to Google Play.
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Google is celebrating its 28th anniversary, marking the occasion with a retro-style doodle on its homepage. Mexican outlet Excélsior notes the milestone and revisits the origin of the company's name, a play on the word 'googol', the mathematical term for a very large number. Readers are sharing memories of how the search engine has changed daily life since its founding in 1998.