5 Android apps you shouldn't miss this week! - Android Apps Weekly

• Apple is in some hot water this week. It allegedly violated the privacy of users and sold iTunes and Apple Music listening data. The lawsuit says you can buy a list of people who are a certain age range and listen to certain types of music. Of course, these are just allegations and the lawsuit is only for people in Rhode Island and Michigan right now.
• The British GCHQ wants more power over your text messages and companies are fighting back. The Ghost Proposal would force text apps to include law enforcement without anyone knowing. This is, obviously, a huge privacy concern and most companies want nothing to do with it. A group signed an open letter to abolish such a thing with signatories including Apple, Google, Microsoft, WhatsApp, the EFF, and many others. Hit the link to learn more.
• Flipboard announced a data breach this week. A third party apparently accessed the app’s databases multiple times between June 2, 2018 and March 23, 2019 along with April 21 and 22, 2019. The breach gave the third party access to things like usernames, passwords, and email addresses. We strongly recommend changing your info as soon as possible if you ever used Flipboard before.
• The World Health Organization says gaming disorder is now a recognized mental illness. It’s basically the same as gambling addiction but with video games. Symptoms include ignoring real life to play video games, prioritizing gaming, and continuing to game despite negative consequences. There are some critics who don’t believe the WHO has significant, robust evidence to make such a conclusion. You can read all of it at the link.
• There was a huge surge of Pokemon information this week, including several new announcements. The biggest one is Pokemon Home, a cloud service that lets you store Pokemon from Pokemon Go, Nintendo DS and 3DS Pokemon games, and Nintendo Switch Pokemon games. In addition, Pokemon Sleep and Pokemon Go Plus were announced as well. Finally, we got some news about Pokemon Masters, a new Pokemon game. As usual, hit the link to see all the details.
• Google Play had two major policy changes this week. The first one banned marijuana delivery services in areas where marijuana is legal. You can still order from these apps, but it requires redirection to an external website in order to work. Additionally, Google Play added much stricter policies for kids’ apps and games. The new policies include stricter regulation over ads along with some other stuff.

If we missed any big Android apps or games news or releases, tell us about it in the comments!