The latest round of app removals is surprisingly Google-heavy as in the course of the last two weeks, we’ve learned that Google has removed the ever-popular PSX4Droid app from the Android Market, followed shortly thereafter by the equally popular and equally legally questionable GrooveShark app.

Both apps walk a fine legal line. While GrooveShark has faced its own share of legal issues, the internet company insists they operate within the law. Universal Music Group seems to disagree with this assessment (while EMI is on board), as they’ve filed a copyright claim against the company in the beginning of 2010. That’s gray area enough, it seems, for Apple and Google to both pull the official GrooveShark app from their respective stores. Curiously, though, Apple removed the app back in August of 2010, while Google has just gotten around to removing it now. Google’s more recent compliance with music industry wishes may have something to do with their rumored upcoming Google Music service which has been just a month or two from release for about a year now. Idle speculation at best, of course, but if Google Music launched at Google I/O, where they previewed some music-related features last year, it’d be hard to ignore the timing. Continue reading “Google Removes GrooveShark, PSX4Droid From Market, Toyota Removes Itself From Cydia”