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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy and welcome back to Android apps weekly this is episode number 168 so let's get started Pech is a new startup that spun off off of Rovio and yes we're talking about the developers of Angry Birds hatchets working on a project that will allow you to stream android games to your device and then play them for free there won't be any in-app purchases or updates to deal with it'll be just you and the game there are some ambitious ideas like pulling the internet for help inside of the game even in single-player games and invite betas should be out in early 2017 Facebook shut down its live video API access for Prisma this last week previously Prisma was using the API to allow people to create filters while streaming live on Facebook now that is no longer possible Facebook sent Prisma an email stating that access was revoked because Facebook already supported the feature in reality it seems like Facebook is just shutting down some competition before their own filter option starts rolling out greatjob Facebook it has been reported that 1 million Google accounts have been breached by a brand new kind of malware called Goolagong it affects people who download third-party applications not on the Google Play Store from there it downloads root kits and tries to get control of your device you know the usual malware crap it's unfortunate but those who keep their downloading strictly to Google Play don't need to worry because the exploit is not present there a study released this week showed that consumers spent more than 1 billion dollars during Black Friday 2016 by using their smartphones and tablets this is the first time that number has ever eclipsed 1 billion dollars and shows that more people than ever are shopping online and using their smartphones to do it we've no doubt that apps contributed to this overall total after all most brick-and-mortar stores now have their own apps these days the total online sales from the weekend topped five billion dollars overall Google Play is now actively trying to hunt down fake reviews in the Google Play Store it's been an issue for a while now essentially what happens as shady developers pay people to download the application over and over again on different accounts and leave favorable reviews the rating goes way up and people think the application is great even when it's really not we don't know how effective this fake review washing will be but we hope it's pretty damn effective distraint is a horror adventure game that runs on the same game engine as the five nights at freddy's games for you PC gamers out there yes this is the same game that was released on Steam last year in this title you'll play through a 2d experience and solve puzzles the controls are rather simple and it shouldn't take you long to learn how to play the developers claim that the game should take around 2 hours to complete you can download it for free or fork out the very reasonable dollar and 49 cents for the full game google has released their yearly Santa tracker application with this one you'll be able to quickly access a countdown to the big night and track Santa Claus as he makes his rounds around the world the application also features a variety of minigames that you can play to pass some time some reviewers have noticed the occasional bug so do look out for that otherwise the app is completely free to download and use if you're interested Hill Climb racing 2 is the successor to the very popular Hill Climb racing in this game you'll pick up a vehicle and of course you'll go racing the game features the ability to perform tricks access boosts and there are a variety of tracks that you can play on it's a 2-d game and the mechanics are simple so it shouldn't take you very long to learn it also has a cartoon graphic style to give the game an atmosphere of being silly it supports online multiplayer as well you can pick it up for free if you don't mind the in-app purchases clip layer is a new application from the Microsoft garage project this is an overlay application that allows you to quickly copy and paste items from your screen it launches using the home button so you'll need to have this set as your assistant app once it's done simply long press and you can copy and paste any text on your screen very quickly once copied you can send it to an email address or add it to wonder list if you prefer it's a completely free application but do beware of those early release bugs Sam Ross 3 is the latest game in the samurais franchise it's a quirky little adventure game where you play as a space gnome with a flute your job is to travel the cosmos and visit 9 planets to complete various challenges it has a strong showing in the graphics sound and music departments which adds to the overall ambiance of the title the game runs for $4.99 but there are no in-app purchases to get in the way of you having fun for even more Android 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