Android is, for the most part, an open platform. You can use the Google Play Store to install apps and games, or you can go off the reservation and install APKs on ...

Getting Android apps without using the Google Play Store can be a mixed bag ... Also, some popular devices, like the Amazon Fire tablet, aren't preinstalled with the Play Store.

“Even a corporate behemoth like Amazon could not compete with ... But with access to the Google Play catalog of apps, Donato argues, rival app stores will now have “a fighting chance of ...