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App-downloading app breaks app-downloading record on app store
The Google Play services app, a back-end Android app that makes the Google magic happen on your phone, has broken five billion downloads on the Google Play Store. That's a record and a major milestone for Google's third-party app store, so it's only fitting that it's broken by a Google-owned app that most people probably haven't heard of.
The Google Play Services framework is a key part of Google's presence on Android devices. It's a required component of any officially-sanctioned phone that uses Android, and behind the scenes, it's necessary for apps like Maps, Google Wallet, and a myriad of other Google services you probably don't even think about.
Given that it's a staple on every single phone running an "official" version of Android, it's no surprise that Google Play Services is the first app to break the five billion download benchmark. We don't actually know how many downloads the app has seen exactly: Google doesn't disclose precise download figures for each app, but instead puts each app in a bracket for downloads. 1,000,000,000-5,000,000,000 was the top category under the old system, but Google's had to invent something new for Google Play Services.
Despite the download success, Google Play Services isn't a universally-loved part of Android. Users complain about the space it takes up and the fact that you have to download it as a standalone service, rather than piece-by-piece as many other developers choose to integrate tools.
Express Scripts to cover Mylan's EpiPen, exclude rivals
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Co said on Monday it would favor drugmaker Mylan Inc's versions of the EpiPen lifesaving allergy treatment over the allergy auto-injectors of other companies. The nation's largest pharmacy benefit manager said it was excluding alternatives to the auto-injector made by Impax Laboratories Inc, privately held Kaleo and A-S Medication from its widely used list of covered drugs. Express Scripts has been excluding certain medicines from its coverage list or formulary since 2014, citing concern about costs to its health insurers and corporate customers.
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